Alki
Entrepreneur First '22Paris, FR · Founded 2022 · 1 known investors
Alki builds custom AI forecasting solutions for logistics, retail, and industry, covering use cases such as demand, capacity, sales, inventory, staffing, pricing, and energy prediction. Its offering is powered by an AI forecasting engine and delivered as tailored solutions built with AI agents, aimed at operations teams in enterprises.
Also known as Alki Engine · Alki Studio
Founders & leadership
Alki was founded in 2022 by Léopold Delhaize and Tanguy Levent.
Investors · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Alki markets itself as an AI-augmented software services firm (an "ESN dopée à l'IA") that develops bespoke software for client organisations, promising shorter roadmaps and lower budgets through the use of generative AI and AI coding agents. Its stated engagement model has two steps: a free qualification phase in which client business processes are diagnosed and a prototype, roadmap and budget are produced, followed by a quoted production phase in which the tailored solution is built using AI agents, with maintenance and hosting included. The site references methods and practices such as "vibe coding" and the BMAD method.
Alongside services, Alki offers a product ecosystem branded Alki Studio, built on a forecasting engine called Alki Engine. The advertised components are Alki Engine (deploying forecasting models into production), Alki Predict (testing and exploring forecasts) and Alki API (integration with existing systems), with some applications marked live and others listed as coming soon. Forecasting use cases listed include workload, demand, capacity, sales, visits, inventory, headcount, prices, product returns, maintenance, patients, customers and energy. The engine is described as cloud-hosted and as using statistical methods, machine learning, advanced models and neural networks, with support for multi-source data ingestion (CSV, XLSX, APIs) and exogenous variables such as weather and household confidence indicators.
Business model
Hybrid of custom software development services quoted per project and a tiered SaaS subscription for the forecasting product line. Custom forecasting projects are offered on demand subject to availability.
Subscription tiers for Alki Studio/Engine access — Free (0€/month), Pro (from 39€/month) and Enterprise (from 500€/month, including Alki Predict, unlimited runs, cloud-hosted production, custom data integration and unlimited API) — plus quoted fees for bespoke development projects. Students receive a 50% discount on Alki Studio.
Traction
The website states Alki is already used by leading companies in logistics, retail and industry and that it is supported by first-tier partners, but no named customers, revenue figures or user counts are disclosed in the available sources.
Latest developments
The current site presents the Alki Studio ecosystem with Alki Engine and certain applications live and others marked "coming soon," and quotes CEO Léopold Delhaize describing the company's shift toward AI-driven custom development.
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Market position
Positions itself as an AI-enabled IT services provider whose generative-AI-based delivery makes bespoke software economically viable, stating that it became an AI-focused ESN at the request of its customers. Its site claims use by leaders in logistics, retail and industry.
Technology
A cloud-hosted forecasting engine (Alki Engine) applying statistics, machine learning, advanced models and neural networks, able to incorporate multiple data sources (CSV, XLSX, APIs) and exogenous variables such as weather and household confidence. Delivery of custom solutions relies on generative AI and AI agents.
Go-to-market
Inbound offer of a free prototype and needs-qualification diagnostic on a real customer use case, converting into quoted production projects; self-serve subscription tiers provide a lower-friction entry point for individual users and students.
Enterprises in logistics, retail and industry, with messaging directed at operations directors and data teams; the pricing structure also addresses education/students and startups.
Compiled by commissioned research from 3 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
▸Research sources · 3
primary sources listed
- Alki | L'ESN dopée à l'IAalki.io · web
3 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Alki do?
- Paris-based Alki builds custom AI forecasting software and an AI-assisted development service for logistics, retail and industry.
- Who founded Alki?
- Alki was founded by Léopold Delhaize, Tanguy Levent in 2022.
- Who are Alki's investors?
- Alki's investors include Entrepreneur First.
- Where is Alki headquartered?
- Alki is headquartered in Paris, FR.