Architecture review
We review the architecture, code and operations of an existing platform. You get a list of findings and actions, sorted by risk.
[ Senva GmbH · Berlin · since 2015 ]
We research AI. And bring it safely into your platforms.
Senva runs its own AI lab and has built software for companies such as Deutsche Telekom since 2015. Architecture, core development and project management are based in Berlin.
30 minutes with Kim Pham or Holger Spickmann. We reply within one working day.
Selected clients
Services
Portals, security and AI belong together in practice
A self-service portal needs a permission model. An AI assistant needs clean interfaces. That is why our portal, security and AI people work on the same project instead of sitting in separate departments.
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Enterprise portals & platforms
MoreSelf-service portals, customer portals and internal business applications, connected to the systems you already run. We take care of the architecture, the build and the handover to your operations team.
Proof: trade-fair platform for a telecommunications company, React · Node.js · AWS, 2020 to 2023 -
Security & identity
MorePortals for digital certificates and smartcards, role and permission models, security reviews of architecture and code. We plan security in before the first line of code, because retrofitting it costs more.
Proof: a self-service portal where end users order and manage certificates and smartcards themselves -
AI & data science
MoreComputer vision, machine learning on your data and language models inside existing processes. Language models we recommend to you have been tested in our own lab first.
Proof: visual drone detection pilot for Deutsche Telekom's drone shield programme, 2017 -
Operations & SLA
MoreAfter go-live we keep looking after what we built. Service hours and response times are set out in the maintenance contract.
Case study
Certificates and smartcards, handled by the users themselves
End users order, configure and manage their security products on their own, without going through support. Senva's team on the portal has seven people: four developers, one UI/UX designer, one project manager and one QA engineer.
- Backend
- Java and Node.js
- Frontend
- Next.js, for desktop and mobile
- Client
- A provider of security products
How we work
Your code may travel.
Your data stays.
Zone 1
Berlin
- Architecture, security review, core development and project management
- If a project needs access to production systems or personal data, that access sits here, within the scope agreed in the contract
Zone 2
Hanoi (partner team)
- Additional development capacity from a partner company
- Synthetic or anonymised test data only
- No access to your production systems
Hosting per project in an EU region, for example on AWS or Azure, or in your own environment. Personal data from your project stays in the EU.
Senva Labs
We test language models before we recommend them to you
Whether a language model sticks to rules is not something you will find on a data sheet. You find out by running the experiment. So we do our own research, publish our corrections and, where possible, the code, and use the methods in client projects too.
Did the Mice Collapse, or Did We Tell Them To?
We recreated Calhoun's mouse experiment with LLM agents and are testing how much of the observed collapse was already written into the prompt.
Learning to Probe
A language model is trained with reinforcement learning to find vulnerabilities in OWASP Juice Shop, a deliberately insecure test application. We record where this works and where it doesn't.
Whereof One Cannot Speak
We test whether a language model keeps to the rules of a tightly restricted artificial language and recognises when it is better to say nothing at all.
Go to Senva Labs
Papers are in English, each with a German summary.
Client feedback
What clients say about working with us
Working together was excellent! The team's expertise and creativity took our project to a new level.
From the first idea to delivery, everything was professional and straightforward. Highly recommended!
Their solutions have digitally transformed our company. The team knows how to turn our vision into reality, exactly as we imagined it.
Translated from German.
First steps
A small engagement first, then the project
Before you award a project, you can test us on a limited task. Each of the three offers has defined deliverables. We agree scope, duration and a fixed price in writing before we start.
AI use-case check
We assess a specific AI use case for feasibility and data readiness, and classify it under the EU AI Act.
Discovery sprint
An idea becomes a clickable prototype, an architecture sketch and an effort estimate with every assumption stated.
Intro call
30 minutes with Kim Pham
Kim Pham runs Senva and has worked on backend systems for more than ten years. In the intro call you work out with him whether and how we can help. If we're not the right fit, we'll tell you in the same call.
Kim PhamManaging Director, Senva GmbH
- info@senva.de
- Phone
- +49 30 5268 7541
- Address
- Bundesallee 32, 10717 Berlin, Germany
We reply within one working day. On request, we sign a non-disclosure agreement before the call.