No clear starting point
There are a hundred possible use cases and no time to test them all. Which one pays off first?
MITTELSTAND / FAMILY BUSINESSES
AI for family businesses – where it actually pays off.
Find out where AI saves time and money, then put it to work: project plans from meetings, offers from notes, a sorted inbox – with company and customer data kept in Europe.
WHY IT MATTERS
The pressure to adopt AI is real. The direction often is not.
Owner-led firms feel they have to act. But lean teams have no time for experiments – and it stays unclear where AI really pays off.
Unstructured adoption
Some employees use private AI tools, others none at all. Knowledge and results stay with individuals.
Control is unclear
Who may use which data, what does it cost and is customer data safe? Without answers, nobody wants to sign off.
EXAMPLE FROM A CLIENT
Know where AI pays off – and exactly how to run it.
How an owner-led firm turns a time-consuming process into a worked-out automation plan – in one chat instead of guesswork.
- 1THE TASK
A process that costs time
You open the “Solution Studio” assistant in Chat and describe a process that still costs time or money today.
- 2WITH 48°
It asks the right questions
The assistant asks targeted questions to understand the process and every system involved.
- 3
The cost is sized
It estimates what the process costs you today, so the starting point is clear and honest.
- 4
The plan is written
You get a step-by-step description of how to automate the process, ready to act on.
- 5
Next steps and AI instructions
The plan includes your next moves and the exact instructions the AI needs to run it.
- 6RESULT
A business case in hours and euros
The gain is calculated in hours and euros – ready to forward internally at once.
USE CASES
Four jobs your team stops doing by hand.
Typical first use cases in owner-led companies – quick to set up, easy to measure and running on 48° modules.
INPUT Meeting Transcript → STEP To-dos, STEP Owners, STEP Deadlines → OUTPUT Project Tool CHAT · INTEGRATIONS
Turn meetings into project plans.
Transcripts of client or partner meetings become structured projects with to-dos, owners, deadlines and priorities – straight into your project tool.
Explore ChatINPUT Meeting Notes → STEP Client Problem, STEP Our Solution, STEP Price & Terms → OUTPUT Offer in Your Design EDITOR · ASSISTANT STUDIO
From meeting notes to a finished offer.
Notes become a proposal in your corporate design, built around the client’s problem and your matching solution. You review it and send it.
Explore EditorINPUT Incoming Mail → STEP Invoices, STEP Customer Enquiries, STEP Everything Else → OUTPUT The Right Desk AGENT STUDIO · INTEGRATIONS
Clear an overflowing inbox.
Incoming mail is screened and sorted by your rules: invoices go to accounting, enquiries to sales – and your team stops triaging by hand.
Explore Agent StudioSOURCE Industry News, SOURCE Competitors, SOURCE Search Trends → STEP Radar → OUTPUT Opportunities & Risks RADAR · CHAT
Spot chances before others do.
Industry news, competitor moves and search trends are tracked from the sources you choose, so you act on risks and openings ahead of the market.
Explore Radar
The modules behind it.
One platform instead of a dozen tools – with the same data, permissions and cost control for every team.
Solution: AI Operations for Mid-MarketChat
The daily AI workspace for every team, with all leading models.
Editor
Offers, reports and letters written with AI, in your design.
Integrations
CRM, ERP, project tools and mailboxes connected.
Agent Studio
Recurring work like inbox triage, automated end to end.
Radar
Markets, competitors and trends from the sources you choose.
Control Tower
Usage, cost and access by team, in real time.
SECURITY & COMPLIANCE
Enterprise security without an enterprise IT team.
48° brings the controls large companies expect – set up so a lean team can run them.
European provider, EU hosting
100% European ownership. Application, storage and processing run in the EU – or in a dedicated environment, your own cloud or on-premise.
Customer data stays yours
Enterprise APIs only: your content is never used to train models. Personal data is detected and controlled before it reaches a model.
Clear roles from day one
Decide who uses which data on organisation, workspace and team level. AI only sees what the user may see.
Costs you can plan
A seat-based fee, no margin on tokens, and Control Tower shows usage and cost by team.
FAQ
Questions about AI in family businesses
NEXT STEP
Find out where AI pays off in your business.
A 30-minute conversation about your processes – and the first use case worth starting with.