The Artificial Business:
100% European AI Sovereignty

Founded in Luxembourg in 2024, The Artificial Business was created to address a critical challenge: 68% of employees are already using AI without their employer's knowledge, creating massive risks for European organizations.

100% European Sovereignty

European team and funding with zero external data flow

On Your Infrastructure

Artificial Assistants that run entirely within your systems

Full Compliance

GDPR & AI Act compliant by design with transparent pricing

Our mission

We build European, ethical, frugal, sustainable, sovereign AI solutions for organizations:

Ensure European data sovereignty by offering an alternative to tech giants

Transform business expertise into financial assets through personalized AI assistants

Deploy custom Artificial Assistants that live entirely within your infrastructure

Unlike others who offer black-box AI solutions requiring external servers, we deploy custom Artificial Assistants that live entirely within your infrastructure.
You own the agents, the data, the methodology, and the value.

A photo of The Artificial Business' Co-Founder Leo Benkel, in a natural landscape reminiscent of California.

Our story

Our story began in Silicon Valley, where co-founder Leo Benkel spent a decade as a data engineer leading AI integration for major tech companies, witnessing firsthand how privacy and security too often became afterthoughts in the race for innovation.

Returning to Europe with the rising adoption of Large Language Models hosted in the US and China, Leo partnered with an experienced European entrepreneur to create a different approach to AI adoption - one that combined Silicon Valley's technical innovation with European values and compliance standards.

Our values

Our approach is built on three core values that guide everything we do:

Trust

100% European team and funding with zero non-European investors.

Complete sovereignty

Clarity

Transparent pricing with no hidden costs or token metering.

Fixed & predictable costs

Ownership

You own your agents, configuration, and personalization.

AI becomes your asset

Our team

Our story begins with co-founder Leo Benkel returning from Silicon Valley with a decade of AI engineering expertise, partnering with experienced European entrepreneurs to create a different approach to AI adoption - one that combines technical innovation with European values and compliance standards.

Together, our team brings more than 55 years of combined experience across AI engineering, compliance, business transformation, and international marketing. This includes expertise from banking and legal sectors, experience founding successful technology companies, and decades of helping brands scale across fast-changing markets.

What makes our team unique is our distributed European approach. Rather than a traditional corporate structure, we've built a network of specialized European experts across AI, compliance, marketing, and business transformation. This allows us to maintain our European values while accessing the continent's best talent, creating solutions that truly understand both the technical and regulatory landscape our clients operate in.

From corporate audit specialists who understand GDPR and AI Act compliance to growth leaders who've scaled brands internationally, our team shares a common mission: creating AI solutions that respect European data sovereignty while delivering enterprise-grade performance.

Ready to Own Your AI?

Join European organizations who've chosen data sovereignty over dependency. Let's discuss how Artificial Assistants can transform your business while keeping your data completely under your control.