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In short
- An AI agent completes a task in several steps: it reads documents, uses tools and delivers a result. A person checks and approves.
- Agents make sense where recurring work with documents, spreadsheets and approvals takes a lot of time: quotes, applications, checks.
- What an agent costs depends on scope, data and systems. We don't give price ranges here because we have no solid source for them. A pilot is scoped clearly up front.
- In Liechtenstein, according to the government, 15 SMEs are actively using a Digitalscheck (digital voucher), including for AI projects (BuA 59/2026).
AI agents · as of 3 Nov 2026
From bottleneck to running solution
How we work at digihub. A shared look, a prototype, then the path into operation.
01Bottleneck
Find the bottleneck
- We prioritise a workflow that really hurts and is worth automating.
- For example quotes, applications or internal approvals.
02Pilot
Build a pilot
- With real examples from your daily work we test whether the solution holds.
- In the AI Lab: test first, then invest.
03Operation
Bring it into production
- Clarify roles, quality and handover so the result stays in daily business.
- Training is part of it, or it stays a pilot nobody uses.
Source: The Automation Layer. As of 3 Nov 2026.
What is an AI agent?
A chatbot answers a question. An agent works through a task. For that, a language model gets a working environment, the so-called harness: tools to read and write files, run commands and store results. At Compile 26 in London that was exactly what was on the chalkboard: "HARNESS → AGENT (model)", next to tools like EDIT, READ and SHELL (our report, in German).
For an SME that means: the agent does the legwork, a person checks the result. We don't put an agent into operation without that check.
Use cases with evidence
Only examples we can back with a source or our own case.
| Use case | What the agent does | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fill quotes from the cost calculation | Reads the bill of quantities, matches prices from Excel, writes them into the right PDF lines and creates a check log | AI quotes case (anonymised) |
| Quantity take-off from plans | Creates element lists from plans to prepare quotes | Research case precast concrete (anonymised) |
| Automate compliance processes | Prepare and document recurring check steps | Funded Digitalscheck project (BuA 59/2026) |
| Chatbot for customer advice | Answers questions on your own website; in the EU with a notice that it is AI | Funded Digitalscheck project (BuA 59/2026) |
| Screen job applications | Supports screening. Careful: under the AI Act this is a high-risk area (Annex III), see the AI Act page | Funded Digitalscheck project (BuA 59/2026) |
What does an AI agent cost?
Honest answer: it depends on the workflow. How many documents, how many systems, how strict the check has to be. We deliberately don't give flat price ranges here, because we have no solid public source for them. In the first conversation (30 minutes, non-binding) we scope a pilot so that effort and benefit are clear up front.
Funding: the Digitalscheck of the Office of Economic Affairs covers the phases concept, invest and training. According to the government, ten SMEs work on research projects with an Innovationsscheck (innovation voucher), about 30% of them researching and testing AI (BuA 59/2026). Overview: Finding funding in Liechtenstein.
Mind the rules
Agents for quotes or internal workflows are usually not high-risk. Recruitment, credit scoring or education are different. If AI answers clients directly, that must be disclosed in the EU. Details: EU AI Act for Liechtenstein and the EEA.
From practice: go-lives and cases
What we build ourselves with AI. Client names only where the client published them; cases stay anonymised.
- Compile 26 in London: AI teammates, agents and a year in code (in German)
- Eyecatcher: how AI could save e.g. 200 working days on quotes (in German)
- Research case: AI quantity take-off for precast concrete
- Live: digihub-lab.ai, for AI projects beyond workshops and pilots (in German)
- AI pilots & case studies from the AI Lab (anonymised)
digihub · In der Specki 3, Schaan
AI in your own business: where do we start?
We don't start with a tool, we start with a bottleneck: which workflow eats noticeable time today? Then we build a pilot with real examples from your daily work and bring it into operation (The Automation Layer). The first conversation takes 30 minutes and is non-binding.
Prefer to work on site? At digihub in Schaan there's coworking with a Flex Desk from CHF 169, a Full Desk from CHF 299 or a Private Office from CHF 549 a month, plus meeting room and community.
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Not legal advice. Whether and how a rule applies to your business is a question for a qualified adviser. As of 3 Nov 2026.
Content from digihub.li · reviewed 3 November 2026.