--- title: "AI for companies: AI agents on your own knowledge | ekory" description: "An AI assistant on your company's documents: answers with the source in a minute, courses ready in days, reports that arrive on their own. Data in Europe." url: https://ekory.ai/ language: en italian: https://ekory.ai/it.md updated: 2026-10-10 --- # The AI you already use, with your company inside ekory puts what your company knows to work: answers with the source in a minute, new people up to speed sooner, repetitive work done on its own. And everyone sees only what they're allowed to see. _Example: chatting with the Ekos of Sironi Arredamenti, a made-up design furniture company. With the buttons under the window you pick an Eko and a question: the Eko answers citing the page of the document, says calmly when something isn't in the documents it can read, and prepares Word and Excel files._ Already using it: Tohatsu, Molteni&C, Würth, UniFor, Citterio, Somfy, Zanichelli, Lectra, Haulotte, Zetamed, Festool, Petzl 140+ workshops and dealers in the Tohatsu Italia network get technical answers with the source, at any hour. They used to ask Raffaele. [Read the case study](https://ekory.ai/case-studies/m3sn) ## Sound familiar? Four situations where most companies start. ### “Only one person knows” The answers live in one person's head. When they're on vacation, work waits. When they leave, the answers go with them. [Answers for everyone](https://ekory.ai/#week-tue) ### “New people start from scratch” Every new hire learns by shadowing a colleague, and asks questions someone has already answered. [A course in days](https://ekory.ai/#week-thu) ### “We still do it by hand” Quotes and Monday reports: someone pieces them together every time, pulling from three different systems. [The report, on its own](https://ekory.ai/#week-fri) ### “Everyone uses their own AI” Maria spent six months teaching her personal AI assistant how you work. Then she changed jobs, and all that work left with her. [Control and security](https://ekory.ai/#governance) €66.2B Source ekory “The cost of knowledge that can’t be found” July 2026 Calculations on data from the JobPricing Observatory, INPS, IDC and the McKinsey Global Institute [Read the study](https://ekory.ai/blog/the-cost-of-knowledge-that-cant-be-found#quantification) a year: what Italian companies spend on time searching for information they already have. [Source: “The cost of knowledge that can't be found”, ekory research](https://ekory.ai/blog/the-cost-of-knowledge-that-cant-be-found) 19% Source Osservatorio Artificial Intelligence, Politecnico di Milano “Intelligenza Artificiale in Italia: il mercato cresce del 50%” 2026 [Read the article](https://ekory.ai/blog/personal-ai-is-not-company-memory#the-paradox) of people who use AI at work use only their company's tools. The rest also use their own. [Source: Politecnico di Milano, in “Personal ChatGPT is not your company’s memory”](https://ekory.ai/blog/personal-ai-is-not-company-memory) 3.1 million Source Unioncamere and the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies, Excelsior Information System “Previsioni dei fabbisogni occupazionali e professionali in Italia a medio termine (2025-2029)” Second update, 2026 Table 2.2 [Read the study](https://ekory.ai/blog/the-cost-of-retiring-know-how#replacement) hires Italy needs by 2029 just to replace the people who leave work. [Source: Unioncamere and the Ministry of Labor, in “What the retiring craft is worth”](https://ekory.ai/blog/the-cost-of-retiring-know-how) ## First: everything you know, in one place. Your sources connect where they already live. No migration, no copies to keep in sync. ekory reads your documents right where they are and, when a file changes, updates on its own. Your business systems come in through connectors. From then on nobody searches anymore: every answer comes with the document it's from. - Google Drive - SharePoint - OneDrive - Dropbox - Notion - Email - Website - File server - Business systems _Example: a furniture company's knowledge base, with folders kept up to date from Google Drive, SharePoint and OneDrive, files, the website and an assembly video. The New button offers every place to add from: the computer, Google Drive, Microsoft 365, Dropbox, Notion, Aircall, a website or a video. The Aria sofa's technical sheet is imported from Google Drive: the file uploads and the Ekos learn it._ 1. **Connect your sources** Google Drive, SharePoint, Dropbox, Notion, your office server, your website. Files stay where they are. 2. **Create your Ekos** An AI agent for each team, customer or process. It reads only the documents you give it. 3. **Work in one place** No scattered personal AI tools and no models to choose: people open ekory and ask. ## A week at Sironi Arredamenti. Sironi Arredamenti is an example company: design furniture from Brianza, sold through 300 dealers in 40 countries. Monday, 9:00 ### Each dealer sees only its own market's price list. Sironi Arredamenti connects the folders it already uses and shares them by group: European dealers open the Europe price list 2026, American dealers the USA one. - Each dealer's terms stay its own: permissions by group and person, on every folder, file and Eko. - No files to move: the folders stay on SharePoint, Google Drive or OneDrive, and ekory updates when they change. [How permissions work](https://ekory.ai/security#roles) _Example: sharing the “Europe price list 2026” folder with groups and Ekos, each with its own level of access. The European dealers group is added as a viewer: it can read, not edit._ Tuesday, 9:41 ### In Munich, the answer comes in a minute, with the page. In Casa Weber's showroom, a customer wants the Aria sofa 280 cm wide in Siena velvet. Lena asks the Eko and answers while the customer is still there: before, she emailed Chiara, the product manager, and waited until the next day. - Easy to check, even in front of the customer: every answer opens the page it comes from. - What Chiara knows reaches the whole network: as a **Trusted User**, she corrects the Eko in chat, and the correction applies to everyone right away. - The dealers' Eko never sees discounts or terms: each Eko reads only the documents you give it. [How Ekos work](https://ekory.ai/product#ekos) _Example: Lena, from the dealer Casa Weber in Munich, asks Eko Product whether the Aria sofa can be made 280 cm wide in Siena velvet. The Eko says yes, in 10 cm steps at 15% over list price, cites two documents and opens page 12 of the custom size rules with the passage highlighted._ Wednesday, 11:00 ### The catalog becomes pages architects browse. The 400 pages of the 2026 collections catalog become a wiki: one page for every product and finish, with sizes, lead times and pairings. Architecture firms browse it on their own, without asking for the right PDF. - Sizes and finishes are always the right ones: at the bottom of every page is the document they come from. - When the catalog changes, ekory tells you, and the wiki updates in one click. - You can also see it as a graph, to understand how products and finishes connect. _Example: the wiki built from the 2026 collections catalog, with the page of the Aria sofa, links to related pages and the document it comes from. Then the same wiki seen as a graph of pages and sources._ Thursday, 8:30 ### The new collection course is ready in four languages. The catalog and the finishes manual become the course on the 2026 collection, in Italian, English, German and French. Marco, just hired at the showroom, finishes it before he meets his first customer. - Training takes days to prepare, not months: the outline comes from your documents, and you refine it in chat. - Everyone learns their own way: lessons with slides and narration, two-voice podcasts for the car, quizzes and flashcards. - You know who's ready: assign the course to people and groups and see who has completed it. With **SCORM export** it also runs on the learning platform you already use. [How Tohatsu Italia builds its technical courses](https://ekory.ai/case-studies/m3sn) _Example: the course on the 2026 collection built from the catalog and the finishes manual, in its English edition, with chapters, lessons, podcasts and quizzes. A question about the Lama table gets the right answer and the course reaches 60%._ Friday, 17:00 ### The Monday report on what dealers ask writes itself. Luca used to spend Friday afternoon going back through the week's emails. Now two Ekos line up the dealers' requests, and at 8:00 on Monday the report is in Luca's and Chiara's inbox. - Nobody redoes the same work every week: with **Automations**, Ekos work on a schedule and deliver by email or into a folder. - Every quote comes out in the same format: the procedure is written once as a **Skill**, and everyone uses it. - Word, Excel and presentations come out in Sironi Arredamenti's fonts and colors: **documents in your style**. [What you can automate](https://ekory.ai/product#automations) _Example: an automation that runs two Ekos every Monday at 8:00, one after the other: they line up the requests dealers sent during the week and deliver the report by email to Luca and Chiara, and to a folder._ Saturday and Sunday, 24/7 ### Head office closes for the weekend. The Ekos don't. On Saturday afternoon the New York showroom is busy, and in Brianza it's ten at night. An architect asks whether the Lama table comes 280 cm long with a Marquinia marble top: the Eko answers in seconds, with the price list and the row it comes from. Nobody at head office has to pick up the phone, and the sale doesn't wait for Monday. - They answer at any hour and in every time zone: at night, on weekends, even in August, when Italy closes. - In the language of whoever asks, always with the source: the showroom checks the answer in one click. - When the answer isn't in the documents, the Eko says so instead of making it up. [How it works for a dealer network](https://ekory.ai/distributors) _Example: On Saturday afternoon the New York showroom asks Eko Product whether the Lama table comes 280 cm long in Marquinia marble: the Eko answers with the price and the delivery time from the USA price list. On Sunday morning an architecture firm in Paris asks how to clean a stain on Siena velvet, and the Eko answers from the material care guide._ ## Work like yours. Pick a department and see which work the Ekos take off your days. Answers ### Technical answers for the dealer network, at any hour Customer support Answers ### Comparing two catalog products while the customer waits Sales Teaches ### The course for new hires, built from company documents HR and training Works ### The sales report, every Monday at 8:00 Management Answers ### “Haven't we solved this before?” Finding it in the history of past issues Operations Works ### The data from your PDF invoices, gathered in one Excel sheet Finance Works ### The website product page in three languages, from the technical documents Marketing Works ### The customer proposal, in Word and in your company colors Sales Answers ### “How do I request time off?” The answer from the staff handbook, even at 22:00 HR and training Works ### Due dates for calibrations, certifications and inspections, with reminders Operations Teaches ### New products explained in podcasts, for reps on the road Sales Works ### A draft reply to a complaint, with the right warranty terms Customer support Answers ### “What did we decide on the US price list?” The answer from the meeting minutes Management Answers ### “Can we say it's fire-resistant?” Checking the certifications before you publish Marketing Teaches ### The new line's procedure in a two-minute video, for the night shift Operations Answers ### “Can I expense a taxi on a business trip?” The answer from the expense policy Finance Teaches ### Safety flashcards, to review between shifts HR and training Works ### A competitor analysis with sources from the web, ready as a PDF Marketing Teaches ### The technical manual turned into a wiki, with its pages linked together Customer support Works ### The month's numbers summed up on one page, ready for the meeting Management ## What it does in your industry. The everyday questions, industry by industry. - [Manufacturing](https://ekory.ai/manufacturing): Every showroom gets finishes, sizes and prices right, and your network learns every new collection. - [Machinery and plants](https://ekory.ai/manufacturing-operations): When a machine stops, the fix arrives right away, on every shift. - [Construction](https://ekory.ai/construction-companies): Specifications, safety plans and change orders for every site, on a tablet. - [Distribution networks](https://ekory.ai/distributors): Price lists, part numbers and stock for the whole network, even on Saturdays. - [Accounting firms](https://ekory.ai/accounting-firms): Circulars, deadlines and client files, with the source, even in tax season. - [Law firms](https://ekory.ai/law-firms): The firm's opinions, filings and precedents, found with the page, kept confidential. - [Engineering firms](https://ekory.ai/engineering-firms): Reports and proposals you already wrote, found in a minute. - [Hotels](https://ekory.ai/hotels): Procedures, rates and answers for guests, the same on every shift and in every language. And also: - [Fashion and textiles](https://ekory.ai/fashion-textiles) - [Wineries](https://ekory.ai/wineries) - [Agriculture](https://ekory.ai/farmers) - [Logistics](https://ekory.ai/logistics) - [Payroll consultants](https://ekory.ai/labor-consultants) - [Insurance brokers](https://ekory.ai/insurance-brokers) - [Property managers](https://ekory.ai/property-managers) - [Real estate agencies](https://ekory.ai/real-estate-agencies) - [Marketing agencies](https://ekory.ai/marketing-agencies) - [Training providers](https://ekory.ai/training-providers) - [Wedding planners](https://ekory.ai/wedding-planners) - [Publishers](https://ekory.ai/publishers) - [Literary agencies](https://ekory.ai/literary-agencies) - [Trade associations](https://ekory.ai/trade-associations) - [Nonprofits](https://ekory.ai/nonprofits) - [Scaleups](https://ekory.ai/scaleups) - [Startups](https://ekory.ai/startups) [All industries](https://ekory.ai/industries) ## Two things a personal AI can't do. Because the knowledge belongs to the company, not to someone's account. ### The people who know fix it. For everyone. Tell a personal AI to “remember this” and it remembers it for you alone. In ekory, the people you choose, your Trusted Users, correct an Eko right in the chat, and the correction applies at once to everyone who uses it. _Example: a Trusted User, the sales manager for Italy, corrects a dealer's discount in the chat. The correction is live right away for the 137 people who use the Eko, and the next day an area manager gets the right figure._ ### An assistant for each person, with their own permissions. The Super Eko works on everything you can see, and nothing more. It searches, pulls things together, drafts documents and saves them in your folders. _Example: the Super Eko prepares the brief for a meeting with a hotel, a contract project, reading only the documents Sofia can see, and saves it in a folder._ ## From “only Raffaele knows” to “the whole network knows”. _Example: the Eko “Avatar di Raffaele” recommends an engine for a RIB to a dealer and cites the spec sheets the answer comes from._ ### Tohatsu Italia · Marine The exclusive Tohatsu importer for Italy put price lists, manuals and procedures in the hands of more than 140 workshops and dealers. And it started producing its technical courses with AI, too. **156** active users **2,283** conversations **3,198** messages in 30 days > “ekory doesn't replace the courses, it brings them to life every day: the right knowledge, at the right moment.” _Raffaele Dayan, CEO of M3 Servizi Nautici and General Manager of Tohatsu Italia_ [Read the case study](https://ekory.ai/case-studies/m3sn) _Zetamed · EdTech_ ### Students see Zetamed. Underneath, it's ekory. A young Italian edtech built its entire product on ekory: a study platform for the medical-school open semester, grounded on Zanichelli textbooks and under its own brand. **200+** quizzes produced **150+** learning materials **450+** source documents [Read the case study](https://ekory.ai/case-studies/zetamed) ## Everyone sees only what they're allowed to see. Roles and permissions on every document, folder and Eko. Checked at every question, revocable at once. Create groups by department and decide which sources and which Ekos each one sees. There are three roles: Admin, Manager and User. - GDPR - Data stored in Europe - Sign in with your company account - Recorded activity - View without downloading [How we protect your data](https://ekory.ai/security) Outside the perimeter: what happens: 1st request An operator asks for a colleague's salary. Not among its documents 2nd request They try again, rephrasing the question. Same answer There is no answer filter to get around: the Eko has simply never read that document. ## Up and running in a day. Then you try it with your team for two weeks, before you decide. 1. ### Tell us about a process In 30 minutes you see ekory at work on your own materials: a catalog, a procedure, your website. 2. ### We build it together Within one working day, you have an Eko working on your documents. 3. ### Two weeks to decide You use it with your team. No commitment, no migration. **1 day** to a working Eko on your materials **4 days** to the whole company up and running **0** migrations: files stay where they are ### One plan, everything included. €199 a month for the platform, plus a per-person fee that goes down as your team grows. A team of 50 people: €599 a month. With yearly billing, you pay for 10 months out of 12. [Work out your price](https://ekory.ai/pricing) ## Before you ask. ### How is this different from ChatGPT or Copilot? ChatGPT and Copilot are general-purpose AI assistants that each person uses for their own work. ekory starts from your company's knowledge: it puts it in one place, with permissions on every document, and builds Ekos on top of it, AI agents the whole team shares that cite their sources. What people teach the Ekos stays with the company, even when they change jobs. ### Do we have to move our files? No. ekory connects to Google Drive, SharePoint, OneDrive, Dropbox and Notion, to the folders on your office server and to your website. Files stay where they are, and when they change, ekory updates on its own. ### How long does it take to get started? A working Eko on your own materials in one day, and the whole company up and running in about four. Before you decide, you try it with your team for two weeks. ### Is our data safe? Your data is stored in Europe, in line with the GDPR, and your content is not used to train AI models. Every document has its own permissions, and activity is recorded. [How we protect your data](https://ekory.ai/security). ### Does it work with our business systems? Yes, through connectors. Ekos work with the tools you already use via standard connectors, and your IT team can add connectors for in-house systems. ### Who decides what the AI knows? You do. You choose which documents each Eko reads, who can use it and who can correct it. A document that isn't one of an Eko's sources never makes it into its answers. ## Our analysis, with sources. Research and articles on company knowledge, AI and work in Italian companies. - [Italy’s AI law: what changes for companies and professionals](https://ekory.ai/blog/italy-ai-law-what-changes): Analysis 10 October 2026 Law 132/2025 asks professionals to tell clients when they use AI and employers to inform workers. From 23 October 2026, a person makes the final call at work. - [AI for dealer networks and after-sales service: price lists, parts and manuals always at hand](https://ekory.ai/blog/ai-for-dealer-networks-and-after-sales): Industries 8 October 2026 The answer your dealers need is already in a price list or a manual. How to reach it without calling your best person, with Excelsior data, EU rules and the Tohatsu Italia story. - [AI onboarding: the first 90 days of a new hire](https://ekory.ai/blog/onboarding-with-ai-first-90-days): Guide 7 October 2026 What to prepare before day one, what to do in the first week and month, and where an AI agent on company documents saves colleagues’ time. - [All research and articles.](https://ekory.ai/blog): Resources Data, regulation and cases, in English and Italian. ## Tell us about a process you still do by hand. We'll show it to you on your own materials. For the first call, your website or a catalog is all we need.