Our AI rapid prototyping services
Hackathon-style innovation sprints
Structured innovation sessions bring together your team and our AI specialists to rapidly explore multiple use cases. These intensive sprints often reveal unexpected opportunities while building internal momentum for AI adoption.
AI rapid prototype development
We transform AI concepts into working prototypes in days, not months. Using our streamlined development approach, you can test functionality, gather user feedback, and validate business value before making significant platform or infrastructure investments.
User testing and validation
Real prototypes enable real testing. We facilitate user sessions with your stakeholders, gathering feedback that shapes both the AI functionality and the broader production strategy.
AI applications within existing platforms
Platform migration: Bonzai to client-cloud
From prototype to production planning
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Our approach to AI rapid prototyping
Our prototyping philosophy centres on one principle: prove value before committing full infrastructure costs. Stakeholder confidence, team buy-in, and budget decisions accelerate when there's something tangible to test, evaluate, and validate.
Phase 1: speed via Bonzai
We use our Bonzai platform to eliminate enterprise overhead during prototyping while maintaining production-quality standards. This approach delivers working AI applications in days, not weeks, without sacrificing the robustness needed for meaningful testing.
Validation: evidence before build
Every prototype generates insights about user behaviour, technical requirements, and business impact. We structure prototyping sprints to capture these learnings systematically, ensuring your investment decisions are informed by real data rather than theoretical assumptions.
Phase 2: production on client-cloud
Our two-phase pattern (fast on Bonzai, scalable on client-cloud) provides a pathway from prototype to production. When a use case demonstrates value, we migrate to your preferred cloud environment, maintaining momentum while ensuring enterprise-grade scalability, security and control.
Why work with iO for AI rapid prototyping?
Proven hackathon-to-production pattern
WUR started as an internal hackathon in Utrecht. That prototype now runs live on wur.nl in two languages, actively maintained and serving as a reference case for other universities. We've successfully navigated the path from hackathon to commercial engagement multiple times.
Bonzai accelerates testing, client-cloud ensures scale
Our Bonzai platform enables fast prototyping without enterprise overhead. When use cases prove valuable, we migrate to your cloud environment, so you start with evidence and end with full control over your AI infrastructure.
AI within your existing infrastructure
You don't need to replace your CMS or DXP to integrate AI. Alliander built five AI POCs within their existing Sitecore environment, with alt-text generation now in production. We understand how to embed AI capabilities without rebuilding foundations.
From prototype insights to broader programme strategy
Effective prototype sprints deliver more than working demos: they provide insights that shape broader AI architecture. We ensure these discoveries inform your transition from experiment to strategic programme.
Flexible tools and platform approach
We prototype technology-agnostically but use our own Bonzai platform for maximum speed in the first phase. Production follows the infrastructure that best fits your context.
