# Blackbirds

> Blackbirds is a reviewed AI agency in Rotterdam, Netherlands, listed in the AIAgencies.eu register and last assessed 2026-08-04.

Canonical page: https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/blackbirds
Generated: 2026-09-17 · Curated by Gabor Kiss · No paid placements — inclusion, score, and rank are never sold.

## Facts
- Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Website: https://www.blackbirds.ai
- Hourly rate: not published
- Team size: 1-9
- Founded: 2024
- Services: AI Consulting, AI Development, AI Automation
- Industries: Public Sector, FinTech, Healthcare
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blackbirds-ai/

## About
Blackbirds is a Rotterdam AI consultancy pairing strategy with engineering for planning, document, forecasting and compliance work, mainly for logistics, public sector and industrial clients.

## Curator assessment
Reviewed 2026-08-04 by Gabor Kiss against published evidence.

The injury-prevention model for a professional football organization is the substantive evidence: a risk model estimating muscle-injury likelihood, with a published 32% reduction in muscle injuries over six months and a described change in how the performance, medical and coaching staff worked from the same signal.

The client is unnamed, as much of this practice is—the visible logos run to the Dutch Ministry of Defence, Rijkswaterstaat, Nolet and Acrisure, but they are not attached to published engagements.

Founded in 2024 with a team in single digits, so this is a young firm with a strong first case rather than an established bench.

Best for Dutch logistics, public-sector and industrial buyers who want senior people directly on the work, and can accept that the track record is short.

### Key strengths
- The one detailed case publishes a hard outcome (32% fewer muscle injuries in six months) and describes the organizational change around it
- Service framing is refreshingly concrete—planning, document, forecasting and compliance AI rather than capability nouns
- Rotterdam-based with logistics and public-sector focus, which matches where the city's AI demand actually is

### Good to know
- Founded 2024 and a team in single digits—confirm capacity and who would be on your project
- Blue-chip logos are not connected to published engagements; ask which are delivered work and which are pilots
- One detailed case study only—ask what else has shipped since

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