I am Laurens van Dijk of DataDream, the AI agency in Middelburg. I help businesses and organisations across Zeeland choose which AI pays off, and then I build it too. A conversation at your table, advice that fits the Zeeland season and one point of contact from first question to working solution.
A hotel on Walcheren with a full summer, a maritime company in Vlissingen quoting in three languages, an agricultural web shop on the Bevelanden: businesses in Zeeland each have their own busy periods and their own questions. Almost all of them know AI could help. The harder question is where to start, because every vendor tells a different story.
My advice starts with your work. I map with you where most of the time goes, I work out per application what it returns, and you get an order of steps you can carry out yourself or have me build. If you want to start building straight away, see the AI agency in Middelburg. Outside Zeeland, see independent AI consulting for the whole of the Netherlands.
My advice comes from work in Zeeland. I made generative AI video content for Provincie Zeeland, ran an AI workshop for Gemeente Vlissingen, built a voice agent for Kanoa Outdoor Events and delivered AI content, a RAG chatbot with a voice agent and an AI training video for Dockwize. For Hello Zeeland I automated the housekeeping settlement: around four hours less manual work a month, worth roughly 5,000 euros a year.
Getting started costs nothing. Fill in the AI Readiness Scan for a first analysis, or book a conversation in Middelburg or at your location, from Domburg to Zierikzee. If AI does not fit your business right now, I will tell you.
Organizations working with DataDream
In July and August the phone rings non-stop, emails pile up and admin gets left behind. Finding extra staff for a few months is hard in Zeeland.
I advise which tasks to automate first for the season, for example with a voice agent that answers outside office hours or a system that handles recurring questions. That way your team gets through the peak without extra hires.
Many businesses in Zeeland have no IT team and no time to work out which of the many AI tools pays off. A wrong choice costs money and motivation.
I am your point of contact in Middelburg. I build the technology myself, explain in plain language what fits your business and work out the numbers before you buy anything.
An agency from the Randstad often does not know the Zeeland season, the distances or the customers from across the border. The advice works on paper but not in practice.
I work in Zeeland, come by for a conversation and know how tourism, maritime companies and agriculture run here.
A vendor has made an AI proposal, but you cannot judge whether the approach holds up, whether the price is fair and whether the promised outcome is realistic.
I give a second opinion with no stake in that vendor, with a clear verdict: go ahead, adjust or do not do it.
Data about guests, customers or residents cannot simply go into an AI tool. That uncertainty holds decisions back.
Per application I assess its AI Act risk category, what you need to record and where a person must check. I work with GDPR-compliant tools, sign data processing agreements and arrange EU-only storage if you want it.
Laurens helped us bring a programme offering to life that was yet to be launched. We worked very well together on this project. Here's to more great cases where we can use AI to improve our services!
Jordi Dooge
Business Scout, Dockwize
Among other things: generative AI video content for Provincie Zeeland, an AI workshop for Gemeente Vlissingen, a voice agent for Kanoa Outdoor Events, automated settlements for Hello Zeeland and, for Dockwize, a mix of AI content, a RAG chatbot with a voice agent and an AI training video. At Hello Zeeland the automated housekeeping settlement saves around four hours of manual work a month, worth roughly 5,000 euros a year. Jordi Dooge, Business Scout at Dockwize: "Laurens helped us bring a programme offering to life that was yet to be launched."
Then I am your point of contact: an AI specialist in Middelburg who helps businesses in Zeeland make existing processes run smarter. I start from what saves the most time or brings in the most revenue in your work; the right tool follows from that. From first analysis to working automation, with knowledge of how things work in Zeeland.
The context shapes the choices. Tourism here peaks in July and August, maritime companies work with international clients and agriculture has seasonal work. Advice that ignores that works on paper but not in practice. I am happy to come by for a conversation, in Middelburg, Goes or at your location.
Consulting comes a step earlier: which application first, what it returns, build or buy and which risks there are. Building comes after that. I do both, but you can also take the advice on its own. If you want to start building straight away, see the AI agency in Middelburg.
Yes. After the advice I build and automate too. Think of processes that run without manual work, reports that produce themselves and a phone that gets answered outside office hours. For a business in Zeeland I usually start with one process that takes a lot of time. How automating business processes works technically is described separately, so you can decide per step whether to continue.
Yes. Share the proposal with me and you get my verdict on the approach, the price and the promised results. I have no stake in the party that made the quote, so that verdict is independent.
That is part of the advice. Per application I assess which AI Act risk category it falls under, what you need to record and where a person must check. I work with GDPR-compliant tools, sign data processing agreements as standard and arrange EU-only storage if you want it. If you work with sensitive data about residents or clients, as a municipality or care organisation does, that is where I start.
No. I work from Middelburg for clients throughout the Netherlands and in Belgium. Zeeland is the home base. For businesses on Walcheren, the Bevelanden and Schouwen-Duiveland I always come by for a conversation.
It starts with an introductory meeting, in Middelburg or at your place. Then I look at your work to see where AI makes the most difference, preferably outside the high season too, when there is time to look properly. You get a business case per application and an order of steps. After each step you decide whether to continue.
Book a free call or send us a message. We always respond within 24 hours on business days.
Phone
+31 85 124 95 22Location
Middelburg, Zeeland
Availability
Reachable 24/7 digitally
