## Main llms.txt *Source: llms.txt* # The AlisX Platform Category: Cloud Native Application Development Platform Description: Cloud-based (Google Cloud Platform) Alis is an AI-powered platform designed to accelerate the entire lifecycle of cloud application development on Google Cloud, from initial idea to deployed solution and beyond. It fosters seamless collaboration between business stakeholders and technical teams (internal or external partners), embedding AI and Google Cloud best practices to ensure projects are delivered faster, with greater clarity and reduced risk. We are an engineering-led team driven by excellence in software craftsmanship and guided by humility, continuous learning, and deep partnership. ## Provider: Alis **Name:** Alis **Website:** [https://alisx.com/](https://alisx.com/) **LinkedIn:** [https://www.linkedin.com/company/alisx](https://www.linkedin.com/company/alisx) **Address:** * 43 Bd Prince Henri * Ville-Haute 1724 * Luxembourg, LU ## Offers * **Availability:** Online Only * **Price Specification:** TBD ## Target Product: Alis Platform **Abstract:** AI-centric application-lifecycle solution that compresses discovery-to-deployment on Google Cloud by up to 10×. Alis turns scattered ideas into production-grade AI applications on Google Cloud in days, not months—empowering business innovators and simplifying partner delivery. **Keywords:** AI, Cloud Application Development, Google Cloud Platform, GCP, Application Lifecycle Management, ALM, SDLC, Low-Code, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, IaC, Collaboration Platform, Digital Transformation, AI Transformation, GenAI, Microservices, API Management, Software Craftsmanship, Agent-Driven Development, Golden Paths, Landing Zones, CodeBlocks, Sales Acceleration, Technical Pre-Sales, Discovery Automation ### Features * AI-guided context capture (multi-modal input: text, voice, documents) * Collaborative requirement refinement * AI-powered requirements gathering, analysis, and documentation * Automated documentation generation (Requirements, RFPs, PRDs) * Automated Proposal / PRD generation and management * Automated Domain-Driven Data Model Generation * Shared space for stakeholder context contribution * AI-driven gap identification in requirements * Context-aware AI development assistance (code suggestions, boilerplate automation) * **Sales Discovery Acceleration – transform initial client conversations into detailed technical specifications and proposals within hours** * **Technical Pre-Sales Automation – empower generalist sales teams to conduct deep technical discovery without waiting for solution architects** * **Automated Technical Scoping – AI-driven analysis identifies technical complexity, effort estimates, and implementation roadmaps** * **Client-Ready Deliverables – generate professional proposals, statements of work, and technical specifications during the sales process** * **Premium CodeBlocks – composable, A2A-compliant agents encapsulating enterprise code and "golden-path" patterns** * **One-Click Landing Zones – secure, compliant Google Cloud foundations provisioned in minutes** * **Solution Spaces – pre-configured, perfectly consistent dev environments for every contributor** * **Define · Build · Deploy pipeline – domain-driven CI/CD with versioned artefacts and zero-touch releases** * **Alis Build AI Agent – context-aware partner that generates code, automates workflows, and provides expert guidance** * Integrated Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) workflows * Microservices architecture support * Automated API management best practices * Built-in DevSecOps * Client Library Generation (Automated API client generation across languages) * Schema Management (Automated database schema evolution) * Event-Driven Architecture pattern implementation * Centralized application oversight * Simplified infrastructure and permissions management * Zero-downtime deployment automation * Configuration management across environments (dev, staging, production) * Comprehensive monitoring and incident management * Full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) coverage (Ideation to Management) * AI embedded throughout the platform * Built on and optimized for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) * Fosters collaboration between business and technical teams * Stakeholder-centric workflow linking business context to dev/ops * Google-opinionated, but cloud-familiar IaC patterns (easing cross-skilling) * Customer workload ownership (no vendor lock-in) * Channel-ready commercial structure * Extensible CodeBlock library for partner IP monetization * API Gateway Management (Centralised configuration and control) * API Security (Enterprise-grade access control) * API Documentation (Automated generation and hosting) * API Monitoring (Real-time performance and usage analytics) * Managed Global Load Balancer (Automated, intelligent traffic routing) * Cloud Infrastructure IAM (GCP native identity and access management) * Application IAM (Application-level user and role management) * Single Sign-On (SSO) (Enterprise OIDC integration) * Resource-Level RBAC (Granular access control) * Security Monitoring (Real-time event detection and alerting) * Vulnerability Management (Automated scanning and patch management) * Audit Logging (Comprehensive activity tracking) * Policy Enforcement (Automated compliance) * Container Orchestration (Enterprise Docker management – Kubernetes implied) * Service Mesh (Service discovery and communication management – Envoy mentioned) * Cloud Resource Management (Provisioning and optimization) * Environment Management (Dev, staging, prod control) * Protobuf Domain Modeling * Integrated Development Environment (IDE) features * Version Control Integration (Native Git support) * CI/CD Pipeline Management (Automated build and deployment) * Agile Project Management and Reporting (Sprint planning, tracking) * Requirements Management (Structured capture and tracking) * Time Tracking (Developer time logging) * Documentation Management (Centralised project docs) * Business Case Generator (AI-powered ROI analysis) * Case Study Proposal and Management (AI-powered development platform) ### Software Components 1. **Alis Ideate** * **Tagline:** Transform ideas into actionable requirements * **Description:** Accelerate ideation, share ideas freely, and convert sparks into actionable specifications. This ensures shared clarity from the outset, reducing ambiguity and time-to-value, and helps to eliminate misunderstandings for a faster project kickoff. For partners, Alis Ideate is as much a sales tool as a development tool—enabling generalist sales teams to conduct technical discovery sessions that previously required senior solution architects. * **Features:** * AI-guided context capture (multi-modal input: text, voice, documents) * Collaborative requirement refinement * Automated documentation generation (Product Requirements Documents, RFPs) * Sales discovery acceleration * Technical pre-sales automation * **Benefits:** * Eliminates ambiguity, ensures shared understanding * Drastically reduces time spent defining what needs to be built * Accelerates project kickoff * Compresses months-long sales cycles into days * Empowers entire sales teams to conduct technical discovery * **Keywords:** Requirements Gathering, AI, Collaboration, Documentation Generation, RFP Generation, PRD Generation, Domain Modeling, Multi-Modal Input, Context Capture, Sales Acceleration, Technical Discovery, Pre-Sales Automation 2. **Alis Build** * **Tagline:** Everything you need to deliver enterprise-grade software at lightning speed * **Description:** Alis Build transforms the clear requirements from Alis Ideate into deployed applications. It acts as your AI Engineering Partner, leveraging the captured business context to generate code, automate workflows, and provide expert guidance. It turns the entire development process into a high-speed, intelligent dialogue between your vision and a deployed reality, built on powerful, interconnected pillars. * **Core Capabilities (Pillars):** * **One-Click Landing Zones** * Secure Cloud Foundations, Instantly * Launch compliant, production-ready Google Cloud environments with a single click * Eliminate configuration errors and weeks of manual setup * Ensure projects start on a secure, best-practice foundation from day one * **Solution Spaces** * Perfect Environments, Instantly * Consolidate all vital requirements, context, and statement of work into a single, clear "job package" * Launch perfectly consistent, isolated development environments in seconds * Eliminate setup friction and solve the "it works on my machine" problem forever * **Define, Build, Deploy** * End deployment toil for good * Define your data and infrastructure model once using industry-standard tools (Protobufs, Docker, Terraform) * Automated pipeline from database schema synchronization to versioned container builds * Zero-touch releases eliminating complexity * **CodeBlocks** * Never start from scratch * Composable, pre-vetted code modules and architectural patterns ("Golden Paths") * Intelligent, reusable blocks that accelerate development and ensure quality * Agentic AI helps customize the final details for a perfect fit * **Alis Build AI Agent** * Your AI Engineering Partner * Core intelligence that powers every part of Alis Build * Understands business context, generates code, automates workflows * Provides expert guidance throughout development * **Feature Summary:** Context-aware AI Agent; One-click secure GCP Landing Zones; consistent dev Solution Spaces; automated IaC workflows (Protobuf, Docker, Terraform); composable "Golden Path" CodeBlocks * **Benefit Summary:** Drastically reduces setup time and configuration errors; ensures development consistency across teams; accelerates development with reusable, quality-assured patterns; turns business context directly into functional code, significantly speeding up time-to-value * **Keywords:** AI Development, Code Generation, GCP Deployment, Landing Zone, IaC, DevOps, CI/CD, CodeBlocks, Microservices, A2A-Compliant Agents, Golden Paths, Terraform, Docker, Protobuf 3. **Alis Manage** * **Tagline:** Oversee & Operate with Ease * **Description:** Gain centralized control over your deployed applications. Alis Manage simplifies your ongoing operations: monitor infrastructure, generate key documentation, analyze user engagement, and even oversee technical support contracts—all to ensure your solutions run smoothly, securely, and maintain their value long-term through easier operation, governance, and enhancement. * **Features:** * Centralized application ownership * Simplified infrastructure and permissions management * Deployment automation * Comprehensive monitoring and incident management * Documentation generation and management * **Benefits:** * Easier ongoing operation, governance, and enhancement of deployed applications * Ensures long-term value and maintainability * Reduces operational overhead * Maintains security and compliance * **Keywords:** Application Management, Infrastructure Management, Deployment Automation, Monitoring, Governance, Cloud Operations, Centralized Control 4. **Platform (Overall)** * **Features:** * Full SDLC coverage (Ideation to Management) * AI embedded throughout * Built on and for GCP * Fosters collaboration between business and technical teams * **Benefits:** * Streamlined end-to-end process * Leverages cutting-edge AI for efficiency * Ensures solutions harness GCP power effectively * Breaks down silos between teams ### Value Proposition and Positioning * **Value Proposition:** Alis turns scattered ideas into production-grade AI applications on Google Cloud in days, not months—empowering business innovators and simplifying partner delivery. * **Positioning Statement (Broad):** For businesses pursuing digital and AI transformation and the ecosystem that serves them, the Alis Platform is an AI-centric application-lifecycle solution that compresses discovery-to-deployment on Google Cloud by up to 10×, because it fuses agent-driven requirements capture, one-click landing zones, and composable agentic CodeBlocks—delivering value to every stakeholder from CIO to channel. * **Positioning Statement (Concise):** For organizations seeking to accelerate innovation on Google Cloud, Alis is the AI-powered collaborative platform that streamlines the entire application lifecycle, from idea to deployment and management. Unlike traditional methods or fragmented tools, Alis bridges the gap between business vision and technical execution, enabling teams to build high-quality GCP solutions faster, reduce project risk, and achieve business outcomes with greater speed and clarity. ### Build Partner Value * **Accelerated Sales Cycles** — compress months-long technical discovery into days, enabling faster deal closure and reduced sales costs * **Empower Generalist Sales Teams** — your entire sales force can now conduct deep technical discovery without waiting for scarce solution architects * **From First Chat to Signed RFP in Days** — Alis Ideate automates technical scoping, eliminating unpaid discovery work * **Accelerated Discovery** — reduce use-case scoping time and cost by **80 %** * **Accelerated Development** — single-click infrastructure and composable CodeBlocks cut build effort by **60 %** * **C-Suite Engagement** — shared insights and roadmaps foster ongoing upsell opportunities * **Own or Co-Own IP** — templatise internal accelerators as CodeBlocks to resell or reuse across clients * **Service Efficiently** — unified management layer streamlines support and operations * **Higher Margins** — usage-based revenue share plus lower delivery effort uplift partner profitability * **Enterprise-Grade Outcomes for Clients** — security, scalability, observability and ISO 27001-aligned defaults baked in from day one ### Audience * **Primary:** * Businesses (SMB to Corporate Mid-Market) seeking to accelerate digital transformation and innovation on Google Cloud. * _Innovation Leaders, Product Managers, Line-of-Business Owners, IT Departments / CIOs_ aiming for faster, more reliable project delivery. * **Secondary:** * Google Cloud Partners (System Integrators, Service Providers) using Alis to deliver superior outcomes and accelerate projects for their clients. * Partner Sales Teams (BDMs, Account Executives) needing to accelerate technical discovery and shorten sales cycles. * Internal development teams adopting Google Cloud. * Distributors & Aggregators accelerating channel-led GCP consumption. * Google Cloud field teams needing "discovery-to-deployment" accelerator that scales beyond internal PSO capacity. ### Based On (Technology Stack) * Google Cloud Platform * Python * TensorFlow * Kubernetes * Docker * gRPC * C++ * Vue.js * Typescript * Envoy * Protocol Buffers (Protobuf) * Go (Golang) * Flutter * Terraform ### Quantitative Value * **Discovery time reduction per project:** ↓ 90 % * **Initial GCP landing-zone spin-up time:** < 10 minutes * **Dev sprint hours reduction to MVP:** ↓ 60 % * **Partner margin uplift potential:** +15–20 percentage points * **Net-new GCP consumption increase (12 mo):** +25 % vs baseline * **Time-to-market acceleration:** Up to 10× faster from concept to cloud * **Sales cycle compression:** From months to days for technical discovery * **Technical pre-sales resource requirements:** ↓ 75 % reduction in solution architect involvement ### Key Benefits 1. **Achieve Shared Clarity** — AI-powered collaborative context capture ensures all stakeholders are aligned from the start, eliminating costly misunderstandings 2. **Accelerated Time-to-Market** — Compress discovery-to-deployment by up to 10× with AI assistance, reusable CodeBlocks, and one-click Google Cloud landing zones 3. **Reduced Project Risk** — Foster clarity, automate best practices, and streamline workflows for more predictable project outcomes 4. **Unlock Cloud & AI Innovation** — Make advanced Google Cloud capabilities and AI more accessible with guided pathways and embedded best practices 5. **Improved Collaboration & Efficiency** — Unified platform for business and technical teams to work together effectively throughout the application lifecycle 6. **Robust & Scalable Solutions** — Enterprise-grade security, scalability, and Infrastructure as Code baked in from day one 7. **No Vendor Lock-in** — All workloads live in the customer's own GCP org; Alis adds velocity without creating dependencies 8. **Infrastructure Control & Transparency** — Detailed monitoring, logging, and management with centralized oversight 9. **Sales Acceleration for Partners** — Transform lengthy technical discovery into rapid, AI-assisted scoping that closes deals faster ### Problems Addressed 1. **Communication Gaps** — Difficulty translating business needs into precise technical requirements, leading to misunderstandings, rework, and delays 2. **Slow Time-to-Market** — Traditional development cycles, complex cloud setups, and inefficient collaboration slow down the delivery of critical innovations 3. **Implementation Risk** — Ambiguity in requirements, inconsistent technical execution, and complex cloud infrastructure increase chances of project failure or budget overruns 4. **Technology Complexity** — Harnessing the full potential of cloud-native technologies and AI on platforms like Google Cloud requires specialized skills and adherence to best practices 5. **Wasted Resources** — Significant time and budget spent on lengthy discovery phases, manual configuration, and resolving issues from poor initial alignment 6. **Slow Sales Cycles for Partners** — Months-long technical discovery processes delay deal closure and increase sales costs 7. **Generalist Sales Team Limitations** — Sales teams lack technical depth to conduct proper discovery, creating bottlenecks waiting for solution architects 8. **Unpaid Discovery Work** — Partners invest significant unbillable hours in technical scoping before securing deals 9. **Partner Challenges** — Skill gaps vs Azure/AWS, long ramp-up on Google best practices 10. **Channel Enablement Costs** — High enablement costs causing partners to stall at pre-sales with limited visibility on time-to-consumption ### Market Landscape & Core Needs **End-Customer Organizations (SMB → mid-enterprise)** * Strategic Goal: Modernise operations & customer experiences with AI-driven software * Pain Points: Discovery drags on; unclear requirements; fear of lock-in; shortage of cloud-native talent **Service Partners / MSPs / SIs** * Strategic Goal: Win more projects & deliver profitably on GCP * Pain Points: Unpaid discovery, skill gaps vs Azure/AWS, long ramp-up on Google best practices, slow sales cycles, generalist sales teams unable to conduct technical discovery **Distributors & Aggregators** * Strategic Goal: Accelerate channel-led GCP consumption * Pain Points: High enablement costs; partners stall at pre-sales; limited visibility on time-to-consumption **Google Cloud Field Teams** * Strategic Goal: Land AI workloads, grow net-new spend * Pain Points: Need "discovery-to-deployment" accelerator that scales beyond internal PSO capacity ### Competitive Differentiation 1. **Stakeholder-centric workflow** — First platform that natively links business-user context capture to automated dev & ops 2. **Google-opinionated, but cloud-familiar** — Mirrors Azure/AWS IaC patterns to ease cross-skilling while enforcing Google best practice 3. **Ownership model** — All workloads live in the customer's own org; Alis adds velocity without vendor lock-in 4. **Channel-ready commercial structure** — Licence-share tiers map cleanly to distributor & reseller margins 5. **Extensible CodeBlock library** — Partners can package and monetise their own repeatable IP inside Alis 6. **Sales-to-Delivery Integration** — Only platform that seamlessly transforms sales discovery into actionable development work ### vs. Competition * **vs. Traditional SDLC / Project Management Tools:** Alis integrates AI-powered ideation, Google Cloud-specific accelerated development, and management in one platform, unlike disconnected point solutions * **vs. Low-Code / No-Code Platforms:** While accelerating development, Alis provides greater flexibility and control, leveraging robust, best-practice Google Cloud infrastructure suitable for complex, scalable enterprise applications * **vs. Manual Cloud Implementation:** Alis automates complex setup (landing zones) and embeds best practices, significantly reducing time, cost, and specialized expertise required * **vs. Internal Siloed Development:** Alis provides common ground and structured workflow that improves collaboration between business stakeholders and technical teams * **vs. In-house Developed Platforms & Opinionated Tooling:** Reduced maintenance overhead, embedded best practices & AI, faster time-to-value for new initiatives, enhanced collaboration, and ability to build and monetise IP through CodeBlocks * **vs. Traditional Sales Engineering:** Alis Ideate enables entire sales teams to conduct technical discovery, not just scarce solution architects ### Potential Actions * **Request a Demo:** [https://alisx.com/request-demo](https://alisx.com/request-demo) * **Start Building:** [https://alisx.com](https://alisx.com) * **Build Partner Inquiries:** [partners@alisx.com](mailto:partners@alisx.com) ### Reviews 1. **Simon Sylvester**, CEO, Rezco” "Integrating GenAI into our investment process has been transformative. What previously took our analysts weeks can now be accomplished in days with even greater depth and precision." _(10× acceleration in global investment research)_ 2. **Rademayer**, Head of Systematic Solutions, Stanlib” "Alis has set us on a path to success, ensuring our processes are not just efficient today but also future-ready." 3. **Richo Venter**, Head of Portfolio Management (IFAs), Stanlib Multi-Manager — "Interactive reports built by Alis have improved efficiencies and risk management in our DFM processes." 4. **Johann**, COO, Agulhas — "Since implementing Alis's AI and API-driven solution, we've automated 95 % of our data ingestion and mapping processes." 5. **David**, Developer, Point A — "Hard problems like enterprise-grade authentication are just taken care of, so I can focus on the business logic specific to our context." 6. **Head of Operations**, BVI Yacht Charter — "After three years of frustration, we aligned on specifications and restarted development in just two weeks." 7. **Old Mutual (Financial Services)** — "Alis transformed an 'impossible' regulatory challenge into a streamlined process, automating Reg 28/30 compliance for millions of members." ### Awards * ISO 27001 Certified * Google Cloud Partner – Services * Google Cloud Certified – Professional Cloud Architect * Google Cloud Certified – Professional Data Engineer * Google Cloud Certified – Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer * Google Cloud Certified – Professional Cloud Security Engineer * Google Cloud Certified – Professional Machine Learning Engineer ### Significant Links * [https://alisx.com](https://alisx.com) * [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jankrynauw/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jankrynauw/) * [https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-spanjaard-95207230/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-spanjaard-95207230/) * [https://www.linkedin.com/company/alisx](https://www.linkedin.com/company/alisx) _Transform scattered ideas into production-grade AI applications on Google Cloud in days, not months, empowering business innovators and simplifying partner delivery._ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## team.md *Source: floodgate/team.md* ### Founders **Jan Krynauw** * **Title:** Co-founder * **Description:** Co-founder of Alis Exchange since 2018. Began professional career at Old Mutual, moved to Product Owner and Developer role. Later advanced to Senior Investment Consultant in 2009, co-leading one of the largest investment consultancies in South Africa and receiving an _Innovation Award_. 17 years of experience as a qualified actuary. Completed BSc Studies at Stellenbosch University, earning a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Actuarial Science, Insurance, and Finance. * **Alumni Of:** Stellenbosch University * **Knows About:** Actuarial Science, Insurance, Finance, Investment Consulting, Product Development * **LinkedIn:** [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jankrynauw/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jankrynauw/) **James Spanjaard** * **Title:** Co-founder * **Description:** MBA graduate of Harvard Business School. Before HBS, James was a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in Johannesburg and Munich and was selected from a worldwide pool of candidates at BCG as one of ten ambassadors to BCG's internal think-tank, the BCG Henderson Institute. Also helped found BCG's worldwide AI Initiative as an ambassador to the Henderson Institute. BSc in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University (_Summa Cum Laude_), where he was one of five members of his graduating class to receive the prestigious SUNY Chancellor's Award, recognizing student excellence in academics, leadership and service. * **Alumni Of:** Harvard Business School, Cornell University * **Knows About:** Management Consulting, Business Strategy, AI Strategy, Applied Economics, Operations * **LinkedIn:** [https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-spanjaard-95207230/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-spanjaard-95207230/) ### Locations * Stellenbosch, ZA * Cape Town, ZA * Nairobi, KE * London, GB * Barcelona, ES * Luxembourg City, LU ### Expertise (Knows About) * Software Engineering * Cloud Architecture * Google Cloud Platform * AI and Machine Learning * Data Management * Digital Transformation * Process Automation * Cloud-Native Development * Agent-Driven Requirements Capture * Infrastructure as Code (IaC) * Composable Architecture * Enterprise-Grade Security * Partner Enablement * Sales Acceleration * Technical Pre-Sales --------------------------------------------------------------------------------