Do you take meetings in person in Gothenburg, or only remotely?+
Both. For Gothenburg-based clients, I offer in-person meetings at your office or in Lindholmen / Centrum as needed. Delivery quality is the same either way — process-mapping workshops go faster in person, but actual build work is equally productive remote. I'm based in Centrum.
What does an AI consultant in Sweden cost?+
My services: AI Readiness Assessment fixed price 25,000–60,000 SEK depending on scope. Workflow projects 50,000–150,000 SEK. Larger programs 200,000–500,000 SEK. Retainer typically 20–40 hours per month. I bill with caps — no open accounts that drift.
How are you different from a large AI agency?+
I'm one person. That means you get a senior delivery every time, no juniors on the invoice, fast decisions. Trade-off: I can't run five large projects in parallel. That constraint is deliberate. If you need 50 consultants from a pool, you should call someone else.
Do we have to use ChatGPT or OpenAI?+
No. The default is to pick the LLM by use case and data sensitivity. For GDPR-critical data: Azure OpenAI with EU residency, Anthropic Claude on AWS Bedrock in the EU, or fully local Ollama on your own hardware. Model choice is configuration, not lock-in.
What experience do you have with Swedish companies?+
6+ years of data work for Swedish companies before founding VasthavM in 2022 — including IKEA, Spotify, Husqvarna, Resurs Bank, and Stena Line via Conversionista, Twoday, and Outfox Intelligence (Dentsu Aegis). The practice since then has focused on SMBs in Sweden and the EU.
Can you handle data residency and the EU AI Act?+
Yes. Workflow runtimes run on EU servers (default: Stockholm or Frankfurt). LLM calls go through providers with EU residency options. EU AI Act classification is part of the readiness assessment — we know which systems qualify as high-risk before we build them.
Do you build from scratch or use existing platforms?+
Existing platforms first. n8n, Make, Power Automate, OpenAI, Claude — these solve 80% of cases faster and cheaper than custom code. Custom code goes in where the platforms leak: auth, evals, domain logic, RAG quality.
How fast can we see results?+
A typical first workflow is in production within 2–4 weeks of contract start. For larger programs (assessment + build + handover): 2–4 months. ROI examples: an e-commerce client went from 25 hours/week of manual work to 4 hours/week in 6 weeks. Another reduced support response time from 6 hours to 22 minutes in 8 weeks.