# Frequently Asked Questions

Straight answers to the questions we are asked most often.

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## Frequently asked questions.

Straight answers to the questions we are asked most often.

## What does working with SIMO cost?

We work with quarterly retainers instead of three-year contracts. What an initiative costs is determined by its scope. You keep full investment control and decide again after every phase. The entry point is the Executive 360° Blueprint. In the first conversation we tell you openly what level of investment is realistic for your plans.

## How quickly will we see first results?

The Executive 360° Blueprint delivers first results within two weeks, based on your real data, not on a demo data set. We often identify quick wins in the very first week.

## Do we need a data team of our own?

No. SIMO is designed precisely for companies that do not have a twenty-person data science team. We work with the team you already have and enable it to run on data.

## Is SIMO GDPR compliant?

Yes, built in from the ground up rather than added on. We offer on-premises, EU cloud (Hetzner, OVH, IONOS, T-Systems) or hybrid deployment. No US cloud contract required. Art. 6, Art. 22, the Art. 28 data processing agreement and the Art. 35 data protection impact assessment are part of our standard setup.

## How is this different from classic IT consulting?

SIMO combines consulting and platform. We do not just hand you a strategy on slides, we implement it. And we talk to managing directors about euros and cents, not to IT about interfaces.

## Which AI models does SIMO use?

We are LLM agnostic: Claude, GPT-4/5, Mistral, Llama, on-premises models. You choose. No vendor lock-in. Which model fits depends on your requirements for data protection, performance and cost.

## How long is the contract term?

A quarterly retainer, cancelable at the end of every quarter. No three-year contracts, no hidden costs. If SIMO does not deliver value, you walk away, no discussion.

## Does SIMO work with large corporations as well?

Yes. Andreas Oliver Schwan, our Managing Director for Technology, brings more than 20 years of experience in tier-one banks in Germany and abroad. We do not disclose client names for data protection and confidentiality reasons. The data problems are the same in a mid-sized company and in a corporate group, only the scale differs.

## What happens in the first conversation?

Thirty minutes, free of charge, no strings attached. We listen, we ask questions and we give you an honest assessment. No pitch deck, no sales pressure. If SIMO is not the right fit, we say so.