AI value creation that shows up in EBITDA.

We find the AI levers that move your result, and we build them.

Bytes & Pixels GmbH is an owner-led AI consultancy founded in Munich in 2019, focused on Technical Due Diligence, AI Transformation, Agentic Engineering and Fractional CTO services across the DACH region.

  1. 1

    Customer service

    Automate inquiries

  2. 2

    Marketing & content

    Scale content

  3. 3

    Sales

    Qualify leads

  4. 4

    Operations & procurement

    Optimise processes

  5. 5

    Finance & reporting

    Accelerate analysis

  6. 6

    Software development

    Agentic Engineering

  7. → EBITDA

Benjamin Bachhuber

Benjamin Bachhuber, Founder.
Ex-CTO, 50+ Tech Due Diligences.

Selected clients
  • About You
  • Scayle
  • Reishunger
  • VNR
  • PL-X

Four services. One standard: measurable outcome.

For whom: Deal teams, advisory boards, executive management

Outcome: Risk report with recommendations, the basis for the 100-day plan

For whom: CEO, COO, Operating Partner

Outcome: Prioritised AI roadmap; agents and workflows in production

For whom: CTO, VP Engineering

Outcome: AI-native development process: toolchain, quality assurance, trained team

For whom: Portfolio companies, owners

Outcome: Technical leadership on demand: architecture, team, vendor decisions

All services

A technical partner from due diligence to exit.

  1. Due Diligence

    Assess technical substance, team and risks before the deal is signed.

  2. 100-Day Plan

    Prioritise and launch the few initiatives that secure the value contribution.

  3. AI Value Creation

    Build agents and automation exactly where they move the result.

  4. Exit Readiness

    Prepare the tech stack, documentation and team to withstand buyer due diligence.

Portfolio AI Value Creation

Selected cases

EdTech company, PE-backed

Situation

Growing support load, manual content production, no technical leadership.

What we built

Fractional CTO. Support agent with access to the knowledge base. Content workflows with n8n and LLMs. Agentic Engineering introduced across the team.

Outcome

Agents and workflows in production; engineering team ships in short cycles.

E-commerce marketplace

Situation

Existing search did not scale with the catalogue.

What we built

New search infrastructure for over 1bn products, solution architecture and rollout.

Outcome

Product search across the full catalogue, in operation.

Real estate platform

Situation

Investment decision without an independent technical assessment.

What we built

Technical Due Diligence: architecture assessment, risk analysis, greenfield concept.

Outcome

A robust decision basis for the investor and executive management.

All cases
Benjamin Bachhuber

Benjamin Bachhuber

Founder, Ex-CTO. Assesses technology like a CTO and builds what the roadmap promises.

  • 50+ Technical Due Diligences for investors and advisory boards
  • 15+ years of software architecture and technical leadership
  • CTO at Shore GmbH, scaled the team past 40 engineers
  • Founder of Freework, apontos and FoodCheck
  • Siemens Corporate Research, Princeton; TU Wien (MSc)

First conversation: 30 minutes, concrete.

Bring one question: a portfolio company, a process, a team. You'll get an assessment, not a slide deck.