# PFConsult > PFConsult is an independent AI consultancy founded by Pavel Filonov in the Netherlands. It helps software companies, startups, and small businesses identify valuable AI opportunities, build focused prototypes and production systems, and measure business results before scaling investment. PFConsult focuses on practical machine learning, AI agents, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), MLOps, and AI product development. The site and linked resources are in English. ## Start here - [PFConsult home](https://pfconsult.nl/): Overview of PFConsult's practical AI consulting for software companies, startups, and small businesses. - [AI product development services](https://pfconsult.nl/services): A staged path from product discovery and proof of concept to a measured MVP and an internal ML capability. - [AI and ML case studies](https://pfconsult.nl/case-studies): Production case studies covering AI agents, anomaly detection, and MLOps. ## Service areas - [AI Opportunity Assessment](https://pfconsult.nl/services/ai-opportunity-assessment): Find practical, measurable places where AI can improve your business processes. - [AI Product Prototyping](https://pfconsult.nl/services/ai-product-prototyping): Turn an AI idea into a working prototype that users can test and stakeholders can evaluate. - [Custom AI Agent Development](https://pfconsult.nl/services/custom-ai-agent-development): Design and build AI agents for customer support, research, and workflow automation. - [AI Training & Workshops](https://pfconsult.nl/services/ai-training-workshops): Help your team understand what AI can do, where it fails, and how to use it responsibly. ## Case studies - [From Notebooks to Production in 15 Minutes](https://pfconsult.nl/case-studies/sales-call-mlops-pipeline): How a sales-call analytics company built a reliable MLOps pipeline its data scientists could extend independently. - [From Hundreds of API Methods to One Conversation](https://pfconsult.nl/case-studies/on-premise-cloud-agent): How domain-specific tools and on-premise models turned a complex cloud API into a secure AI agent. - [From 30 Minutes to Five: Detecting Payment Incidents Faster with ML](https://pfconsult.nl/case-studies/payment-incident-detection): How production-tested anomaly detection reduced incident detection time while controlling false positives. ## Optional - [About Pavel Filonov](https://pfconsult.nl/about): Background, experience, consulting approach, and areas of expertise. - [Contact PFConsult](https://pfconsult.nl/contact): Ways to book a consultation or contact Pavel Filonov. - [AI product development brochure](https://pfconsult.nl/downloads/pfconsult-ai-product-development.pdf): Downloadable PDF overview of the AI product development offering.