The AI Growth Engine for European Mid-Market Companies
Build AI value that compounds, together.
Smaller and mid-sized companies create half of Europe's value and use AI at half the rate of large firms.
In the EU and Switzerland, SMEs make up over 99% of enterprises and about two-thirds of employment. They are the backbone of the EU and Swiss economy, and most are still at the start of their AI journey. While many SMEs view AI as an opportunity, 79% say integration costs and budget constraints as a major barrier to adopting digital technologies.
51%
of EU business value added comes from SMEs. In Switzerland, about two-thirds.
Eurostat 2024; BFS/OFS
30% vs 55%
Share of medium-sized EU companies using AI, against large companies.
Eurostat 2025
65%
of Swiss SMEs are still testing AI or have not started.
AXA SME study 2026 (Sotomo)
71% of EU SMEs that rejected AI cite lack of expertise.
SDAV/D4SME 2026
30% of euro area non-users see no clear use for their business.
ECB Economic Bulletin 2026
53% cite unclear legal consequences and 49% cite data protection.
SDAV/D4SME 2026
Swiss tech firms rate their data quality (36%) and data governance (34%) as insufficient.
ETH Zurich 2024
The result is AI run as scattered experiments, with no clear owner, priority or measure of value.
Sources: Eurostat 2024 and 2025; EC JRC Annual Report on European SMEs 2025/26; BFS/OFS; AXA SME study 2026 (Sotomo); ETH Zurich 2024; ECB Economic Bulletin 2026; SDAV/D4SME 2026.
One accountable partner from AI priority to realised value.
Large companies close the AI gap with internal teams and Big Four programmes. SwissAI Partners delivers the same end-to-end capability at mid-market scale and price point, from the first assessment to P&L value.
Prioritise by value
What we do
Select the few use cases that move margin, growth or risk.
You get
An AI Value Roadmap with quantified value hypotheses.
Implement in processes
What we do
Redesign workflows and deploy AI into daily operations.
You get
Solutions running in daily operations.
Measure
What we do
Track realised value in the P&L, use case by use case.
You get
Identified, implemented and realised value, reported against the baseline.
A decision gate at every stage, aligned with the EU AI Act and the Swiss nFADP.
A decision record and controls for every use case, with accountability up to board level.
Execution and results
Every use case enters execution with a defined value baseline and metric.
Swiss precision
Documented decisions, named owners and results measured to the same standard every time.
Governance by design
Controls are built in from day one, so AI stays accountable and auditable as it scales.
Independence
Technology-agnostic recommendations, chosen for your business, whichever vendor provides them.
We deliver this through three pillars, so you can start where your organisation needs it most.
Three ways to build AI value that compounds.
Each pillar stands alone or forms part of a broader engagement. Most clients start with one and add the next when they are ready.
AI Board & Executive Education
Build the understanding and practical skills to lead with AI.
AI Acceleration Workshops for boards, executive teams and business leaders, adapted to the decisions each group is responsible for. Participants work hands-on with current tools, explore use cases from their own industry, and learn how agents, risk and oversight fit together.
Formats: AI Gym for Boards (one day) and tailored workshops for executive and leadership teams.
You achieve: confidence in AI decisions, practical experience and a short list of opportunities worth pursuing.
AI Advisory Services
Turn AI ambition into prioritised use cases and measurable results.
AI Value Chain, Roadmap & Prioritisation
- AI Value Scan: a 10- to 20-minute online assessment (free, once live).
- Executive Review: a 1:1 session with the CEO, CFO and COO.
- AI Value Sprint: a half or full-day session that quantifies use cases and checks readiness and risk.
You receive: an AI Value Roadmap with 3 to 5 use cases, each with a value baseline and metric.
AI Execution & Value Creation
- Execution Pods for each prioritised use case, staffed the way you choose:
- Your team, our agents: we equip your own employees with the AI agents pre-built for that pod.
- Our expert network: a subject-matter expert from our network runs the pod with the same pre-built agents.
- Processes redesigned first, then AI deployed into daily operations with controls embedded.
- Realised value tracked against the baseline and reported every month.
You get: live use cases with governance documentation and value that compounds, as each use case adds data, components and benchmarks that make the next one faster.
AI Product Platform
AI value a company can track and an investor can verify.
The platform links every AI use case to a value baseline, and tracks realised value in the P&L, company by company. It is currently being built and co-created with an individually selected pool of clients, based on a due diligence process.
Go-to-market: through Private Equity, where one fund relationship opens 10 to 30 portfolio companies. Family-owned mid-market companies, family offices and institutional SME channels follow as next stages.
The offer is being shaped in close collaboration with a select group of clients, as part of a due diligence process.
Boards and executive teams of European mid-market companies.
We work with boards and executive teams who already see AI as a disruption to their business model, their competitors and their workforce. They recognise it as both a risk and an opportunity, and they are ready to act with clear governance and measurable goals.
Mid-sized companies with 100 to 1,000 employees and €20m to €200m in annual revenue, typically PE-backed or family-owned. Many have outgrown SME status but still lack the AI teams and budgets of large corporations.
AI pilots exist, but no portfolio of use cases is linked to business value.
Margin, growth or integration targets are on the leadership agenda.
Your processes are recurring and complex enough for AI to make a measurable difference.
The CEO and CFO are ready to sponsor implementation.
Private equity firms and family offices: see our AI Product Platform.
Discuss your AI prioritiesBuilt in Switzerland to make AI deliver measurable value for the mid-market.
Founded and based in Baar, Zug, Switzerland, SwissAI Partners operates across Europe and works with Swiss and European clients. We are independent of any technology vendor and hold ourselves accountable for results our clients can measure.
Madalina Manoiu
Founder and Managing DirectorMadalina brings 20 years of international leadership experience in business and digital transformation, corporate governance, strategy and finance. For more than 15 years she worked for international companies in highly regulated environments, including PwC, GE and SITA. She worked across four continents and led teams of more than 100 people.
Executive MBA, IMD | Board of Directors Program, University of St. Gallen | Generative AI for Digital Transformation, MIT Sloan
LinkedInEvery engagement is led by SwissAI Partners. For execution, we draw on a network of subject-matter experts across functions and industries, selected for each use case and working with our pre-built AI agents.
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