A local partner for AI and automation
emod exists to help companies use AI and automation the way they should be used: to take the dull, repetitive work off people’s plates, and to get real value out of the data your business already produces. Without the hype, and without sending your data abroad.
What we do
Most companies do not need more AI. They need the right small piece of it, in the right place, doing a job that used to eat someone’s afternoon. And underneath that, they need their data to actually exist. Most of it is scattered across inboxes, spreadsheets, PDFs and the memory of whoever has been there longest. We surface it, give it structure, and put it to work. That is the job: find the piece that matters, build it well, and make sure it keeps earning its place.
What we believe
- Honest beats impressive. We tell you what will happen next, and what it will not. No hype words, no hundred-page decks.
- Start small, then prove it. A first win before a big promise, measured against numbers we agree up front.
- Data before models. The value is usually in the data you already have, once it is made visible and usable. The cleverest model in the world cannot help a business that cannot see its own numbers.
- As little AI as possible. Rules and plain automation run the same way every time; an AI model does not always. We use a model only where nothing simpler works. Reliable beats clever.
- Your data stays yours. On your own infrastructure where we can, in Switzerland or the EU where we cannot.
Where this is heading
We want companies that can adopt AI on their own terms, run by people they trust, without handing control to a black box or a foreign platform. That starts here in Suisse romande, and it does not stop at the border. AI that serves the business, not the other way around.
Who is behind emod
emod is ran by Steven Gibert. He has spent more than fifteen years building tech products, from a blank page to something people actually use.
In the past, he founded a digital agency in Hong Kong, where clients ranged from the small local restaurant to an airline, and he taught digital marketing to over 300 students at General Assembly.
Proud geek, he prides himself on his ability to translate complex technical concepts into simple, actionable insights. He’s also one of the few people who enjoys reading manuals… even when he buys a new microwave.
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He values simplicity and effectiveness in everything he does and put privacy and data sovereignty at the center of his approach.
These days he builds working tools himself, with AI doing the heavy lifting on the code. That is a large part of why he can be straight with you about what AI is good for and what it is not.
The point of emod is simple: the person advising you has actually built the product, and is local enough to sit across the table while you decide what to do. For a lot of the companies we work with, that is exactly what was missing.