European enterprise control boutique
We believe the future takes hold where people are empowered to turn complexity into clarity - and clarity into control.
Strategy, architecture, SAP, data, AI and governance - for real enterprises, aligned with European standards for trustworthy AI.
Innovate your business.
Our approach
It's in the data, the systems, the processes - and in what people already know. The potential is there; what's missing is the way in. New systems, new tools, new demands, new uncertainty: a maze full of possibilities, but no map.
This is exactly where Xient comes in.
Because technology is always a human matter. So we don't start with tools - we start by listening. We are not an SAP shop: we operate at the intersection of business, technology and enterprise reality - and we take ownership until things work. And we don't chase the AI hype: our AI expertise is real and already in production - proven in research and innovation projects, and deployed responsibly.
What we do
Management consulting with technical depth - from clarity of goals to architecture. We prioritise instead of piling on complexity, and we put AI where it delivers: in real processes.
Learn more →Turning scattered data into real decision-making power. SAP is the engine here, not the label - architecture, reporting and analytics that hold up in daily operations.
Learn more →Helping shape the future - through Horizon Europe, European sovereign computing infrastructure and deep-tech projects. At the cutting edge, grounded in operational reality.
Learn more →AI Governance
Responsible, traceable AI, aligned with European standards for data protection and trustworthy AI. AI governance does not end in policies - it starts in the architecture. And bans only create shadow AI, while control creates adoption: we enable instead, secure by design.
Clarity in governance, too. Not just in the data.
More on AI Governance →European sovereignty
We build in data protection and sovereignty from the start - oriented to European standards for trustworthy AI. Your data stays in your own systems: no shadow infrastructure at Xient, no copy on our side. Where your data sits, you decide.
AI Solutions
Concrete products and solutions that bring AI into the business - controlled, integrated, effective.
Invoices, receipts, orders: AI reads the content without rigid templates, checks it against your SAP data and hands it back posted - people decide only the exceptions. The engine comes from our technology partner hypatos, the integration into your systems from us.
Learn more →On-Prem · Dedicated Server · Self-hosted
AI in-house: the right model, securely operated - on your hardware, with data and model under your control. Sovereignty by design.
Learn more →Which AI gets in? We vet language models against clear criteria and clear them for use - with a Trust Score, from local to enterprise models.
Learn more →Enterprise AI will not be won by the best model alone. It will be won by the organizations that can control data, architecture, roles, governance and operating models.
Microsoft Teams
We don't talk about AI in the abstract - we make it usable in everyday work. One example: a question in Microsoft Teams, a reliable answer from SAP, in seconds. We call it Xient Bridge.
Microsoft Teams is just the most tangible starting point - via Microsoft Copilot, the same works in Outlook, SharePoint and in automated workflows.
How it worksA sovereign, European deep-tech initiative: Agentic GeoAI that turns satellite, EGNSS, drone, sensor and geospatial data into one auditable, human-in-the-loop decision layer - for crisis intelligence, critical infrastructure and European resilience.
A multi-year research initiative - we're looking for strategic industry partners to build it with us.
Explore the initiativeCybersecurity
Security isn't an add-on, it's the precondition for being able to act. We steer cybersecurity with oversight and an excellent partner network that brings specialist knowledge exactly when it counts - from architecture review through to operations.
And where AI meets security, we help CIOs and security teams decide on a verified basis.
Research & Innovation
Xient is a research-active SME, deeply embedded in European and national structures - from Horizon Europe and European sovereign computing infrastructure to the ZIM innovation network DiNa. Consortia and funding partners find what they're looking for here, fast.
About us
Since 2011, from Cologne, we've guided demanding transformations - for the Mittelstand, hidden champions and DAX corporations. A compact team and a proven network of professionals and partners deliver very large undertakings.
More about XientCareers
At Xient, newcomers work on real projects and real kit from day one: our own AI hardware, our own SAP systems, our place in SAP's PartnerEdge Open Ecosystem, and European research at the cutting edge. We train people - if you roll up your sleeves, you help shape things.
See open rolesSuccess Stories
Projects that hold up in daily operations - not just on paper. For Bayer, Siemens, thyssenkrupp, Audi and hidden champions across automotive, chemicals, energy and industry: IT transformation, data architecture, system integration and process digitisation.
View success storiesThe people
Behind Xient are people who bring strategy, technology and responsibility together - from the first conversation to impact in operations.
Founder & Managing Director
“To me, technology is always a human topic, too. Only when people understand does complexity turn into clarity.”
Entrepreneur, driver and connector. Yavuz founded Xient in 2011 and brings people, technology and business together - driven to turn complexity into clarity.
More about Yavuz →
Data & Technology Executive
“Large programmes rarely fail because of the technology. They fail for lack of clarity about what comes first.”
Experienced strategist for complex transformations. Oliver leads large programmes and keeps a cool head even in the most complex undertakings.
More about Oliver →More about the team and what we stand for: About us.
Partners & Networks
We work with leading technology providers and are firmly rooted in the IT Mittelstand and in applied research.
SAP · PartnerEdge Open Ecosystem
Databricks · Partner
DSAG · Member
BITMi · MemberLocations
We come from the Ruhr region - a place that knows change like few others. We lived through its structural transformation, at times painfully, and helped shape it: coal and steel became knowledge and technology. That experience runs through every transformation project we take on.
From here we went out into the world and stayed connected to the global AI frontier - and today we bring much of it back: knowledge, connections, and the European conviction that the future is built together.
Location
Wissenschaftspark GelsenkirchenInternational hub
YTÜ Teknopark, A1 Blok, No: 35International hub
Av. Cortes Valencianas, 17 izq. oficina 4Contact
Tell us what you're working on - we'll come back with an honest read and a concrete next step. We listen before we propose solutions.
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