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Why 95% of Microsoft Copilot Pilots Fail – And How to Do It Better
Gartner numbers show: Only 5% of companies make it from pilot to production. We analyze the 5 main reasons for failure – and show alternatives.
Thies Jensen
CTO, Syntriq
Enterprise AI in German Mid-Market: How Leaders Use Langdock, Ambersearch & More – And Why Many Are Switching
German mid-market is discovering enterprise AI. We analyze the market players – Langdock, Ambersearch, Microsoft – and show why more companies are looking for alternatives.
Patrick Rosenboom
CEO, Syntriq
The Public Sector in Transition: Why Open Source Becomes Mandatory (And Microsoft Isn't the Answer)
Germany has a goal: digital sovereignty. But reality in government offices often looks different. Dependencies on US vendors paralyze administration. TheroAI is the bridge to sovereign AI in government.
Patrick Rosenboom
CEO, Syntriq
AI for Tax Advisors & Lawyers: Real Automation Despite § 203 StGB
It's the sword of Damocles hanging over every German law firm: § 203 StGB. While the free market uses AI, professionals often stand still out of fear. We solve this dilemma with local inference technology.
Thies Jensen
CTO, Syntriq
Onboarding on Autopilot: "The New Colleague Asks the AI Now"
Remember your first day of work? The excitement. All the new faces. And most importantly: the fear of asking "stupid questions". Onboarding is still often inefficient and frustrating.
Thies Jensen
CTO, Syntriq
The "Brain Drain" Is Here: How to Digitally Preserve Knowledge of Retiring Boomers
In the next five years, more experienced employees will retire than young talent will replace. When Herbert leaves after 35 years, he takes your department's operating system with him. We call it the "Brain Drain".
Patrick Rosenboom
CEO, Syntriq
Cloud vs. On-Premise vs. Hybrid: The Architecture Decision for 2026
For years the dogma was 'Cloud First'. But in 2025/2026 the wind is turning. Facing AI regulation and exploding cloud costs, own infrastructure is experiencing a renaissance – the so-called 'Cloud Repatriation'.
Thies Jensen
CTO, Syntriq
"German Bureaucracy Agents": How We Tame Administrative Monsters
We have AI models that pass the Turing test, but German offices still have highly qualified specialists typing invoice numbers into spreadsheets. The reason? Most AIs are chatbots. What we need are agents.
Patrick Rosenboom
CEO, Syntriq
RAG Instead of Fine-Tuning: Why You Shouldn't Train Your AI Model
"We need to build our own AI and train it with our company data." This sentence comes up in almost every first conversation. It's an understandable impulse, but in enterprise IT, it's often the beginning of an expensive misunderstanding.
Thies Jensen
CTO, Syntriq
EU AI Act & GDPR 2025: Is Your AI Strategy Actually Legal?
The grace period is over. Since mid-2025, the strict rules of the EU AI Act for "General Purpose AI" have been in full force. Combined with stricter GDPR interpretation, German executives face a new reality.
Thies Jensen
CTO, Syntriq
The "Sovereignty Gap": Why Microsoft Copilot Isn't Enough for German SMEs
Microsoft Copilot is here. The colorful button in Word and Excel promises magical productivity. But for German executives, a dangerous gap opens up: The "Sovereignty Gap".
Thies Jensen
CTO, Syntriq
Shadow AI: The Silent Security Gap on Your Employees' Laptops
It's Friday, 4:30 PM. Your sales manager urgently needs to finalize the proposal for a major client. He opens the browser and copies confidential data into a public AI tool...
Patrick Rosenboom
CEO, Syntriq
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