About usWe are the doers in a world full of AI thinkers
Everyone talks about AI. We build it.
No hot air and no expensive consultants. We don't hand over thick reports; we put something in place that works.
ai-werkers has been in business since 2026. We are not young technologists. We are two former directors with more than half a century of experience between us, in commerce and in digital. Rick knows how a board reaches a decision; Bart builds the tools himself. That is exactly the gap most AI projects fall into: between ambition and execution.
Rick Hermanns
Founder, commercial strategist
Bart van Slobbe
Founder, digital strategist
Vera
AI colleague, scheduling and service
Rick Hermanns
Founder, commercial strategist
Twenty-five years of board-level experience in automotive, including managing director of Peugeot Netherlands and Germany. He deliberately left the boardroom to sit where the profit is actually made: on the shop floor, with the customer.
AI is not an IT project. It is a leadership question.
Bart van Slobbe
Founder, digital strategist
Online since 1994, with more than thirty years of building and optimising websites. Former Chief Digital Officer at PSA Groupe Benelux, now Stellantis. Bart builds the tools himself, so he knows what is actually achievable.
I have been optimising sites since the web existed. The rules change, the craft does not.
Vera
AI colleague, scheduling and service
Vera is our third colleague. She is not a person, and we would rather say that ourselves. Put her in cc and she arranges the appointment: she emails your client, proposes times from your calendar, takes your travel time into account and books it in both calendars. She does that in Dutch, English, French and German, works 24/7 and asks for no salary. She also makes a big mistake now and then, which is why she brings in a human the moment she is unsure.
If I am unsure, I bring in a human.
- Joined
- 2026
- Working hours
- Always
- Holiday days
- None
- Escalates to
- A human