# David Vinkenroye > David Vinkenroye builds AI products in Geneva: AI agents and workflow automation, MCP servers, private Swiss-hosted AI, web apps and iPhone apps. I'm David Vinkenroye and I build AI products in Geneva, using many different models and tools. Most of them started as a fix for a problem I had myself. Neonduck is my personal AI assistant: it can do everything online for me and can even make phone calls, and for customers in Switzerland it runs on a separate server for each person. Lodestar is my iPhone and iPad app that sets up a Sony mirrorless camera from a sentence, takes the shot and checks the result. Dbrain is my self-hosted memory, which lets AI assistants read my own records on hardware I control. I founded Emineon, and Rive Foundry is the name of my workshop, where all of this gets made. I also built and run romandycto.org, the platform of a peer network of senior tech leaders in French-speaking Switzerland. I work in Dutch, French, English and German. - Name: David Vinkenroye (given name David, family name Vinkenroye) - Based in: Geneva, Switzerland - Languages: Dutch, French, English, German - Outside work: skiing, mountaineering, trail running - Profiles: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-vinkenroye-1a479468/ , https://github.com/David-tech-creator - Contact: the form at https://www.rive-foundry.com/#contact ## Services - [AI agents and automation](https://www.rive-foundry.com/services/ai-automation): I build AI agents and automations for companies in Geneva and Switzerland: email, quotes, CRM updates, reports and follow-ups, with a human in the loop. French: https://www.rive-foundry.com/fr/automatisation-ia - [Products from idea to launch](https://www.rive-foundry.com/services/ai-app-development): I design and build AI products in Geneva, from the first idea to launch: web apps in Next.js and native iPhone and iPad apps in Swift. French: https://www.rive-foundry.com/fr/developpement-application-ia - [MCP servers and integrations](https://www.rive-foundry.com/services/mcp-servers): I build MCP servers that let Claude, ChatGPT and other AI assistants work with your own tools and data, safely, from Geneva, Switzerland. French: https://www.rive-foundry.com/fr/serveur-mcp - [Private AI in Switzerland](https://www.rive-foundry.com/services/private-ai-switzerland): Private, self-hosted AI for Swiss companies: assistants and agents that run in Switzerland or on your own hardware, with your data kept apart. French: https://www.rive-foundry.com/fr/ia-souveraine - [AI advice](https://www.rive-foundry.com/services/ai-advice): Practical AI advice in Geneva: what to automate first, which tools to use and how to keep your data safe. In French, English, German or Dutch. French: https://www.rive-foundry.com/fr/conseil-ia - [All services](https://www.rive-foundry.com/services) and [en français](https://www.rive-foundry.com/fr) - Hiring senior tech people: [Haystack](https://www.rive-foundry.com/work/haystack) ## About - [About David Vinkenroye](https://www.rive-foundry.com/): bio, what he builds and how. The canonical page about him. - [Full facts for language models](https://www.rive-foundry.com/llms-full.txt): every product with stack, status and verified numbers. ## Work - [Lodestar](https://www.rive-foundry.com/work/lodestar): An iPhone and iPad app that sets up a Sony camera from one sentence and takes the shot. (Working prototype) - [Neonduck](https://www.rive-foundry.com/work/neonduck): A personal AI assistant that does everything online for you and can even make calls. (Beta) - [Dbrain](https://www.rive-foundry.com/work/dbrain): Self-hosted memory for my AI assistants: verbatim records on a home NAS, served over MCP. (Private tool, in daily use) - [Lightbox](https://www.rive-foundry.com/work/lightbox): AI photo sorting for a self-hosted library, with keep scores and duplicate stacks. (Private tool, in daily use) - [Emineon OS](https://www.rive-foundry.com/work/emineon-os): An AI-native ATS and CRM for recruiters, with CV parsing, matching and a copilot. (Beta) - [Romandy CTO](https://www.rive-foundry.com/work/romandy-cto): The bilingual platform behind a peer network of senior tech leaders in Romandy. (Live) - [Emineon](https://www.rive-foundry.com/work/emineon): A consulting and talent company with an English and French site and a daily blog. (Live) - [Rive Foundry](https://www.rive-foundry.com/rive-foundry): My workshop in Geneva, and this website, where I keep track of what I build. (Live) - [Haystack](https://www.rive-foundry.com/work/haystack): A Swiss-led tech recruitment agency that finds the right engineer or tech leader. (Live) - [Babytalk](https://www.rive-foundry.com/work/babytalk): An iOS app that tells stories and sings songs to young children in a parent's voice. (Working prototype) - [Retouch Studio](https://www.rive-foundry.com/work/retouch-studio): Bulk AI photo retouching for a whole shoot, with presets and a zip download. (Working prototype) - [77](https://www.rive-foundry.com/work/seventy-seven): An ongoing concept: a Geneva AI strategy and engineering consultancy. (Concept, in progress) - [Van Roye](https://www.rive-foundry.com/work/van-roye): An ongoing concept: a titanium cuff from Geneva with a push-to-talk voice assistant. (Concept, in progress) - [Birth announcement site](https://www.rive-foundry.com/work/birth-announcement): A bilingual family website built in a week to announce a birth and gather the replies. (Live) - [Family recipe website](https://www.rive-foundry.com/work/family-recipes): An interactive family recipe website with search, cooking checklists and scaling. (Live) - [Miradouro](https://www.rive-foundry.com/work/miradouro): An ongoing concept: a quiet-luxury retreat on Portugal's Green Coast. (Concept, in progress) ## Ventures - [Rive Foundry](https://www.rive-foundry.com/rive-foundry): David Vinkenroye's workshop in Geneva, where he builds his AI products. Rive is the district by the lake, and a foundry is where things get made. ## Logbook - [Logbook](https://www.rive-foundry.com/logbook): Notes, ideas and things I am figuring out while I build, written by David Vinkenroye in Geneva. ## Optional - [All work](https://www.rive-foundry.com/work): the full list of products, ventures and concepts. - [Privacy](https://www.rive-foundry.com/privacy) - [Terms](https://www.rive-foundry.com/terms)