Vanti, from vantage - a position of advantage, the ability to act while others are still deciding. Kai, from kairos - the ancient Greek idea of the opportune moment, the rare window where the conditions are exactly right. We named this company the way we did because we believe Swiss SMEs are standing at exactly that moment. What was unaffordable three years ago is accessible today. What required an enterprise budget now fits inside a focused, AI-enabled team. That window will not stay open forever.
Founded on the belief that AI has permanently shifted what a small, focused team can deliver, and that ambitious SMEs now have a unique chance to close the gap on larger competitors.
Vantikai was not founded despite the current disruption - it was founded because of it. Three forces are converging simultaneously that have never aligned like this before: a talent market in flux, cost pressure that demands smarter models, and AI capabilities that have made enterprise-grade solutions affordable for the first time.
For SMEs, this is the moment. Miss it and the gap widens. Move now and the advantage compounds.
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TALENT
The best people are available.
The ongoing disruption in technology and professional services has put a generation of senior talent back on the market. People who spent their careers inside large organisations - and many of whom are done with the overhead that came with it. The endless meetings, the distance between effort and impact, the slow-moving structures. They want to do real work again, in smaller teams, with direct accountability. We build our teams around exactly those people. The market has never had more of them.
02
COST & TRANSFORMATION PRESSURE
The pressure is real. And it is not going away.
SMEs are under margin pressure that is only increasing as AI-driven transformation accelerates across every industry. Local hiring costs are high, transformation cycles are long, and the organisations that move slowly are already losing ground to leaner, faster competitors. The businesses that adapt their operating model now will pull ahead. Those that wait for the pressure to ease are waiting for something that will not come.
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AI AFFORDABILITY
What large corporations paid millions to build is now within reach.
For years, the software, automation, and operational infrastructure that gave large businesses their edge was simply too expensive for most SMEs to consider. AI has changed the cost structure permanently. What once required a large team, a multi-year programme, and an enterprise budget can today be delivered by a small, senior team in weeks. The gap between what large corporations have and what SMEs can access has never been smaller.
Every decision, every hire, every engagement is filtered through our three company values. In a small team, there is nowhere to hide and no room for misalignment.
We believe people matter more than ever in the age of AI, which is why we hire for values first and skills second.
Think
01
Think with clarity.
Put the client's outcome first.
Every decision, from pod structure to engagement phases to tech stack, is outcome-focused. No feature bloat. No optimising for our convenience.
IN PRACTICE
Five decision points per engagement. Transparent baselines from week one. No lock-in beyond mutual value.
Learn
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Learn from delivery.
Every person and every engagement makes us sharper.
We treat every engagement as a source of learning. What we discover . about delivery, about context, about our clients - feeds back into how we work, how we hire, and how we improve.
IN PRACTICE
We measure delivery improvement every quarter and publish the numbers.
Link
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Link knowledge.
Knowledge only creates value when it is shared.
We connect people to context, teams to clients, and learnings across engagements. Silos are the enemy of good work - inside our teams and inside our clients' businesses.
IN PRACTICE
Learnings are shared across engagements - anonymised, aggregated, and fed back into the platform. Every client benefits.
Vantikai is part of Trusso, a Business Advisory Services Group focussed on Swiss SMEs and acts as its' digitalization arm.
Trusso Group is a fiduciary and business advisory firm headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. At the heart of its approach are collaborative partnerships, entrepreneurial thinking and a clear focus on the individual needs and objectives of its clients.
Combining personalized advisory services with the strength of a nationwide network, Trusso Group operates through multiple hubs across Switzerland. The firm supports ambitious businesses with practical, technology-enabled solutions and a commitment to long-term, trusted partnerships.
Through interdisciplinary teams, Trusso Group primarily serves small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across a broad range of industries, including healthcare, technology, retail, real estate and financial services. Its service offering encompasses accounting, payroll administration, audit and assurance, tax advisory, business consulting, as well as digital and international services.
Vantikai was founded by two builders who have spent their careers doing exactly what Vantikai does - building companies, assembling delivery teams, and running operations across international markets. Both have worked at large organisations and have founded and scaled multiple businesses with dedicated teams and delivery centres. The experience that used to only benefit large corporates is what we can now apply where it matters most: ambitious SMEs.
Christoph Thommen
Co-Founder & CEO · Basel
Christoph brings 20+ years across software services and business operations, building and scaling delivery organisations across 22 countries. He has driven operational excellence programmes and optimised business processes at scale - most recently scaling an 80-person AI engineering unit in under 9 months. He founded Vantikai to apply what he has learned running international businesses to the clients who can benefit from it most.
LinkedIn →"SMEs have never had a better opportunity than right now. The tools and capabilities that used to be locked behind enterprise budgets are finally within reach, and the businesses that move first will leapfrog competitors that have been standing still for years. Exciting times ahead!"
Rade Georgiev
Co-Founder & COO · Skopje
Rade brings 15+ years across digital engineering, delivery leadership, and nearshore scaling, building and leading high-performing technology teams from Skopje. He has scaled teams across multiple client accounts, delivery streams, and engineering disciplines, with a strong focus on operational discipline, client delivery, people leadership, and sustainable growth. At Vantikai, Rade focuses on turning strategy into execution by shaping delivery models where speed, quality, and ownership are built into how teams operate from day one.
LinkedIn →"Velocity is a discipline, not a personality trait - it's built into how the pod operates."