A complete framework for IT organisations that want to work with AI professionally, securely, and sustainably. From sovereign EU hosting to observability, DTAP, and the tools your teams actually use.
Companies often start with AI tools. But that's only floor 5. A strong foundation starts at the bottom — with sovereign hosting and governance.
Without the floors there is no functional AI platform. Without the pillars that platform is not trusted, manageable, or sustainable. That is why we think in both axes simultaneously: five floors that AI rests on, and five pillars that must land consistently on every floor.
A future-proof AI infrastructure is not a tech stack — it is a matrix. Technically layered (floors) and operationally controlled (pillars). Only when both axes are right does an AI platform emerge that is scalable, trusted and manageable.
Not every organisation needs the same foundation. We offer three levels — from managed cloud to full sovereign control — each building on the 5×5 matrix.
Sovereign EU hosting on Scaleway, pre-configured for compliance. Your data stays in the EU — GDPR-ready from day one, with basic observability and a managed DTAP pipeline.
A private cloud environment with dedicated compute, full observability, and version-controlled AI pipelines. Suitable for organisations in regulated sectors that need an audit trail for every AI decision.
Complete sovereignty — your own dedicated hardware, on-premise or in a private data centre, with Kodify managing the full AI operation layer. No shared infrastructure, no external dependencies. Maximum control, maximum compliance.
Nine out of ten organisations start at the top floor — the tooling — without the foundation in place. These are the three most common infrastructure mistakes.
Selecting an AI tool before data, governance, and infrastructure are in place. The tool works in demo — but fails in production.
No visibility into what AI costs, how it behaves, and whether it complies with governance requirements. You can't manage what you can't measure.
Data quality is unknown, sources are not connected, and there is no policy for who can access what. AI amplifies data problems — it does not solve them.
Between your AI applications and your data infrastructure sits the AI Operation Layer — our unique observability and orchestration layer that gives you full control over quality, costs, and compliance.
Prevent unsafe inputs and outputs. Define what AI may and may not do — per application, per team, per data source.
Full visibility into model usage, costs per team, quality scores, and latency — from a single dashboard.
Smart model routing — use the most cost-effective model that delivers sufficient quality. Switch models without changing your application.
We don't sell what we haven't built ourselves. Marten and Ruben have designed and delivered the 5×5 framework for multiple organisations.
Former VP Technology and startup founder. Marten translates the 5×5 framework into boardroom language — connecting IT decisions to business outcomes and governance requirements.
Connect on LinkedIn →
Hands-on architect with deep expertise in sovereign cloud, AI pipelines, and observability tooling. Ruben has configured Scaleway sovereign environments and AI operation layers from scratch.
Connect on LinkedIn →Compliance is not an audit checklist. It is the result of the right infrastructure choices. The 5×5 matrix is designed around EU sovereignty and regulatory requirements from the ground up.
All data processing within EU jurisdiction. Data residency guaranteed by sovereign hosting on Scaleway.
Risk classification, transparency requirements, and human oversight built into the AI operation layer.
Information security management aligned with the ISO 27001 standard across all infrastructure layers.
In this session, Marten and Ruben walk through the 5×5 matrix live — showing what each floor and pillar means in practice, with real Scaleway configurations and observability dashboards.
Nederlands
