Making technology work in a world where AI changes the rules.

We've spent the past twenty years turning emerging technology into real products and real businesses. 12vectors brings that experience to companies ready to make AI work for them.

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The people you'll work with

A small, senior team that delivers outsized impact. You work directly with the people who do the thinking.

Nik Eleftheriou

Human-in-Chief

Delivery leader and infrastructure expert. Two decades of high-stakes programme delivery for enterprise customers in banking, retail, and logistics with particular focus in cloud migrations and cloud-native applications.

  • 7 years at Google Cloud — led migration & advisory for customers like Unilever, Maersk, Schwarz Gruppe, HSBC & UKONS among others
  • 6+ years in a Technical Architect role at UBS AG
  • Founded a fintech startup — a white-label digital wallet SaaS platform, specifically tailored for retailers across EMEA
  • Consistently accelerates timelines and improves outcomes on multi-million-dollar programmes
  • Combines deep technical expertise with strong stakeholder engagement

Ronald Ashri

Human-in-Chief

AI researcher turned product builder. Twenty years of applying AI research to real-life products — from VC-backed startups to award-winning AI platforms.

  • PhD in multi-agent systems (Southampton), BSc Computer Systems Engineering (Warwick)
  • Co-founded OpenDialog.ai — conversational AI for regulated industries. "Emerging Technology of the Year 2023"
  • Co-founded GreenShoot Labs — acquired by TPXimpact (AIM-listed)
  • Author: The AI-Powered Workplace (Apress) & Agent-Based Software Development (Artech House)
  • Startup mentor at Creative Destruction Lab (HEC Paris) — AI & Next Gen Computing
  • Runs AgentsDecoded.com — cutting through AI agent hype with grounded analysis

Better together

Nik brings the delivery muscle — programme management, cloud infrastructure, enterprise-grade execution. Ronald brings the AI depth — architecture, product strategy, research-to-production thinking. Together: a team that can design the right thing and get it shipped.

What this looks like in practice

With the judicious use of AI, a two-person team delivers outsized impact. Here are three recent engagements — we'll happily share the full details over coffee.

Advisory

AI-native startup

An AI-native startup with a working product but needing a strategic rethink for an AI-first world.

We delivered product strategy, GCP infrastructure review, security & compliance assessment, and ongoing coaching — helping them evolve their vision from single-agent configuration to multi-agent systems accessed through a dynamic marketplace.

AI-amplified impact

Two senior advisors, using AI-augmented research and analysis, delivered the breadth of insight that would typically require a larger consulting team — infrastructure audit, security review, and product strategy in parallel, not sequentially.

Design & Prototyping

European operations company

An established European business with multi-generational expertise — strong revenue and deep domain knowledge, looking to scale significantly and prepare for the next generation of leadership.

We designed and prototyped an AI-enabled operations management system from scratch — consolidating multiple standalone tools and SaaS services into a single integrated workspace. Requirements, data modelling, compliance analysis, UX, architecture.

What would traditionally be a multi-year, multi-million technology investment was compressed into under 6 months.

AI-amplified impact

AI-augmented design and prototyping let a small team move at startup speed for an established business — rapid iteration on requirements, automated compliance mapping, architecture decisions informed by AI analysis.

Software Development

Kassandra × Vindolanda

Kassandra needed a first-of-its-kind predictive tool for archaeologists at Vindolanda Roman Fort on Hadrian's Wall — a UNESCO World Heritage Site threatened by climate change.

We combined AI-powered research paper analysis, AI-powered code generation, and Kassandra's existing platform to build a digital twin that fuses environmental data, climate projections, LiDAR, and excavation records — running thousands of simulations to predict how different climate futures affect buried archaeology.

One of the first predictive AI tools deployed at any UNESCO World Heritage Site globally.

AI-amplified impact

AI-powered research analysis ingested the scientific literature; AI-assisted code generation accelerated development — a novel, complex tool delivered by a small team at a pace that matched the urgency of the climate threat.

Mark Cannata, CEO of Kassandra

"Working with 12vectors we were able to make our AI-powered climate decision support platform — Kassandra — a reality. The team took a complex set of requirements and reframed it as an iterative and realistic roadmap enabling us to move quickly and effectively."

Mark Cannata, CEO — Kassandra

What we can do for you

Strategy & advisory

Figure out where AI fits, what to build, and what not to build.

Design & prototyping

Turn ideas into working prototypes before committing to a full build.

Development

Build AI-powered products end-to-end, from architecture to production.

Enablement

Coach your team and build your AI practice — tools, workflows, and habits to make AI a core capability.

How we engage

Tailored, not templated

Discover, design, build, iterate — but the shape of every engagement fits where you are and what you need. Most start small.

Outcomes over hours

When AI-augmented delivery compresses months into weeks, the question isn't "how many people for how long" — it's what the outcome is worth to your business.

Embedded, not handed off

We work with your team, not behind closed doors. Structured deliverables at every phase — but we don't let process slow down progress.

How we think

We don't show up with generic processes. We actively develop frameworks and approaches for building AI-powered applications, grounded in decades of research and hands-on delivery.

Framework

CIAO — Conversations, Interfaces, Agents, Orchestration

Our architectural framework for thinking about what AI applications need to do before deciding how to build them. Focus on the "what" first — then choose the "how."

Read more on AgentsDecoded.com →

Insights

We share what we learn along the way

Grounded analysis of the AI landscape, and lessons learned from real engagements — no hype, just what works and what doesn't.

AgentsDecoded.com → 12vectors on Substack →

Where to from here

Every engagement starts with a conversation — no pitch, no proposal, just understanding where you are and what you're trying to achieve.

From there, we come back with an initial view: where AI could make the biggest difference, what a first step could look like, and what outcomes to expect.

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