Our first award: KI-Innovator 2026 from the German innovation institute diind

On 6 November I stepped onto the stage at the Castillo Hotel Son Vida in Mallorca to receive an award I'm very happy about: KI-Innovator 2026 (German for "AI Innovator"), given by the German Institute for Innovation in Sustainability and Digitalisation (Deutsches Innovationsinstitut für Nachhaltigkeit und Digitalisierung, diind) at the Big Bang Unternehmer award ceremony. It is the first award our company has ever received.

What the award is for

It goes to companies that treat AI not as a buzzword but as a fixed part of how they work: a tool that improves processes and takes load off people. It is based on a two-stage review by diind, which looks at, among other things, a company's digital presence, its concrete use of AI, its technological adaptability and its direction for the future.

The certificate is signed by Brigitte Zypries, former German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs, and is valid through October 2027.

View the certificate · diind's review criteria

What we actually do with AI

• AI assistants for websites that work with each company's own data, answer questions around the clock and sort incoming enquiries.
• Document AI for working with large amounts of information, fully offline if you like, with LOKIDocs.
• Local language models for especially sensitive data.
• askTheodor, our own AI app for the desktop.
• Virtual glasses try-on with AI for an optician's online shop.

Artificial intelligence shouldn't only help large corporations. I want to give small and medium-sized businesses solutions that take work off their plate right away, and where the data stays where it belongs.

Thank you

Thank you to every client who trusts us with their project, and to everyone who tests our tools and tells us honestly what's still missing. This award is both a confirmation and a push to keep going.

Curious where AI could really take work off your plate? Write to us or start with the free website check.