THE CREW
Senior people. No theatre.
Aitronaut is a senior, hands-on technology partner for European businesses: AI strategy, real builds and training, accountable for the outcome.
WHO WE ARE
The people you meet are the people who do the work.
Rob Francis
Two decades of building tech that ships. Rob delivered Virgin's first ecommerce project, worked with Vodafone on customer data and built and sold a leisure app to Orange (now EE). He's run tech companies, including a major ticketing business as its technical lead, and now builds his own products, including Fluentry, alongside his role as Chief AI Officer of SitHappy. As Aitronaut's Chief AI Officer, he leads on AI, product and commercial strategy, keeping the builds grounded and the outcomes real.
David Arena
Senior technology leadership across European enterprises. Strategic, versatile and hands-on, David has led teams in a variety of industries, from fintech, advertising to media, and has a track record of delivering complex projects on time and within budget. As Aitronaut's Chief Technical Officer, he oversees the technical direction of our projects, ensuring that we leverage the latest technologies to deliver innovative solutions for our clients.
BETWEEN US, WE'VE DELIVERED FOR
Our crew have built technology for the following companies.
THE NETWORK
And a wider network when the work needs it.
Beyond the core team we work with a small network of trusted partners, brought in when a mandate calls for more hands or specialist depth. Senior people we've worked with and would put in front of any client.
Tom Thurston
Strategy and innovation advisor: turning emerging technology into commercial bets leadership can act on.
Andrey Grushevskiy
Senior engineering and AI delivery: hands-on depth for data-heavy builds and platform work.
Robin Wallaart
Corporate finance leader and fractional CFO: domain depth for finance-grade AI, from the month-end close to the full control room.
WHY WE EXIST
Good companies deserve better technology advice.
In every growing business the technology decisions are stacking up, and AI is the loudest of them. Too often the help on offer is one of two bad deals: a big-firm engagement that arrives with juniors and someone else's slides, or piecemeal advice that can't own a decision and won't be there when it matters. We started Aitronaut to be the third option: senior people, embedded in your business, accountable for the outcome.
HOW WE WORK
Small, senior and embedded.
We don't sell bodies and we don't sell decks. We take a small number of clients, work inside their leadership rhythm and build what we recommend. When we train your team, the goal is to need us less: capability that stays when we step back.
WHAT WE RUN
We build and run our own products too.
We don't only advise. We build and operate our own products in production, so the advice we give comes from running the same playbook on our own line.
SitHappyWHERE
European, English-first, on the ground.
We work across Europe in English. Wherever you are, the rhythm is the same: regular on-site presence where the work demands it, no fly-in-fly-out theatre where it doesn't.