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David
The perspective shifter. David keeps asking until the real problem is on the table, and he likes to take his best ideas from history and philosophy.
About us · The team behind Provem
We treat your business
as if it were our own.
as if it were our own.
Proactive, honest and never satisfied. Because it can be done better. Pull up a chair and get to know us.
The faces behind Provem
Maciej
The strategist with a cool head. When everything seems equally important, Maciej tells you what comes first and makes sure your team is on board.
The mirror
Who’s the biggest bottleneck in your business?
Usually you.
Ouch. That’s exactly why we bring it up. If everything hangs on you, you end up holding everything up: every decision, every holiday, every bit of growth. We go straight to where it hurts and hold a mirror up to you. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea. If you’re up for it, your business ends up running without you. Then you can go away for three weeks without your phone ringing off the hook.
How it all started
Our roots are in IT. That’s where we learned early on how much brainpower and planning goes into a system that really works. Every time we threw ourselves headfirst into building, we got chaos, bad marks and failed projects. It was only with a clear plan that we pulled off our diploma project with the IBM Client Innovation Center.
Then came websites. As a programmer you spend all day googling, and along the way we came across so many weak sites on the German-language web that we wanted to do it better ourselves. Over time the clients got bigger, and so did the projects. And we saw how many businesses jump on every bandwagon: straight into building, no strategy, no view of the bigger picture. Nonsense. Full stop.
Today we mostly bring AI into businesses, looking at them through the eyes of two entrepreneurs who have built software products themselves. Our first AI systems were up and running before ChatGPT came out, by the way.
What’s in our name
Provem sits right in the middle of improvement. The name also hides “prove” and “pro”. Out of these came the four principles we work by.
Continuous improvement.
Provem is rooted in Kaizen, the Japanese philosophy of continuous improvement in life and work. You never reach perfection, but we strive for it anyway: there’s always something to improve. Never satisfied, but always grateful.
Data, facts, proof.
Without data, we’d be just another agency with an opinion. Everyone has opinions, so we believe in numbers. We do the maths on every improvement before you invest, and afterwards we measure whether it’s working.
Prove them wrong.
Change is hard work, and abstract explanations don’t convince anyone. Visible results do. That’s why we’d rather show you a prototype after 24 hours than spend ages explaining.
Screw mediocrity, be a pro.
Everyone gets the same 24 hours a day. Mediocrity wastes them, yours and ours. That’s why we’d rather do things properly once than by halves twice.
What makes us different
There are lots of ways to bring AI into a business. The biggest difference is who does the work. We’ve deliberately stayed small: the people who talk to you are the people who build it.
| Big consultancy | Agency & freelancer |  Provem | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who does the work | Partners land the contract, junior teams deliver it | Often newcomers, and your project is one of many | The founders themselves, with experience and time for your business |
| Getting started | Weeks or months of analysis before anything runs | A tool straight away, often without looking at the whole process | Free intro call, a prototype after 24 hours |
| Result | A strategy on slides, and implementing it is up to you | A tool for one task, and everything else stays as it is | Solutions that work day to day, and a team that uses them |
| Price | Day rates, and the total is often only clear at the end | Cheap to start, follow-up costs often unclear | Fixed price per sprint, set before it starts |
| Value in euros | Usually described, rarely calculated | Rarely calculated beforehand | Calculated beforehand: effort, savings and when it pays for itself |
| After the project | The team moves on to the next project | Help on request, billed by the hour | Monthly sparring with a report, if you want it |
| Data & legal | Their own specialist departments handle it | Often overlooked | GDPR, AI Act and ISO 27001 standards from day one |
A rough comparison, not a verdict on any individual provider.
In numbers
We’ve been building software for over 10 years, in more than 50 industries. We also have 3 software products of our own, with millions of visits a month, used in 150 countries. And in 2022, Maciej sat on the jury of the Effie Awards Austria.
What clients say
“We’ve worked with Provem since we set up the company: brand, website and lots of processes behind the scenes. They think things through as if it were their own company, and they’re honest about what they think.”
“I have to say, the site is absolutely brilliant! The lads at Provem gave us real hands-on help taking our website to the next level.”
Next step
Let’s take the next step. Now.