AI consulting for Swiss SMEs that lands in the daily work.

schnellstart.ai is an AI practice based in Frauenfeld, Thurgau. You can enquire about a small paid feasibility review directly or use a free 15-minute call to check fit. We also scope workshops and implementation.

Based in Frauenfeld, ThurgauBuilt for firms of 2 to 200 peopleScope and price agreed in advance
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Florian Witschi, co-founder of schnellstart.aiDmitri Kortchminski, project management lead at schnellstart.aiLukas Huber, co-founder of schnellstart.ai
Lukas HuberStrategy · Processes · Consulting
Dmitri KortchminskiProject management · Processes · Delivery
Florian WitschiTechnology · Security · Rollout guidance

Short and direct

What you get here, in four lines.

You can enquire about a feasibility review from CHF 490 directly or first use a free 15-minute call to check fit. Deeper reviews, workshops and implementation are scoped as needed. Deliverables and fixed price are agreed before paid work begins. Led by Lukas Huber and Florian Witschi.

Free

Optional 15-minute plain-talk call

From CHF 490

Small feasibility review

From CHF 1,500

Deeper assessment

By scope

Price and timeline agreed upfront

The path

Possible steps, scoped to your needs.

Enquire about a paid review directly or use the free call to check fit first. We agree the scope, deliverables and price of paid work before it begins.

01

Plain-talk call

02

Assessment

03

Team workshop

04

Delivery and sparring

01

Plain-talk call

Free15 minutes, online

Bring one real task from your working day. We check whether we can help and what a sensible next step could be.

Pick a slot
02

Assessment

From CHF 490; deeper reviews from CHF 1,500Agreed to scope

The assessment reviews strategy, data, skills, processes and open governance or data-protection questions for your use case. Scope, deliverables and fixed price are agreed before work begins.

See the assessment
03

Team workshop

By scopeFormat and duration agreed

Your team works through suitable tasks from the business. Examples and data are anonymised or used only with explicit approval; content and outcomes are agreed in advance.

See the workshop
04

Delivery and sparring

By scopeBy agreement

Automated workflows and integrations are planned for the specific use case. Further development or sparring can be arranged separately; scope and availability are set out in the proposal.

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References

Four businesses, four statements.

Named, and every number says who states it. The full case studies are public.

10 to 15 h

saved per week

One central document pipeline instead of scattered folders. The figure appears this way in the quote on the case study.

Bürodienstleistungen Hähni

Office services

about 60%

less admin work

Finance admin automated, ChatGPT in daily studio use. The figure is the owner's estimate.

Cichowdt Tattoo

Tattoo studio, Frauenfeld

CHF 4,000

a month, up from about 2,000

In his own words: from about CHF 2,000 to CHF 4,000 a month, with roughly twice the customers.

Marius Vgl

Scaling with AI

5/5

rating on Google

Support with AI topics, optimisation and web design, as Chris Plaschy put it in his Google review.

Plaschy Treuhand

Fiduciary

Region

Thurgau, Eastern Switzerland and beyond.

We sit in Frauenfeld. On-site meetings are straightforward across Thurgau and wider Eastern Switzerland, and by arrangement elsewhere in German-speaking Switzerland. Much of the work runs online anyway.

Cost

What AI consulting costs here.

Small feasibility reviews start at CHF 490 and deeper reviews at CHF 1,500. Scope and fixed price are agreed before work begins. Workshops, talks, implementation and sparring are scoped separately.

Plain-talk call, 15 minutesFreeNon-binding, directly with one of the founders.
AssessmentFrom CHF 490; deeper review from CHF 1,500Scope and fixed price are agreed before work begins.
Team workshop, half or full dayBy scopeFormat, duration, content and price are agreed to suit the team.
Talk or keynoteBy scopePreparation and scope are quoted in advance.
Delivery and sparringBy scopeScope, term and availability are agreed in advance.

Small feasibility reviews start at CHF 490 and deeper reviews at CHF 1,500. Workshop, implementation and sparring scope and price are agreed separately before work begins.

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Data

Where your data sits.

This question comes up in every first conversation, so the answer lives here and not in the small print.

  • Small attack surface by design: static site, few moving parts, every entry point behind one guarded gate.
  • Data-protection questions, provider terms and relevant data flows are reviewed for the specific use; seek qualified advice for legal interpretation where needed.
  • Within the agreed scope, we document which tools process which data and note open questions.
  • Use of company data for model training is not assumed; provider terms and settings are checked for the specific use.

Who

You talk to us directly.

Lukas Huber runs the conversations and the projects: 16 years in Swiss finance and Treuhand, sold his own startup in 2021. Florian Witschi is CTO, BSc in computer science from ZHAW, background in software security. We are a practice rather than an agency, so you speak with the people who do the work. We also run our own product, the finance platform bukd.ch, so we build with AI rather than only talking about it.

Common questions about AI consulting in Switzerland.

What does AI consulting cost for an SME in Switzerland?
At schnellstart.ai the first 15-minute plain-talk call is free. Small feasibility reviews start at CHF 490 and deeper reviews at CHF 1,500. Workshops, implementation and sparring are quoted to scope, with scope and fixed price agreed before work begins.
How should a Swiss SME start with AI?
Start with a real task from the working day, not a tool selection. The first conversation helps identify a useful next step. Any deeper assessment or implementation is scoped with its timeline before work begins.
What is an AI readiness check and do we need one?
The AI readiness review considers five areas: strategy, data, skills, processes, and governance or open data-protection questions. The specific topics and deliverables are agreed in advance.
What does the AI readiness review include?
It frames a specific use case across strategy, data, skills, processes and open governance questions. Scope, deliverables and timing are agreed before work begins; a 90-day roadmap is not a default deliverable.
Is the work compliant with Swiss data protection law?
There is no blanket answer. Relevant questions depend on the data, purpose, providers, settings and actual data flows. We can help assess technical and operational points within the project; seek qualified advice for legal interpretation.
Are there references and case studies from Swiss SMEs?
Yes, named. Bürodienstleistungen Hähni saves 10 to 15 hours per week according to its case study, Cichowdt Tattoo has about 60 percent less admin work by the owner's estimate, and Plaschy Treuhand rates our work 5 out of 5 stars. The full case studies and our Google reviews are public.
How should you choose an AI consultancy in Switzerland?
Useful tests: does the provider show something working rather than only slides? Do they say clearly where your data sits? Do they know your industry and company size? Do you get advice and delivery from one source? Is a price fixed before you start? And can you speak to a real reference your size?
Do you work on site in Thurgau and Eastern Switzerland?
Yes, that is our home region. schnellstart.ai is based in Frauenfeld in Thurgau, on-site meetings across Eastern Switzerland are straightforward, and elsewhere in German-speaking Switzerland by arrangement. St. Gallen, Winterthur and Zurich have their own pages.
Do you also do process automation with n8n?
Yes. We use n8n where it fits the use case. Hosting, integrations, logs, backups and connected AI services determine actual data flows and are reviewed for the project.
What company size is this built for?
Swiss SMEs of roughly 2 to 200 people. For a group-wide rollout with full governance, one of the big consultancies is the better address, and we say so in the first conversation.

Bring one real task.

Describe your task directly for a paid feasibility review or use a free 15-minute call to check fit.