Verka Collective welcomes NORDFY to drive AI across its member companies

+ Overview

Verka Collective is expanding its European platform with the addition of NORDFY – an AI consultancy working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, architecture, digital transformation and business development.

With this investment, Verka Collective strengthens its shared capabilities in AI and digital development – both centrally and across its architecture, landscape architecture, and design firms. NORDFY will help translate emerging technologies into tangible value in projects, workflows, business development, knowledge sharing, and capability building.

For Verka Collective, the investment reflects a clear strategic conviction: Artificial intelligence is no longer a standalone tool but an integral part of how architecture is conceived, delivered, and organized. With NORDFY, the collective gains a specialized partner that can help integrate AI in a responsible and relevant way that is tailored to architectural practice.

“With NORDFY, we are adding a new strategic capability to the platform that every company in the collective can access. It is a shared investment in knowledge, technology, and expertise that will be essential for the architecture firms of the future – and that would be difficult to build independently. This is not about standardizing the companies within the collective, but about giving them stronger foundations to develop on their own terms. That is precisely where the strength of Verka Collective lies,”

FNFrants NielsenCEO, Verka Collective

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NORDFY brings deep experience from the design and built-environment sectors, working with clients across architecture, engineering, product design, fashion, and real estate. As part of the partnership, NORDFY's founder, Tiago Pereira, will become Chief AI Officer at Verka Collective, responsible for delivering AI consulting, development, and support both for Verka Collective's shared platform and for the individual companies within the collective. At the same time, NORDFY will continue to operate independently and serve clients and organizations beyond the collective.

“Supporting a growing collective of leading design and consultancy firms is exactly the kind of opportunity NORDFY was built for. Within Verka Collective, we will focus on creating value beyond any single company. At the same time, we will continue to serve our own clients and develop NORDFY independently, while helping build the strategic and operational AI capabilities across the collective that will move AI forward in the built environment and beyond”

TPTiago PereiraFounder of NORDFY

Across Europe, architecture and consultancy businesses are facing increasing complexity. Projects are shaped by rising demands related to sustainability, transformation, documentation, regulation, digitalisation and new technologies. For Verka Collective, NORDFY adds a new layer of expertise to the group, not as a replacement for architectural knowledge, but as a way to strengthen people, processes and companies.

“The reality is that AI is becoming a critical driver of competitiveness for architecture firms. It is about responding more quickly to market opportunities, improving the quality of proposals and projects, and developing new ways to create value for clients. With NORDFY, we gain a partner that helps strengthen Verka Collective as a shared platform while enabling each firm to turn AI from potential into tangible business value – without losing what lies at the heart of our businesses: architecture and people,”

SSSonja StockmarrCCO of Verka Collective

+ About

About Verka Collective

Verka Collective is a European architecture platform bringing together independent architecture, landscape and design practices within a shared strategic framework. The model combines local brands and creative independence with shared resources, cross-border collaboration and a long-term growth strategy.

About NORDFY

NORDFY helps creative companies and organizations adopt AI as the technology is fundamentally reshaping the conditions for design and creative work. NORDFY is built on the conviction that the organizations that intentionally integrate AI to increase efficiency, create new opportunities, and expand the value they deliver will help define the next decade. Founded in Copenhagen in March 2023, the company now has offices in Copenhagen and Lisbon.

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Tiago Pereira — Managing Director, NORDFY · tiago@nordfy.dk

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