GC.OS Closes €500K Seed Round for sktime Enterprise Solutions
GC.OS has successfully closed a €500,000 seed funding round to support the development and growth of sktime, strengthening its ability to bring enterprise-grade AI capabilities to organizations.
sktime Enterprise Solutions, a joint venture subsidiary of GC.OS, will be focused on building professional support and production grade AI tools for structured data - with a firm commitment to user sovereignty.
Backed by ecoSPECS Group
The funding round is led by ecoSPECS Group, bringing valuable expertise in technology and engineering consulting to the venture.
The partnership combines the expertise of the German Center of Open Source AI in open, user-controlled AI technology, with ecoSPECS Group’s decades-long experience supporting organizations in diverse sectors through complex technical and engineering challenges.
Emre Toy, director ecoSPECS Group & board member sktime ES:
“We firmly believe that the next generation of industrial AI must be not only powerful, but also open, adaptable, and - especially when at the deepest layer of core business processes - completely under the control of its users. We are excited to have GC.OS on board, a partner uniquely committed to this pain point of many customers, with a network having decades long experience in professional grade AI applications.”
Production-Ready Tools, Agentic Integration, and Professional Support
With the new funding, sktime Enterprise Solutions will focus on delivering a comprehensive set of services and products for organizations looking introduce AI to industry scale systems, and to move the needle on AI maturity quickly, from scoping to experimentation to production.
Typical application areas include:
- Energy: Load and consumption forecasting, generation planning, grid optimization, and predictive maintenance.
- Manufacturing: Demand and production planning, machine condition monitoring, anomaly detection, and predictive maintenance.
- Retail: Sales and demand forecasting, inventory optimization, pricing and assortment planning, and customer behavior forecasting.
Our offering will include:
- Production tools designed to help organizations deploy and operate AI solutions in real-world environments.
- Agentic integration to connect time-series capabilities with emerging agentic workflows and systems.
- Professional support to help teams implement, integrate, and operate their solutions effectively.
At the heart of the offering is a commitment to user control first.
sktime Enterprise Solutions is firmly dedicated to give organizations the tools, flexibility, and support they need while keeping control of their technology and data in their own hands - instead of disempowering them with lock-in and subscription tactics.
The seed round marks an important step in GC.OS’s efforts to make advanced time-series and agentic technologies more accessible, and to build sustainable economic models for open AI technologies under control of enterprise users - combining production-ready technology with the expertise and support needed to put those capabilities to work.
We are currently looking for design and development partners - if you are interested in working with us, contact us here
