About Praexo Group
Advisors who build and invest
Praexo Group helps leadership teams and boards make AI pay. We advise on strategy and governance, deliver enterprise systems with our partners, and invest in companies built around AI. Based in Amsterdam, New York and Miami, working with leadership teams internationally.
Advise · build · invest
AdviseStrategy and governanceFor leadership teams and boards
BuildEnterprise AI systemsDelivered with our engineering partners
InvestPraexo VenturesCompanies built around AI from the start
75+senior AI architects
120+engineers with our delivery partners
Amsterdam · New York · Miami
Founder
Marc De Kuyper
- Founder & CEO, Praexo Group
- Adjunct Professor, Columbia Business School
- Partner, StellarIQ
Marc has spent more than two decades as a founder, operator and investor. He brings the view of someone who has had to make AI pay in his own companies, and the discipline of someone who teaches it to executives and boards.
Columbia Business SchoolAdjunct Professor. Teaches AI strategy in the MBA program and two three-day executive programs: Governing AI for Boards and AI Strategies for Leaders.
Technology & AI16 years as a technology founder and operator. Focused on business systems in which AI agents do the work, on commercial excellence (stronger sales, pricing and marketing) and on predictive analytics.
Consumer goods20 years in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) sector, from fast-moving consumer goods to alcoholic beverages.
Family business governanceCo-led ABN AMRO’s Family Business Center, developing governance frameworks for family enterprises. Active in the Family Business Network (FBN), its Dutch chapter FBNed, and Les Hénokiens, the international association of family companies that are at least 200 years old. Guest lecturer at INSEAD, Harvard Business School, Kennesaw State University, the University of British Columbia and Columbia Business School.
Partners
Senior engineering on demand
Praexo leads the strategy and governance. When you build, our partners give you access to senior AI engineers, architects and a proven enterprise AI platform.
AnswerRocketDelivery partner
An enterprise AI solutions company that combines consulting with its own platform for building AI agents on enterprise data. Together we turn strategy into working AI systems: Praexo shapes the business case and the governance; AnswerRocket builds and runs the solution. answerrocket.com → StellarIQInvestment partner
Invests in vertical software companies to accelerate their AI transformation, and is the parent company of AnswerRocket. A natural partner for our ventures work and for clients in software. stellariq.com → Strategic partnershipsThe AI model and data platform companies we build on.
- OpenAI
Our team
Who does the work
75+ senior AI architectsWe draw on a network of highly experienced AI architects and engineers, matched to each engagement.
Delivery at scaleTogether with our delivery partners, we build and run AI systems with a team of more than 120 engineers.
Proven business architectsFounders and operators who have built and sold companies, one of them for more than $1 billion. Deep expertise across more than ten industries, from consumer goods and retail to financial services and life sciences.
Specialist sector teamsDedicated teams for mid-sized companies and multinationals, family offices and financial services firms.
Governance and securitySpecialists in AI governance, regulatory compliance and security, involved from the first design to daily use.
Scientific researchIn-house research capability for AI in biotech and life sciences, academic research and technology innovation.
Praexo Ventures
Companies built around AI
We invest in and build companies designed around AI from the start, including through our Zero Employees Fund. What works in daily use sharpens our advice to clients.
Portfolio · Running a company
An operating system for founders and CEOs in which AI agents run day-to-day operations.
An operating system for founders and CEOs in which AI agents run day-to-day operations.Portfolio · Maritime trading
A trading platform for charterers, brokers and shipowners that turns maritime data into clear insight.
A trading platform for charterers, brokers and shipowners that turns maritime data into clear insight.Portfolio · Consumer goods
An operating system for consumer-goods brands that helps products sell faster at retail.
An operating system for consumer-goods brands that helps products sell faster at retail.