We unlock 1337 in you.

We are 1337, The Intelligence Company.
We help Financial Services companies become intelligence-native through
practical AI transformation. We help you transform internal workflows
and deliver tangible business outcomes.

We are 1337, The Intelligence Company.
We help Financial Services companies become intelligence-native through
practical AI transformation.

We help you transform internal workflows
and deliver tangible business outcomes.

We’re in the early internet days of AI.

In 1996, some people saw the internet would change everything while most people were trying to figure out email. They understood that internet is a general purpose technology and it will rewrite the rules for how humans could organize, create, think.

The ones who saw this early built Google, Amazon, PayPal, the architecture of how the internet works. They owned that shift because they saw it three moves ahead.

This time it's intelligence itself.
The window to move strategically is now.

Hands-on & top-down perspectives.

AI transformation in financial services requires both understanding executive strategy and regulatory constraints from the top, while building and shipping systems hands-on from the bottom. Most consultancies offer one or the other. We do both.

AI transformation in financial services requires both understanding executive strategy and regulatory constraints from the top, while building and shipping systems hands-on from the bottom.

Most consultancies offer one or the other. We do both.

80% reduction in quarterly reporting time for a leading PE investor -
by building a custom AI system for their complex workflow

50% employee adoption of AI tools within 12 months at a major bank -
by running a Power User program and developing the right AI tooling to support them

50% development speed acceleration for a top IT consultancy & developer company
by setting up an agentic AI development ecosystem and mentoring their top engineers

1000+ builders and decision-makers in our AI Budapest community -
by bringing together high agency builders in at age of AI

80% reduction in quarterly reporting time for a leading PE investor - by building a custom AI system for their complex workflow

50% employee adoption of AI tools within 12 months at a major bank - by running a Power User program and developing the right AI tooling to support them

50% development speed acceleration for a top IT consultancy & developer company -
by setting up an agentic AI development ecosystem and mentoring their top engineers

1000+ builders and decision-makers in our AI Budapest community -by bringing together high agency builders in at age of AI

Building capability, not dependency.

Building capability,
not dependency.

  • AI unlocks faster workflows, better decisions, and new capabilities,
    but requires strategic clarity, execution speed, and internal capability.

    We help you develop all three.

We start by understanding
your complexity:
Data assets, workflows,
system landscapes.


We build practical
roadmaps for your most
critical workflows -
not just sexy use cases,
but the boring business
processes that move
your numbers.

1.

Strategy & Governance
Making You AI-Ready

Forward-Deployed Delivery
We build, we ship

Our engineers embed with
your teams to build
production-ready solutions.

We leverage platforms for
speed and create custom
builds for complex workflows.
Built for regulated
environments. PoC to live
operations in weeks.

2.

Capability Building
Enable your people

3.

Intelligence-native
starts with your people.
Through Champion Networks,
Power User programs,
and hands-on mentorship,
we develop daily AI
capabilities in your teams.

When we're successful,
your people can do this
without us.

Why the name 1337?

  • In the early days of the internet, 1337 (leet, elite) signaled a specific way of thinking. The people who spoke it understood systems at their core. They saw patterns others missed. They recognized the internet would reorganize everything while most people were still figuring out email.

    That cognitive stance—pattern recognition, systems thinking, deep understanding of where technology leads—is what this AI moment demands. And it's not something you're born with. It's something you develop through deep practice, high agency and system thinking.

    We're called 1337 because we believe intelligence can be unlocked.

    In you.
    In your team.
    In your organization.

Why the name 1337?

  • In the early days of the internet, 1337 (leet, elite) signaled a specific way of thinking. The people who spoke it understood systems at their core. They saw patterns others missed. They recognized the internet would reorganize everything while most people were still figuring out email.

    That cognitive stance—pattern recognition, systems thinking, deep understanding of where technology leads—is what this AI moment demands.

    And it's not something you're born with. It's something you develop through deep practice, high agency and system thinking.

    We're called 1337 because we believe intelligence can be unlocked.

    In you.
    In your team.
    In your organization.

The team behind 1337.

  • We're builders first — some of us founded companies, some led enterprise transformations,
    some built AI communities. But all of us build with AI, daily.

  • We're builders first — some of us founded companies, some led enterprise transformations, some built AI communities.

    But all of us build with AI, daily.

János Pereczes

CEO

Gaál Norbert

Commercial &
Business Lead

Kamill Kószó

Transformation
Lead

Benedek Szilágyi

Product

Lead

Forward Deployed
Engineer

And a network of selected builders - engineers, designers, consultants.

Join The Intelligence Company!

We Hire for Intelligence and Passion. If you're a builder, strategist, or community leader with high agency who wants to lead AI transformation in the financial sector - join us!

Join The Intelligence Company!

We Hire for Intelligence and Passion.
If you're a builder, strategist, or community leader with high agency who wants to lead AI transformation in the financial sector - join us!

We start by understanding your
complexity: Data assets, workflows,
system landscapes.

We build practical roadmaps for your most
critical workflows - not just sexy use
cases, but the boring business processes
that move your numbers.

1.

Strategy & Governance
Making You AI-Ready

Forward-Deployed Delivery
We build, we ship

2.

Our engineers embed with your teams to
build production-ready solutions.

We leverage platforms for speed and
create custom builds for complex
workflows. Built for regulated
environments. PoC to live operations
in weeks.

Capability Building
Enable your people

3.

Intelligence-native starts with your
people. Through Champion Networks,
Power User programs, and hands-on
mentorship, we develop daily AI
capabilities in your teams.

When we're successful, your people can
do this without us.