Brainpool AI

Who Brainpool AI is

Brainpool AI describes itself as a professional artificial intelligence and machine learning consulting company¹. It states that it was founded in 2017 with global headquarters in London². Peter Holroyd is named as Chief Executive Officer³ and Kasia Borowska as Chief Product Officer⁴. The company's text also notes that it is unrelated to the Brainpool elliptic curve cryptographic standard⁵, a point worth knowing for anyone searching the name.

The company says its network includes over five hundred academic researchers and machine learning engineering practitioners⁶, and it describes team members as holding doctorate and master's credentials⁷.

Services and specialisation

The AI Consultancy service is described as helping organisations evaluate, plan and deploy artificial intelligence technologies⁸. A custom GPT and LLM development service includes the construction of custom RAG pipelines⁹.

Alongside its services the company has a product, Brainpool Cortex, which it calls a proprietary AI powered automation middleware platform¹⁰. It describes the design as strictly model agnostic and free of dependence on a single cloud¹¹.

Delivery model

AI strategy work is delivered through the Brainpool AI Scoping Programme, a structured workshop and analysis period that typically spans four to six weeks¹². The company describes a lifecycle that runs from scoping through prototyping, implementation and continuous improvement¹³.

The next step it publishes is the Proof of Concept Factory, a fixed price validation of project feasibility lasting four to six weeks¹⁴. On ownership, the company states that it builds proprietary assets that transfer complete intellectual property ownership to the client¹⁵. It also states that Cortex is deployed directly within the client's own cloud architecture¹⁶.

Published case studies

Brainpool AI names the Staircraft Group, which it describes as Europe's largest timber floor and stair manufacturer, as its partner on DAISY, a timber design software¹⁷. It reports that DAISY reduced structural timber design times from over three hours to under ten minutes¹⁸.

Creed is a personal carbon footprint tracking application that the company says it developed from the ground up for a green fintech startup¹⁹. It reports that the application was deployed as a regulated Financial Conduct Authority application on the iOS and Google Play stores²⁰.

For an unnamed Tier 1 Japanese investment bank, the company reports a foreign exchange forecast whose accuracy rose from a 52 percent baseline to 56 percent²¹. It lists a Crown and Paw computer vision design pipeline for custom portraits and reports a saving of $365,000 a year²². A case study titled HSBC SME cash flow prediction is also listed, though its body text was absent from the copy we saved²³.

Industries served

The company names mid sized professional services partnerships, financial services institutions, retail networks and construction firms among those it serves²⁴. Its AI in Healthcare material refers to compliance with MHRA regulations²⁵, and its AI in Real Estate scoping refers to evaluating RICS compliance rules²⁶.

Pricing and engagement

Brainpool AI publishes price bands. It gives fifteen thousand to thirty five thousand pounds for a four to six week Proof of Concept Factory prototype²⁷, and fifty thousand to two hundred thousand pounds for a custom enterprise MVP integration on the Cortex platform²⁸.

Security and certifications

The company says its work is backed by security frameworks, Amazon Web Services partner tracks and ISO 27001 data governance boundaries²⁹. It also says Cortex aligns with ISO 27001, the AWS Advanced Partner track and Cyber Essentials standards³⁰. These are the company's own statements, and the copy we saved contains no certificate. A buyer who needs certification should ask for the certificates and their scope.

Limits of this profile

The brainpool.ai home page returned HTTP 403 to automated requests, so the facts here come from the company's published text file at brainpool.ai/llms-full.txt³¹. The firm's Clutch profile also returned HTTP 403, so no Clutch content is used³².