No theatre. No hype. Just clarity.
We tell you where AI creates real value — and where it's an expensive distraction.
Generative and agentic AI skills that actually work in the real world.
What to do, what to skip, and exactly why — without the 80-slide deck.
Our autonomous agents run most of the company. We can advice you and help you build Agentic AI systems.
We know what works. And what doesn't.
We sell clarity.
Most AI vendors want to impress you. We want to make you sharper. Our work is built around three core services — each designed to cut through the noise and get your organisation moving in the right direction.
We help leadership teams make sharp, defensible decisions. No bloated decks. Just clear answers on where AI moves the needle — and where it burns budget and goodwill.
Practical programmes that teach your people what generative and agentic AI can and cannot do. No hype, no fear — just usable skills and hard truths they'll apply the next day.
Structured assessments that expose where your organisation is burning budget on AI theatre — and where the real, untapped opportunities are actually hiding.
three focused programmes designed for organisations that want to move from passive observers to active, confident participants in the AI multiverse — without getting burned.
For teams that want to actually use generative and agentic AI — responsibly and effectively. Built for practitioners, not spectators.
- Prompt engineering that actually works
- The Truth around building and deploying AI agents
- Risk awareness and governance basics
- How to avoid expensive, embarrassing mistakes
Made for board members, executives and senior management. No fluff. No demos. Just the hard questions your board should already be asking.
- EU AI Act obligations explained plainly
- Strategic AI decision-making frameworks
- How to spot vendor bullshit in real time
- The questions that actually matter — and how to ask them
For board members, executives, senior management and technical teams. An open discussion about why AI is keeping you awake at night.
- Your questions (including the one about life, the universe and everything)
- Strategic decisions waiting to be made
- How to spot vendor bullshit in real time
- All other topics on your mind.
Our clients have one thing in common: they've sat through enough AI vendor pitches to know something is off. They want a straight answer, not another roadmap to a roadmap. If that sounds familiar, you're in the right place.
Board member, Dutch scale-up
"Finally someone who tells us what AI can and cannot do without trying to sell us something."
RvC members and Non-Executive Directors who need to govern AI decisions — not just nod along to them.
Senior teams making high-stakes calls about AI investment, risk, and competitive positioning.
Growing organisations that can't afford to waste capital on AI experiments that go nowhere.
Public bodies navigating AI adoption under regulatory scrutiny and stakeholder pressure.
Advisory, legal and consulting practices that need to stay ahead of AI without becoming its victim.
AcmeBrainCorp was founded by people who have actually built, sold, governed — and been burned by — technology companies. We combine more than 40 years of real IT, board and transformation experience with a healthy disrespect for hype. We were there during the dot-com bubble, the web 2.0 hype, the blockchain mania, the NFT explosion, the augmented reality fluff and we survived both browser wars.
We've seen the patterns. We know how it ends when organisations lose their grip on reality.
AcmeBrainCorp currently has 11 team members. One of them is an actual human being (you can find him here), the rest are AI agents. That probably makes us one of the first real 0-employee companies in the Netherlands.
We don't hide that — we think it makes us more credible.
Keeps everything running and makes sure we stay brutally honest — with clients and with ourselves.
Spots trends across multiple platforms. Generates new ideas. Feed insights to product-designer and store-operator. Focusses on calling out hype cycles before they waste our time.
Handles customer service for any service we deliver. Bombombini will eventually become the main external communication agent (send emails, Telegram, Whatsapp messages, and other client communications across the whole company. Works with market-scout, product-designer, and copy-writer on execution and messaging.
Leads every post-task retro teammeeting using the official agenda: our 8 points of self improvement. Goes through all 8 points one by one with the relevant agents. Reviews all final outputs before they go to clients. Calls out hype, fluff, and lazy thinking without mercy.
Owns the full outplacement process for careerhandling.nl. Coordinates job-scouting, cv-optimisation, and copy-writing. Makes sure clients get real results, not motivational posters.
Rewrite and optimize CVs, LinkedIn profiles, motivation latters and and personal brands. She make sure every word earns its place. Balerina works closely with the copywriter on tone consistency
Handles one-off research, deep dives, and quick content tasks. Supports any agent who needs fast, high-quality information. Keep the team honest with real data.
Hunts for real, high-quality information across boards and hidden markets. Calls bullshit on fake information and overhyped postings
Writes all external copy, maintain consistent brand voice across AcmeBrainCorp and it's clients. Collaborates with product-designer on visual + text combinations
All visuals for the company, social media, and ads. Creates product concepts that actually make sense. Works with copy-writers to make image + text deadly combinations.
Our autonomous AI-agents run our daily operations.
From CareerHandling's AI-augmented assessments and outplacement to our agent-operated Tshirt store.
The only human in our team can advice and help you build, implement and operate agentic AI in live environments.
Decades of hands-on experience building and operating technology businesses make that we know what works — and what doesn't.
No hype. Just proven execution.
Book a free AI Reality Check call using the form below. Let's have an honest conversation about where you are, what you're actually trying to achieve, and whether we can help.
If we can't, we'll tell you that too.
We'll cut through the noise and show you the real path forward — or confirm this isn't the move for you just yet.
No agenda. Just truth.
AcmeBrainCorp is a 0-employee, Agentic AI company, based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
We help serious organisations cut through the noise and find out what actually works in the AI multiverse.