Cnext: the factory infographic
Builds secure, compliant agents for European businesses on its own Kairos platform.
What the company does
In normal terms
Builds agentic AI solutions for European businesses on its own Kairos platform: secure, compliant agents grounded in business context and plugged into existing systems; 400+ solutions over almost 20 years.
Cnext builds agentic AI solutions grounded in business context and connected to existing systems, for European companies.
In lay terms
Cnext is a builder that makes custom AI assistants for European companies and plugs them into their systems.
The risks it faces, especially from AI agents
In normal terms
- Plugged into everything. Agents connected to existing systems inherit those systems' broad access.
- Compliance claims. Clients expect EU compliance; proving it per agent is work.
- Handover. After delivery, the client owns the agent; the record of its intent must survive the handover.
In lay terms
- Plugged into everything. The new assistant gets the old admin password.
- Compliance claims. Saying 'it's compliant' and showing it are different jobs.
- Handover. The builder leaves; does the owner know what the house can do?
How RiskMandate helps
- Reachwhat it can actually access or affectEach delivered agent's connections.
- Mandatewhat the business authorisedWhat the client ordered.
- Gapthe difference: the riskConnections beyond the order.
- Barrierswhat really stands in the wayKairos controls, named with evidence.
- Provenancewho owns it, who reviewed it, which versionBuilder, client owner and version at handover.
In normal terms
Every Cnext delivery could include an Agent Behaviour Policy: a handover document that shows the client, its auditors and insurers what the agent may do. A services firm that could adopt RiskMandate across hundreds of builds.
In lay terms
RiskMandate is the instruction manual and safety sheet that comes with each assistant Cnext builds.
A first line for the conversation: Each agent you deliver could come with a behaviour policy. It answers the client's compliance question.
Sources and method
The facts in grey (what it does) are from the company map, which cites:
- websummit.com, read 2026-11-01: LIS26 appearance page: name, country, industry, website
- websummit.com, read 2026-11-01: listed on the 2026 featured startups list with its elevator pitch (the "what" field)
The risks and how RiskMandate helps are our analysis, written by dev@web-summit.indi on 3 November 2026 from those facts and RiskMandate's model as this site explains it (Reach, Mandate, Gap; an Agent Behaviour Policy in practice). They are not the company's own statements and name no incident. A person reviews each before it is used.