AI Engineering & Cloud Systems for regulated and process-critical environments

AI that passes audit
and scales in production

We build AI and Cloud systems for live, business-critical workloads. From internal AI applications to highly scalable ML and AI systems in the cloud, including app, DevOps and AI/ML engineering.

Cleanly integrated. Resilient under load. With evals, cost attribution and audit trails that hold up to security, data protection, internal audit and operations.

Trusted in regulated and process-critical environments
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Projects

Built, not claimed

One released case. Further projects under NDA.

NDA project

Cloud AI platform for multiple production use cases

Model routing, evals, monitoring, cost attribution and governance.

Details after sign-off
Book a call Further projects under NDA. Details only after sign-off.
Services

Where we build

Four entry points. The right one depends on where the initiative stands. Many projects combine several.

Core offer
01 Build

Build AI systems — AI Engineering Sprints

Pilot, concept or manual workflow becomes a running system. Internal AI applications in production within 4–6 weeks; larger ML/AI systems cloud-native and built to scale.

Output Agent, RAG workflow or AI app with integrations, evals, observability, audit trails, cost attribution and runbook.

02 Optimisation

Review existing AI agents — AI FinOps & Production Review

When quality drifts, cost grows or evidence is missing. Review of architecture, model usage, tool calls, observability and cost attribution.

Output Cost analysis, eval findings, architecture risks and a prioritised optimisation roadmap.

03 Use cases

Use cases and process cut

When many ideas exist but the business case, data access or sign-off path is unclear. Where needed, we re-cut the process instead of bolting AI onto detours.

Output Prioritised use cases, process and data-flow map, risk check, decision brief.

04 Foundation

Cloud and data foundation

When IAM, data access, interfaces or deployment structures block the rollout.

Output Cloud/data architecture, IaC (Terraform), integration paths, IAM/security baseline, monitoring and operational documentation.

Fit

Fits when AI has to be more than a pilot

01 Many AI ideas, no clear prioritisation.
02 A pilot needs to become sign-off-ready and operable.
03 A system must hold up under real load and real users.
04 Quality, drift and error rates are not measured systematically via evals.
05 LLM costs grow without being attributable per use case or workflow.
06 Security, data protection or audit need solid evidence.

For insurers, utilities, recruiting-adjacent screening processes and document-heavy workflows where sign-off, traceability and operations are not optional.

References

References

Earlier engagements were delivered under Cloudsail Digital Solutions; that brand has been retired.

Further references from DAX and Fortune 500 programmes under NDA, on request.

“Bringing in AI took 360 to a new level. Users stay in control and see what matters early. Miki and the team listened deeply and delivered with real expertise. Stellar work.”
Justin Buckthorp · Founder & CEO, 360 Health & Performance
“They thought along openly and understood the problems we were trying to solve very quickly.”
Elio Santana · Technical Lead, Concentrix Tigerspike (Sydney)
About

We are engineers,
not slide teams

We combine AI engineering, cloud architecture and production operations for environments where data, decisions or processes are sensitive.

Founded by Mickey (Mikolaj) Graf. 13+ years of AI, cloud and distributed systems, across startups, mid-market, DAX corporations and Fortune 500 programmes.

IT, security and audit are in the room from the first workshop. Every architecture decision has a sign-off path.

How we work
  • Every build ships with an integration path, evals and operational handover.
  • We deliver running systems, not slides.
  • Compliance is an architecture decision, not an appendix.
  • We work as a system partner, not as seat-fill.

Built for audit.
Designed for scale.

FAQ

Common questions

What does an AI Engineering Sprint deliver concretely?
A running system on a clearly defined use case, including integrations, eval setup, deployment path and handover documentation. The architecture is built for production and scale from day one.
How are compliance, GDPR and the EU AI Act handled?
As part of the architecture: through data flows, roles, deletion concepts and audit trails. EU AI Act is classified per use case. Evidence is produced continuously, not after the fact.
Does it scale under real load?
Yes. Cloud-native architecture, IaC, observability and cost attribution are standard. Reference: platforms with 100,000+ users and pipelines over 100M+ objects.
Who operates the system afterwards?
The standard is handover to internal teams with runbook, deployment path, monitoring and eval setup. Where needed, we operate temporarily until the internal team takes over.
How are costs controlled?
Cost attribution per use case, model and workflow, plus FinOps measures before and after go-live.

More questions

Contact

Is an AI initiative stuck before production?

30 minutes. One process, one pilot or a use-case list. Afterwards the next step is clear: technically, commercially and ready for internal sign-off.

Email
contact@cognitrace.de Get in touch Reply within 24 hours.