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
BuildAI SolutionsDelivered with our engineering partners
InvestPraexo VenturesCompanies built around AI from the start
75+senior AI architects
120+engineers with our delivery partners
Our team
Who does the work
75+senior AI architectsAnswerRocket is our in-house delivery team: experienced AI architects and engineers we work with exclusively, 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.
Business architectsFounders and operators who have built and sold companies, one of them for more than $1 billion. Experience in 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.
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 an established enterprise AI platform.
In-House Delivery Partner
Preferred Security PartnerStrategic partnershipsThe AI model and data platform companies we build on.
- OpenAI
Investment partner
Founder 
Marc de Kuyper
- Founder & CEO, Praexo Group
- Adj. Professor Enterprise AI Strategies, Columbia Business School
- Partner, StellarIQ (Private Equity)
Marc has spent more than two decades as a founder, operator and investor. He has had to make AI pay in his own companies, and teaches AI strategy 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.
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.
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.