Irish Enterprise Awards 2026

Jul22493 33. The thing that most businesses overlook when it comes to AI implementation is that getting something to work nine times out of ten is actually relatively easy. AI providers ship this 90% solution because it demos well, but as we will discuss later, that 10% quickly adds up to extremely costly mistakes in the long run. Closing this gap is Virtus Digital, Ireland’s premier automation and AI implementation agency. Below, we take a closer look at what makes Virtus different. In a world where AI hype is reaching a fever pitch, Virtus helps businesses to cut through the noise and benefit from automation that actually works. Those who Virtus partners with make up just a fraction of the millions of businesses swimming in repetitive tasks that drain energy but do not require human creativity or judgement to complete. Agentic AI can see the capabilities of one person increased many times over, meaning they alone can accomplish tasks which previously would have required an entire team. This promise is nothing new, but setting Virtus apart is the fact that it wants to make AI actually useful, not just impressive. Many of those 90% systems mentioned above work well in demos but cannot keep up once they are deployed. Virtus, on the other hand, focuses on reliable automation that saves time, reduces cost, and delivers a measurable competitive advantage to its clients. The company’s core value, enterprisegrade reliability, reflects this, with success measured by real-world performance, not what a system can, ‘in theory’, do. Returning to our example mentioned in the beginning, whilst this may seem impressive from a distance, 90% accuracy is simply not practical for most businesses. Take, for example, a restaurant. Three errors (wrong times, double or lost bookings) every out of day out of 90 is extremely costly. However, getting it right 995 times out of 1,000 is one error maybe every two weeks. It is with these kind of actually usable numbers that Virtus works. Many clients are surprised when they find that they do not need a complex or flashy AI solution, with Virtus often recommending simple automation or robotic process automation (RPA). Opening with this kind of honesty builds trust, and when clients are then ready to implement more complex systems down the line, Virtus can help with this as well. In this way, the company shows awareness to the challenges of its clients, and does not just lead with a flashy demo of a product that is almost certain to falter. Exploring this further, a member of the Virtus team explained: “Here’s what real production work looks like: in complex agentic AI systems, individual prompts often need 2030 refinements or more to achieve stable results. Anyone promising quick deployment without this iterative process is selling you a demo, not a production system.” The right partner is, therefore, one who is honest about limitations and has real production experience (including failures). Virtus ticks all these boxes and then some. Benefiting the company further is its location in Ireland, as the Irish market is particularly receptive to AI adoption, especially when compared with many EU countries. The result is higher adoption rates and bigger budgets, and this gives businesses across the country the competitive edge. Clients here understand the benefits of being early movers, and this is great for Virtus as it develops its products, products which are then scaled to more than meet the needs of the clients it serves in Europe and beyond. Virtus has spent the past 12 months in a state of intensive development, and now boasts proprietary algorithms and frameworks for rapid and reliable AI implementation. The company has been testing this with clients, refining until it was happy with the results. Thus, 2026 is Virtus’ rollout year, with it taking these solutions to market and shifting its focus to acquiring new clients. This framework it has developed allows the team to implement systems faster than traditional approaches, giving them a competitive advantage. With businesses needing 995 out of 1,000 across their AI reliability, not nine out of ten, the value Virtus Digital delivers in this space is clear. Longer term, the transition from pure services to a hybrid model is on the cards, with the team recognising the benefits of combining their implementation expertise with ready-to-deploy AI agentic systems to serve undervalued industries. It is forward thinking such as this that has resulted in Virtus being recognised as the Most Promising Enterprise AI & Automation Provider 2026. Contact: Roman Litvinecs Company: Virtus Digital Web Address: https://www.virtusdigital.ie/ Most Promising Enterprise AI & Automation Provider 2026

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