# Best AI Agencies for Retainer Work in Dublin

> 10 agencies. Top-ranked: Square Root Solutions, Storm Technology, Version 1.

Canonical page: https://www.aiagencies.eu/for/retainer/dublin
Generated: 2026-09-28 · Curated by Gabor Kiss · No paid placements — inclusion, score, and rank are never sold.

## Ranked roster
1. **Square Root Solutions** — Dublin, Ireland · €20-40/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2018 · services: AI Development, Generative AI · 10 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-16 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/square-root-solutions
2. **Storm Technology** — Dublin, Ireland · rate not published · team 50-249 · founded 1995 · services: AI Consulting, Generative AI, AI Development · 8 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-03 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/storm-technology
3. **Version 1** — Dublin, Ireland · rate not published · team 250+ · founded 1996 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, Generative AI · 6 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-03 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/version-1
4. **Spanish Point Technologies** — Dublin, Ireland · rate not published · team 50-249 · founded 2005 · services: AI Development, AI Consulting · 4 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-16 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/spanish-point-technologies
5. **TEKenable** — Dublin, Ireland · rate not published · team 50-249 · founded 2002 · services: AI Consulting, Generative AI, AI Development · 4 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/tekenable
6. **Idiro Analytics** — Dublin, Ireland · rate not published · team 10-49 · founded 2003 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development · 4 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-16 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/idiro-analytics
7. **Gemmo AI** — Dublin, Ireland · €45-85/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2014 · services: AI Development, AI Consulting · 3 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-16 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/gemmo-ai
8. **Clearlead AI Consulting** — Dublin, Ireland · €85-130/hr (directory-listed) · team 2-9 · founded 2024 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, Generative AI · 2 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-16 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/clearlead-ai-consulting
9. **Konversational** — Dublin, Ireland · rate not published · team 50-249 · founded 2020 · services: AI Automation, AI Agents, AI Consulting · 3 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/konversational
10. **Codec** — Dublin, Ireland · rate not published · team 250+ · founded 1985 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development · 2 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/codec

## Compared head-to-head
Curated comparison pages (published rates, team size, coverage, projected 12-week engagement cost, and the curator's verdict on both sides — pairings are never sold):
- Spanish Point Technologies vs Square Root Solutions: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/spanish-point-technologies-vs-square-root-solutions

## About this market
Dublin's retainer bench is built on long relationships, and most of them are managed services for platforms rather than for models. Idiro offers churn modeling as a managed service on a monthly fee, and its ten years at Electric Ireland moved from a data mart to segmentation and predictive models for marketing campaigns. Version 1 supported National Highways for six years before a larger managed-services award, and its Foundation Risk Partners policy-review system is in production. Gemmo AI describes engineers monitoring and retraining deployed agents, and Clearlead offers retained advisory after handover. On the platform side, Spanish Point runs 24/7 managed services for Azure and Dynamics environments, TEKenable's multi-year CRM work continues into post-implementation support, Codec has been an HSE support partner for over ten years, Storm Technology reports clients staying for years after go-live, Konversational runs ServiceNow managed services, and Square Root Solutions builds and maintains Leinster GAA's platform.

The sorting question is what the retainer operates: a model that drifts, or a platform that needs patching. A model retainer should name monitoring, a retraining trigger and the metric that shows the model still earns its place—ask Idiro what ran the Electric Ireland models, and ask Gemmo AI for a dated agent deployment, since the curator notes its published work is classical machine learning. A platform retainer is a different contract, often bundled with licenses; ask for the services day rate on its own and which AI work, if any, the support covers.

## Questions buyers ask

### How many AI agencies work with retainer in Dublin?
10 agencies in our directory combine verified retainer client evidence with a Dublin base. The current top-ranked are Square Root Solutions, Storm Technology, Version 1 — ordered by depth of documented client evidence, then our editorial scoring (portfolio quality, credibility, completeness); placement is never paid.

### How much does an AI agency cost in Dublin?
Published rates across this page's agencies run €20–130 per hour (median ~€65). Project totals depend on scope — the rate index at /rates breaks the computed bands down by region, country and team size.

### How is the retainer model verified?
Every agency here documents retainer work on its own site or in a published case study, describing the engagement structure rather than a service-list claim. We never infer the model from portfolio tone, so this list only contains agencies that operate retainer engagements deliberately.

### Can these agencies embed consultants with our team?
2 of the agencies on this page document an embedded / team-extension working model. See the team-extension page for the full verified list, or check the engagement chips on individual profiles.

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Source: AIAgencies.eu — the curated register of European AI agencies. Rate provenance: "agency-confirmed" = disclosed via submission or claimed profile; "directory-listed" = Clutch or two agreeing B2B directories (lone unverified sources are never written). Full method: https://www.aiagencies.eu/methodology · Rate index: https://www.aiagencies.eu/rates