Why we build Elephate

In the years ahead, we have to build, renovate and install more than ever before. 

The Netherlands is short of hands. Nowhere more than in construction and engineering.

375,000

open vacancies in the Netherlands

70,700

open vacancies in technical occupations

Open vacancies per 1,000 jobs

All industries42
Construction and installation73

Construction and installation have more than 1.7 times as many open vacancies as average. No industry has it harder.

Source: CBS and UWV, Q2 2026

But before a single pipe is laid, someone has to work out what it costs. Spec by spec. Drawing by drawing. 

That work falls to a shrinking group of estimators, while the pile of tenders only keeps growing. 

With our software, every estimate is ready sooner.

Every line shows its source. That is why the estimator can check everything.

We start with this week's work.

A specification that needs reading. A drawing that needs its installations. That is where we help estimators now.

And we believe in what the country needs.

The Netherlands has to become more sustainable, develop and speed up, and the need is urgent. We believe in that, and we work on it every day.

Every estimate that is ready sooner brings a project closer. And every project moves the country forward.

2025

The idea for Elephate.ai is born, out of frustration with manual estimating in the installation industry. Development starts.

2026

Our first customers work with Elephate.ai. Their estimates run through our platform.

2027

Further expansion: more installation companies, more of the estimating work.

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