# AI Agencies for Startups in Europe

> 22 agencies. Top-ranked: Vstorm, Square Root Solutions, Tooploox.

Canonical page: https://www.aiagencies.eu/for/startups
Generated: 2026-09-21 · Curated by Gabor Kiss · No paid placements — inclusion, score, and rank are never sold.

## Ranked roster
1. **Vstorm** — Wrocław, Poland · €85-130/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2017 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, Generative AI, AI Agents · 8 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-08 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/vstorm
2. **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
3. **Tooploox** — Wrocław, Poland · €45-85/hr (directory-listed) · team 50-249 · founded 2012 · services: AI Development, Generative AI, AI Consulting · 6 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-08 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/tooploox
4. **Upside Lab** — Kraków, Poland · €85-130/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2017 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, AI Automation · 6 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-08 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/upside-lab
5. **Imobisoft** — London, United Kingdom · €45-85/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2009 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, Generative AI · 4 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/imobisoft
6. **Modulai** — Stockholm, Sweden · rate not published · team 10-49 · founded 2018 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, Generative AI, AI Agents · 12 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-05 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/modulai
7. **Indigo Labs** — Ljubljana, Slovenia · €45-85/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2021 · services: AI Development, AI Automation, AI Agents · 5 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/indigo-labs
8. **xtream** — Milan, Italy · €45-85/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2018 · services: AI Development, AI Consulting · 4 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-03 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/xtream
9. **010 Coding Collective** — Rotterdam, Netherlands · rate not published · team 2-9 · services: AI Automation, AI Development, AI Consulting · 4 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/010-coding-collective
10. **Softspring** — Madrid, Spain · €50-75/hr (agency-confirmed) · team 2-9 · founded 2018 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, AI Automation · 3 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-07 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/softspring
11. **Buildo** — Milan, Italy · €85-130/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2013 · services: AI Development, AI Consulting · 5 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-03 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/buildo
12. **Altar.io** — Lisbon, Portugal · rate not published · team 10-49 · founded 2015 · services: AI Development, AI Consulting, Generative AI · 2 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-09 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/altar-io
13. **Qemie** — Frankfurt, Germany · €85-130/hr (directory-listed) · team 2-9 · founded 2021 · services: AI Automation, AI Agents, Generative AI · 4 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-16 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/qemie
14. **Lizard Global** — Rotterdam, Netherlands · €45-85/hr (directory-listed) · team 50-249 · founded 2012 · services: AI Development, AI Automation, Generative AI · 5 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/lizard-global
15. **Yield Studio** — Lyon, France · €85-130/hr (directory-listed) · team 50-249 · founded 2019 · services: AI Development, Generative AI, AI Agents · 6 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/yield-studio
16. **Dashbouquet** — Tallinn, Estonia · €45-85/hr (directory-listed) · team 50-249 · founded 2014 · services: AI Development, Generative AI, AI Consulting · 5 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-03 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/dashbouquet
17. **punktum digital** — Berlin, Germany · €45-85/hr (directory-listed) · team 2-9 · founded 2022 · services: AI Development, AI Consulting · 3 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/punktum-digital-gmbh
18. **Sputnik Digital** — Manchester, United Kingdom · €85-130/hr (directory-listed) · team 2-9 · founded 1998 · services: AI Development, AI Consulting · 2 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/sputnik-digital
19. **AI Pirates** — Munich, Germany · rate not published · services: AI Consulting, AI Agents, AI Video · 3 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/ai-pirates
20. **Fantasy Space** — Madrid, Spain · €20-40/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2020 · services: AI Development, AI Agents, AI Automation, AI Consulting · 3 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-09 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/fantasy-space
21. **B13 AI** — Birmingham, United Kingdom · €20-40/hr (directory-listed) · team 10-49 · founded 2010 · services: AI Development, AI Consulting · 4 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/b13-ai
22. **Phenomenon Studio** — Tallinn, Estonia · €45-85/hr (directory-listed) · team 50-249 · founded 2019 · services: AI Development, AI Consulting · 7 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-03 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/phenomenon-studio

## 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):
- 010 Coding Collective vs Lizard Global: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/010-coding-collective-vs-lizard-global
- Buildo vs xtream: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/buildo-vs-xtream

## About this market
Startup engagements are a different purchase from everything else on this register: the buyer needs a shipped feature or a working product, not a transformation program, and the budget rarely survives a large consultancy's minimum engagement. Every agency here documents at least two named clients that were early-stage (pre-Series A or under roughly 50 people) or scale-ups (post-A/B, roughly 50 to 200 and growing) at the time of the work.

The documented engagements look like startup work actually looks. Sputnik Digital built Invntry's image-identification system for home-insurance inventories and Hollr's generative video platform. punktum digital shipped deep-learning diagnostics into DiaperID's infant-health app and the computer vision inside a smart animal-diagnosis collar. Modulai's client list runs from Fishbrain's trip forecasting for millions of anglers to meal detection in a diabetes app—work priced and scoped for companies that measure runway in months.

Three things matter more at this size than at any other. Speed: every week of engagement is a week of runway, and the documented builds here shipped in weeks or a few months, not quarters. Seniority: at a small agency the people in the case studies are the people on your project, which is the main structural advantage over hiring a large firm's junior bench. And ownership: ask early who keeps the code and what runs without the agency—for a startup, a system only the vendor can operate is a liability on the cap table.

## Questions buyers ask

### What counts as a startup client on this page?
Early-stage means pre-Series A or under roughly 50 people; scale-up means post-Series A or B, roughly 50 to 200 and growing—classified at the time of the documented engagement, with acquired or renamed clients classified as the entity that commissioned the work. Every listed agency evidences at least two documented, named clients in these categories, counted across all documented clients our research read, with source URLs stored per client.

### How should a startup budget for an AI agency?
By scoped build, not by retainer. The documented engagements on this page are bounded systems—a detection model, a generative feature, a working product—delivered in weeks to a few months. Ask for a fixed scope with acceptance criteria and a named handover point, and treat any proposal that opens with a discovery phase longer than the build as sized for a different kind of buyer.

### How is startup experience verified?
Each qualifying client comes from a published case study or engagement description our research read in full, with the source URL stored per client. Company stage is classified from what the case study documents, and borderline cases classify to the larger tier—so nothing on this page qualifies by generosity. Logo walls without published engagements carry no weight.

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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