AI agents that do real work inside your systems

A chatbot answers questions. An agent reads your ERP, decides by your rules and acts, with a person approving the steps that need it and a record of everything it did. We run 27 of them in production inside Nexo, our own platform, and that same system carried us through the ISO 27001, ISO 42001 and ENS audits with zero non-conformities.

  • 27 AI agents live in production
  • 0 Non-conformities across the three standards
  • 1-9 s Response time of the assistant we built for La Salve (Mahou Group)
How an agent works: reads your systems, plans, proposes, a person approves, it acts and everything is logged Learns from every approval 01 · Systems Reads ERP, CRM andemail 02 · Goal Plans the steps 03 · Proposal With the evidence 04 · Control A person approves 05 · Action Acts in yoursystems 06 · Log Everything istraced
  1. 01 · Systems Reads ERP, CRM and email
  2. 02 · Goal Plans the steps
  3. 03 · Proposal With the evidence
  4. 04 · Control A person approves
  5. 05 · Action Acts in your systems
  6. 06 · Log Everything is traced
  7. Learns from every approval
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In numbers

The AI Agent Market in Numbers

Why companies are investing now.

  • 49.6% CAGR 2025-2033 (Grand View Research) Annual growth rate of the agentic AI market
  • 8-12 wks Deployment Time Functional agent in production
  • 30+ LLM Projects AI solutions in production since 2023

What's included

Service Deliverables

What you get. No ambiguity.

  • Agentic strategy: analysis of automatable processes and architecture design
  • Custom agent development with reasoning logic and tool integrations
  • Multi-agent orchestration: coordination between specialized agents
  • Integration with existing systems (CRM, ERP, APIs, databases)
  • LLMOps and monitoring: traceability, cost tracking, latency, and alerts
  • AI governance: guardrails, autonomy limits, and decision audit trails

Why

Chatbot vs AI Agent: Not the Same Thing

The difference between answering and executing.

A chatbot answers predefined questions. An AI agent reasons toward a goal, breaks down tasks, uses external tools (APIs, databases, browsers), and executes actions autonomously. It can iterate, self-correct, and scale to multiple coordinated agents. It's the difference between an interactive FAQ and a digital employee.

agents/sales_agent.py
# AI Agent Architecture
class SalesAgent:
llm = LLM(model=FRONTIER_MODEL) # model-agnostic: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google
tools = [CRM, Email, Calendar]
memory = ConversationBuffer()
def run(self, goal):
plan = self.llm.plan(goal)
for step in plan:
result = self.execute(step)
self.evaluate(result) # self-correction
  • Autonomous Reasoning
  • N connected Tools
  • Human-in-loop Oversight

Definition

What Is an AI Agent?

An AI agent is an artificial intelligence system that perceives its environment, reasons toward a goal, plans a sequence of actions, and executes them autonomously using external tools (APIs, databases, browsers). Unlike a chatbot or a standalone language model, an agent has memory, planning capabilities, and the autonomy to make decisions.

Gartner estimates that 40% of enterprise applications will include task-specific AI agents by the end of 2026 (Gartner, 2025). 93% of IT leaders plan to deploy autonomous agents within the next 2 years (MuleSoft/Deloitte, 2025). The key distinction: an LLM generates text; an agent executes real work with configurable human oversight.

Summary

Executive Summary

What you need to know to decide.

Autonomous AI agents are the natural evolution of generative AI. While chatbots answer, agents execute complete tasks: they qualify leads, process orders, monitor systems, and generate reports. 61% of CEOs are already integrating agents into core operations (IBM, 2025).

Typical investment: from €25,000 for a production agent up to €500,000+ for enterprise multi-agent systems. ROI in 6-12 months for high-volume repetitive processes. The primary risk is deploying without governance: we define autonomy limits and human-in-the-loop from the design phase.

  • 61% CEOs with Active AI Agents (IBM, 2025)
  • 6-12 months Time to Positive ROI
  • 27 Agents Deployed by Kiwop

For the CTO

Technical Summary for CTO

Architecture and implementation details.

Architectures based on ReAct (Reason + Act), hierarchical planning, and multi-agent orchestration. Frameworks: CrewAI for agent teams, LangGraph for state graphs, AutoGen for multi-agent conversations, and OpenAI Assistants API for native integration.

Infrastructure: FastAPI + Python as backend, vectorstores for long-term memory (Pinecone/Qdrant), observability with LangSmith/Helicone. Deployed in Docker containers with Kubernetes orchestration. Security guardrails and autonomy limits configurable by role.

Technologies

  • CrewAI
  • LangGraph
  • AutoGen
  • OpenAI Assistants API
  • Claude Tools
  • Vertex AI Agent Builder
  • n8n
  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • ReAct pattern: reasoning → action → observation → iteration
  • Memory: short-term (context), long-term (vectorstore), episodic (history)
  • Multi-agent orchestration with hierarchical delegation and consensus
  • Human-in-the-loop configurable by risk level per action

Who it is for

Is It Right for You?

AI agents make sense for repetitive, complex, high-volume processes.

Who it's for

  • Companies with high-volume repetitive processes that require reasoning (not just rules).
  • Sales and support teams losing hours to manually qualifiable tasks.
  • Organizations already using LLMs or chatbots that want to take the next step toward autonomy.
  • Operations with multiple disconnected systems (CRM, ERP, email, databases).
  • CTOs looking to automate multi-step workflows with human oversight.

Who it's not for

  • Simple tasks solvable with business rules or traditional RPA.
  • Organizations without APIs or programmatic access to their core systems.
  • If you need a basic FAQ chatbot (we have LLM integration for that).
  • Companies without budget for iteration: agents require continuous tuning.
  • Processes where human error has irreversible consequences without possible oversight.

Key points

5 Types of Agents We Build

Each agent is designed for a specific domain.

  1. 01

    Customer Support Agent

    Resolves L1/L2 tickets autonomously. Queries knowledge base, CRM, and customer history. Escalates to a human when it detects frustration or out-of-scope complexity. Average 50% reduction in manual tickets.

  2. 02

    Sales Qualification Agent

    Qualifies inbound leads, researches companies (LinkedIn, web, CRM), drafts personalized proposals, and schedules meetings on the sales rep's calendar. Integrates with HubSpot, Salesforce, and Pipedrive.

  3. 03

    Internal Operations Agent

    Automates multi-step processes: processes orders, generates invoices, updates inventory, and sends notifications. Connects ERP, email, and management systems. Comprehensive automation of repetitive tasks with significant error reduction.

  4. 04

    Data Analysis Agent

    Queries databases, generates dynamic SQL, interprets results, and produces executive reports automatically. Detects anomalies and proactively alerts. Connects with BigQuery, PostgreSQL, and data warehouses.

  5. 05

    Content and Marketing Agent

    Researches trends, generates briefings, writes SEO-optimized content, and adapts tone and style per channel (blog, social, email). Includes fact-checking and brand review before publishing.

How we work

Development Process

From idea to production-ready agent.

  1. 01

    Discovery and Design

    We map the process to automate, define the agent's objective, required tools, and autonomy limits. Deliverable: agentic design document with architecture and decision flow.

    Week 1-2
  2. 02

    Prototype and Validation

    We build a functional prototype with core tools. Testing with real business cases. Prompt tuning, guardrails, and reasoning logic adjustments. Iterative review with your team.

    Week 3-5
  3. 03

    Development and Integration

    Full agent development with all integrations (CRM, ERP, APIs). Exhaustive testing: edge cases, security, performance. Technical documentation and operations manual.

    Week 6-10
  4. 04

    Deployment and Monitoring

    Production deployment with gradual rollout. LLMOps monitoring: decision traceability, cost per execution, latency, and anomaly alerts. 30-day post-launch support included.

    Week 11-12

Risks and how we cover them

Risks and Mitigation

Transparency about what can go wrong.

  1. 01

    The agent makes incorrect decisions

    Mitigation

    Human-in-the-loop configurable by risk level. High-impact actions (payments, shipments, external communications) always require human approval until trust is established.

  2. 02

    Uncontrolled LLM API costs

    Mitigation

    Budgets per agent and per execution. Spend alerts. Lightweight models for simple tasks, frontier models only where reasoning demands it.

  3. 03

    Hallucinations in critical data

    Mitigation

    Agents connected to verified sources (your CRM, your database). Fact verification before external actions. Enterprise RAG for grounding with your proprietary data.

  4. 04

    Excessive dependency on a single LLM provider

    Mitigation

    Model-agnostic architecture: swap between OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and open-source models without rewriting the agent.

Technologies

Technology Stack

Frameworks, models, and tools we work with.

  • CrewAI
  • LangGraph
  • AutoGen
  • LangChain
  • Pinecone
  • Qdrant
  • OpenAI
  • Claude
  • Gemini
  • Python
  • FastAPI
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • n8n
  • Make
  • LangSmith
  • Helicone

The proof

Real-World AI Experience

We've been automating digital processes for 15+ years, and since 2023 we've been building production LLM solutions. The most direct proof is Nexo, our own Laravel-based platform, which runs AI agents in production 24/7 with the same guardrails, traceability, and human-in-the-loop we deploy for clients. We build agents that deliver measurable ROI, not papers. LLM integration, RAG, and autonomous agents for European companies with full GDPR compliance.

  • 15+ Years in Software Development
  • 30+ LLM Projects in Production
  • High Automation of Repetitive Tasks
  • AI Client Satisfaction (Kiwop) 94%

Investment

Investment and timelines

We publish the ranges so neither side burns meetings on them: if the order of magnitude does not fit, better to know today than on the third call.

  • Single agent in production

    €25,000-50,000 (~$27,000-54,000)

    One agent with 2-3 tools on one of your systems. 4-6 weeks to production.

    • Agentic design: goal, tools and autonomy limits
    • Prototype validated with real cases from your business in week 3-5
    • Integration with one core system (CRM, ERP, database or email)
    • Human-in-the-loop on high-impact actions
    • Deployment, LLMOps monitoring and 30 days of support
    Talk to an architect
  • Agent with ML or several systems Most common

    €50,000-100,000 (~$54,000-108,000)

    Classification or predictive analytics, plus several systems wired into the same agent.

    • Everything in the single-agent tier
    • Classification and predictive analytics on your own data
    • Multiple integrations: CRM, ERP, email and data warehouse
    • RAG over your documentation so answers cite verifiable sources
    • Cost per run under control, with budgets and alerts
    Talk to an architect
  • Enterprise multi-agent system

    €100,000-500,000 (~$108,000-540,000)

    Several specialised agents coordinating over critical processes. 8-16 weeks.

    • Multi-agent orchestration with hierarchical delegation
    • Complex integrations with core systems and internal APIs
    • AI governance: guardrails per role and an audit trail for every decision
    • Traceability and human oversight aligned with the EU AI Act
    • Model-agnostic architecture: switch provider without rewriting the agent
    Talk to an architect

No lock-in. A closed, phased proposal after the first call.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

What our clients ask before getting started.

What exactly is an AI agent and how does it differ from a chatbot?

A chatbot answers predefined questions or generates text with an LLM. An AI agent has a goal, reasons about how to achieve it, uses external tools (APIs, databases, email), executes actions, and self-corrects if something fails. It's the difference between an assistant that informs and a digital employee that executes.

How much does it cost to develop an AI agent?

It depends on complexity. Production agent (single-agent, 2-3 tools): €25,000-50,000. Agents with ML (classification, predictive analytics): €50,000-100,000. Enterprise multi-agent systems (orchestration, multiple integrations): €100,000-500,000+. Always with a detailed proposal before we begin.

How long does it take to have a working agent?

A basic functional agent: 4-6 weeks. A complex agent with multiple integrations and a multi-agent system: 8-16 weeks. We deliver a functional prototype by week 3-5 to validate the approach before building the full version.

What happens if the agent makes a mistake?

We design agents with human-in-the-loop: high-risk actions (payments, external communications, data modifications) require human approval. As the agent proves reliability, you can gradually expand its autonomy. Every decision is logged for audit.

Is it secure? What about our data?

Data is processed on European servers with GDPR compliance by design. Agents access only the data they need (principle of least privilege). Configurable guardrails: what it can do, what it cannot do, and what requires oversight. Full audit trail for every action.

Can the agent integrate with our CRM, ERP, or internal systems?

Yes, integrating with existing systems is a core capability. We connect with HubSpot, Salesforce, SAP, Odoo, PostgreSQL, REST/GraphQL APIs, and any system with a programmatic interface. If it doesn't have an API, we evaluate alternatives (controlled scraping, hybrid RPA).

Do we need proprietary data to train the agent?

You don't need to train a model from scratch. Agents use pre-trained LLMs (frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google) and access your data in real time via tools. What you do need is programmatic access to your systems and documented processes. If you use RAG, then yes, you need a knowledge base (documents, FAQs, manuals).

What if AI models or pricing change?

Our architecture is model-agnostic: you can switch between OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or open-source models without rewriting the agent. We monitor cost per execution with budget alerts. If a provider raises prices, we migrate in hours, not weeks. That continuous monitoring of cost, quality and model versions in production is LLMOps.

Do you use AI agents in your own business?

Yes. Nexo, our own platform built on Laravel, runs AI agents in production 24/7: they manage project tasks, draft client responses, and log completed work, always with human oversight. The cost-per-execution figures, the failure modes, and the guardrails we recommend come from that daily operation, not from a paper.

What does the EU AI Act require from an AI agent?

It depends on the risk level of the use case. Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 requires transparency, human oversight, and traceability, with fines of up to €35 million or 7% of global turnover (whichever is higher) for the most serious infringements. We design every agent with decision logging and human-in-the-loop from day one, and cover full compliance through our EU AI Act compliance service.

Do I need an AI agent, a chatbot, or a RAG system?

An AI chatbot converses and answers questions. An enterprise RAG system answers using your verified data. An agent goes further and executes actions: it queries systems, creates records, sends communications. They are not mutually exclusive: many agents use RAG as their source of truth. If the use case is not clear yet, a short AI consulting engagement defines it before you invest in development. If the process is linear and involves no judgement, n8n or Make may be enough: we compare them in n8n vs Make vs a custom AI agent.

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