App Development Company

intive

Software engineering and product design firm building custom web, mobile and AI applications for companies

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About intive

Product design and software engineering are combined by intive, which also brings knowledge of each client's sector to digital products. It was founded in 1999 in a Helsinki garage, and delivery centres and design studios in Europe and the Americas now carry its work, with its current focus on AI-native engineering.

Custom software for web and mobile

Custom software development covers web and mobile applications, tailored to the specification each client sets. The company describes its work as creating digital products that serve users, deliver business value and have a wider societal impact.

Digital advisory and design

Digital advisory work sits alongside design and engineering, so that a client's strategy, interface and build are planned together. intive presents this as a way of connecting industry expertise with design and engineering to produce products with business impact.

AI-native engineering with people in charge

The company's current focus is what it calls AI-native engineering, in which artificial intelligence is built into the way software is made, while people steer the work. It also uses the phrase human-led impact to describe that balance.

Projects across industries

The company's recent work includes a composable platform for a group of brands, a sovereign corporate AI chat solution, and a 3D surgical planning product for shoulder procedures. It has also built a network digital twin for a telecommunications equipment maker, a business-critical AI app delivered in seven weeks, and tools for analysing automotive data.

Industries where intive specialises

Its listed specialisms include healthcare and life sciences and automotive. Automotive work includes bus engineering, and one listed project covers using AI to speed up software testing.

Modernising legacy systems

Legacy migration is one of the areas intive takes on, including the modernisation of long-standing systems and how AI helps address five common challenges.

Scale and history

The business began in 1999 in a garage in Helsinki. The company now has delivery centres and design studios in Europe and the Americas. Its service lines are digital advisory, design and custom software development, and it describes its work as being relevant to each client's sector.

TrustList summary

intive designs and builds digital products, pairing product design with software engineering and knowledge of its clients' sectors. The company started in a garage in Helsinki in 1999 and now works across Europe and the Americas through delivery centres and design studios. Its current focus is AI-native engineering, with people steering the work.

Products and services

Custom software development: web and mobile applications built to each client's requirements.
Digital advisory: guidance on product direction and on modernising older systems, including legacy migration.
Product design: design studios that shape user-facing apps and platforms.
AI engineering: AI applications such as a private corporate chat tool and faster software testing.
Platform and data work: composable commerce platforms, network digital twins and automotive data analysis.

Customers and markets

Case studies include a multi-brand commerce platform, a network digital twin for an equipment maker and AI-assisted 3D planning for shoulder surgery. Earlier projects include a scouting app for agriculture and a finance platform.

Key facts

Founded: 1999, in Helsinki
Team: over 3,000 people of 37 nationalities
Regions: Europe and the Americas
Industries named: healthcare and life sciences, automotive

Summary written by TrustList from the business's own published information, Nov 2026.

intive rankings

intive is ranked on 3 TrustList rankings: #2 on 1, #4 on 1 and #28 on 1.

Every ranking orders its listings by their reviews, how complete the profile is and the Trust Score. intive has no reviews yet and 3 of the 10 profile details we look for. Where no listing on a page has been reviewed, the order follows the profiles alone.

App development company · 3 rankings

#2of 33
Automotive
It is the only one of the 33 here listing cable and IT services.
Its profile: “It has also built a network digital twin for a telecommunications equipment maker, a business-critical AI app delivered in seven weeks, and tools for analysing automotive data.”
Of the 33 here, 49 also cover medical and 45 also cover eCommerce; 3 also work in Dubai and 2 also work in Chandigarh & Mohali.
Ahead of Excellon Software.
#4of 22
Europe
It is the only one of the 22 here listing CSS and one of 2 here listing full-stack.
Its profile: “It was founded in 1999 in a Helsinki garage, and delivery centres and design studios in Europe and the Americas now carry its work, with its current focus on AI-native engineering.”
Of the 22 here, 13 also cover information technology and 11 also cover business services; 4 also work in London and 2 also work in New York.
Behind Cykra Ltd, ahead of Elysian Software.
#28of 160
Engineering
It is the only one of the top 82 here listing CMS and one of 6 here listing WordPress.
Its profile: “Product design and software engineering are combined by intive, which also brings knowledge of each client's sector to digital products.”
Of the top 82 here, 31 also cover android and 28 also cover web development; 5 also work in Europe and 3 also work in Maharashtra.
Behind IDS Infotech Limited, ahead of Kanda Software.