Why Private AI Is the Real Competitive Advantage for B2B Companies

Introduction Every B2B leader today hears the same pitch: “AI will revolutionize your business.” Vendors push cloud APIs, SaaS dashboards, and “plug-and-play” AI solutions. But for companies dealing with sensitive contracts, supply chains, financials, or client data, the risk of handing everything to a third party is too high. That’

Building a Private AI Data Assistant

Introduction E-commerce brands run on data. Sales data, channel data, inventory data, and ERP records. But for many teams, this data doesn’t feel like an asset, it feels like a burden. Recently, an e-commerce brand came to Engycs with a challenge. They sell across multiple channels, Shopify, Amazon, Zalando

Five Question to Ask before You Adopt AI

Introduction Every week, I meet leaders who feel the pressure to “do something with AI.” They’ve seen competitors announce a chatbot. Their board asks, “What’s our AI strategy?” LinkedIn posts tell them, “Adopt or die.” But here’s the truth: most AI projects fail not because the tech

Welcome to Engycs: From 15 Years of IT to Pragmatic AI

Technology has always shaped the way how companies operate. From the first spreadsheets in excel that replaced manual bookkeeping to cloud (online) systems that connected teams globally, every wave or shift in tech adoption has changed how we work, sell and grow. But history shows us something important and that

My First IT Service Sold in the Netherlands

I was 19 years old when I discovered I had a knack for solving problems with technology. Back then, I launched my first e-commerce store: joushop.nl. I got broken laptops from a big local company, Organon in Oss. I refurbished them — reinstalling Windows, sometimes adding extra SDRAM, a bit