See the shift before it hits your order book.

Gopf watches your niche – trade press, patents, regulation, competitor moves – and sends you short, source-linked briefings in Teams, WhatsApp or email. Two minutes to read. The full picture to decide.

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How It Works

Set up in days. Useful from week one.

Three steps between your priorities and a briefing worth reading.

01

Tell us what matters

A 30-minute session captures your competitive landscape, your open questions, and the decisions ahead of you. We start with your priorities – not generic market categories.

Output: your watch list
02

We watch your niche

Custom pipelines scan the sources that actually cover your world – trade publications, patents, regulatory filings, supplier moves, regional news – filtered through your context, not keyword noise.

Output: live briefing streams
03

You get the brief

Short briefings arrive in Microsoft Teams, WhatsApp, or email – what happened, why it matters to you, what to consider. Every claim links to its source, ready for the board.

Output: decisions with sources

Trusted by 30+ manufacturing leaders across DACH

3A Composites 3M Beckhoff Automation Blaser Swisslube Datwyler Group Franke Group Georg Fischer Hilti KONE KraussMaffei Landis+Gyr Oerlikon Group Sandoz Steelco Belimed Sulzer 3A Composites 3M Beckhoff Automation Blaser Swisslube Datwyler Group Franke Group Georg Fischer Hilti KONE KraussMaffei Landis+Gyr Oerlikon Group Sandoz Steelco Belimed Sulzer
Precision Manufacturing Industrial Automation Capital Equipment Automotive Supply Chain Medical Devices Aerospace Components Tool & Die Metalworking Plastics & Composites Electronics Manufacturing

The Product

This is what lands in your Teams channel.

Real briefings from real client streams – condensed from dozens of sources, with the "so what" spelled out. Company names removed, substance intact.

Energy & Geopolitics

Strait of Hormuz Closure Triggers Renewed Energy Risks

For an energy-dependent industrial group, the Strait of Hormuz closure has reignited global energy volatility and is forcing a shift toward localised grid independence. With massive storage projects like the 11.3 GWh UAE deal setting the pace, energy-intensive operators need to buffer their sites against supply shocks.

Strategic Implications

  • Fast-track on-site energy and storage infrastructure to buffer against supply shocks
  • Reassess energy procurement and hedging strategy under sustained volatility
Distilled from 14 sources via Teams
Additive Manufacturing

AI and Digital Twin Integration Accelerates DED Manufacturing

For an advanced manufacturing group, AI-driven digital twin integration is shifting Directed Energy Deposition (DED) toward smart, active components. The technology cuts manual iteration and on-site repair costs – often exceeding $1,000 per visit – and shifts where the margin sits in the value chain.

Strategic Implications

  • Pivot strategy toward high-margin aerospace and energy sectors
  • Evaluate digital twin integration across DED workflows to cut iteration and repair costs
Distilled from 11 sources via WhatsApp
Building Technology & Regulation

Tightening Emissions Rules Intensify Heating Sector Transition

For a building technology manufacturer, stricter emissions rulings for industrial heating are putting pressure on established players and signal an inevitable shift away from legacy combustion. Regulatory momentum is rewriting the competitive map faster than product cycles.

Strategic Implications

  • Accelerate the pivot toward decentralised, high-efficiency ventilation
  • Reprioritise the product roadmap to mitigate regulatory risk in combustion-based lines
Distilled from 8 sources via Email

Why Gopf

How We're Different

We monitor your niche, not the news

Generic tools miss 80% of what matters in manufacturing. We build custom pipelines for trade publications, patent databases, supplier announcements, and regional industry sources in multiple languages.

Continuous, not episodic

Strategy consultants deliver a snapshot. Markets move continuously. Gopf replaces CHF 150K+ in annual consulting spend with always-on intelligence that's never stale.

Every insight is traceable

No black boxes. Every signal links back to its original source. You can verify anything before presenting it to your board – exactly what high-stakes decisions require.

Delivered where you already work

No new platform to adopt. Intelligence arrives in Teams, WhatsApp, or email. Your team doesn't need to become analysts – they just need to stay informed.

"I was never better prepared for management meetings. I no longer need to read false signals and waste my time. Gopf provides me with what I need to know, shows me relevant sources, and different aspects on how the information affects our business."
– Business Development Manager, 350-person precision components manufacturer serving automotive OEMs

Results

What clients measure after 90 days

36+
Hours saved per week

Across strategy, BD and product teams – time reclaimed from manual monitoring and internal digests.

CHF 150K+
Consulting spend replaced

Average annual savings on external research subscriptions and ad-hoc strategy consulting.

90%+
Signal relevance score

After the first 4-week calibration loop. Measured weekly by client teams on every dispatch.

"Gopf has fundamentally changed how we approach strategic planning. We no longer rely on quarterly market reports that our competitors read too. We have continuous awareness of what's happening in our competitive landscape – and the confidence to act on it."
– Head of Strategy, 800-person industrial automation group with operations in DACH and Eastern Europe

The Team

Built by People Who've Sat in Your Chair

Kevin Kuhn

Kevin Kuhn

Co-Founder & CEO

A decade in B2B sales and go-to-market leadership across technology and industrial markets. Founded Gopf after seeing how much strategic potential gets lost between data overload and decision deadlines.

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Dr. Marc Bravin

Dr. Marc Bravin

Co-Founder & CTO

PhD in Machine Learning and Market Research. Built the core technology that automates what used to take analyst teams weeks – from source monitoring to contextualised strategic signals.

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Prof. Dr. Donnacha Daly

Prof. Dr. Donnacha Daly

Co-Founder & Strategy

With a 30 year cross-industry track record in technology entrepreneurship, business innovation and M&A, Donnacha brings a wealth of leadership experience to bear on our strategic positioning and fundraising activities.

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FAQ

Common Questions

The questions we hear most often – answered, so nothing stands between you and your free trial.

Traditional market research delivers periodic reports that are often outdated by the time they reach your desk. Gopf provides continuous strategic intelligence – monitoring your competitive landscape in real-time, filtering through your specific business context, and delivering actionable insights when strategic questions arise. It's the difference between a snapshot and a live feed.

Yes. We build custom data pipelines to monitor the sources that matter to manufacturing leaders – including trade publications, patent databases, regulatory filings, supplier announcements, and regional industry news in multiple languages. This includes hard-to-reach sources that generic intelligence tools miss entirely.

We start with a 30-minute strategic context call to understand your priorities. Within 1-2 days, we configure your intelligence streams. You get two weeks of full access, free. After that, we discuss fit, pricing, and rollout based on what you've seen.

Every insight is fully traceable to its original source. No black boxes. You can verify any intelligence before presenting it to your board or leadership team. Our AI filters and prioritizes, but the evidence is always transparent – exactly what you need for high-stakes strategic decisions.

Gopf is ISO 27001 certified and fully GDPR compliant. Your strategic priorities and competitive intelligence remain strictly confidential, protected by Swiss data protection standards.

Gopf delivers intelligence directly to Microsoft Teams, WhatsApp, or email – wherever your team already works. There's no new platform to adopt. We complement your existing strategic planning cycle by providing continuous market awareness between formal planning periods.

We start with an initial project to prove the value of Gopf for your organisation. Once the value is demonstrated, we move to a yearly licence fee.

Two weeks. Your niche. Free.

Start with a 30-minute call. We set up your briefing streams within two days – then you get two weeks of full access, free, no commitment.

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