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A turquoise glacial river winding through painted ivory sediment and ochre rock
An elk looking toward K2, painted in glacier blue, warm ivory and burnt sienna

K2ELK

A slender bridge spanning a deep blue gorge in textured alpine brushwork
Glacier-blue mineral strata crossed by a warm copper seam

K2ELK is a technology company in Aarau, Switzerland. We build websites, software and AI for our clients, and we own four businesses of our own.

Perspective
meets instinct.

An elk on the left, facing a distant summit across a painted alpine valley

ELK

Instinct

An ivory K2 summit on the right above a glacier-blue valley

K2

Perspective

Alpine discovery

ViewAlps

The Alps, compared in one view.

Design, software & AI

Recursiv

Websites and software, designed and built.

Private AI for finance

8080 Solutions

Private AI for documents and decisions.

Property software

BHUMIO

Every property in one system.

What we do ↗

From a clear idea
to a lasting business.

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Choose a direction.

We help a team decide what to do next. We review the current work, speak with the people doing it and assess where software or AI could make a useful difference.

  • Understand the problem
  • Assess the opportunity
  • Choose a practical direction
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Build the product.

We design the product, build a first version and test it with the people who will use it. That can mean software, an AI application or an early experiment in physical automation.

  • Explore the product
  • Prototype the experience
  • Build and refine
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Develop the business.

For our own businesses, the work continues after launch. We develop the product, support customers and make the operating decisions needed to keep the company moving forward.

  • Shape the operating model
  • Build around the product
  • Think beyond the launch

A closer look.

Notes on technology, product decisions
and owning a business.

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AI beyond the demo

An AI demo can produce a good answer and still leave most of the job unfinished. Someone has to find the right information, check the output and decide what happens next. A useful product makes that whole sequence easier.

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