Fred French Touch (FFT) is a Belgian SME founded in 2021. Originally focused on multilingual translation and SEO services, we evolved into sovereign AI solutions - applying our linguistic expertise to building performance optimization for the European Renovation Wave.
https://next-a-igeneration-cosmic-jnynelps4-enzoxics-projects.vercel.app/
FROM TRANSLATION TO AI
Our 4-year journey in multilingual content (FR/NL/DE/EN) gave us deep understanding of Belgian linguistic complexity. Today we apply this expertise to AI interfaces and data processing for smart buildings.
MISSION
Building performance optimization with European data sovereignty. All AI processing stays local - zero US cloud dependency.
TECHNOLOGY
- COSMIC Platform: AI-driven building monitoring and optimization
- Digital Twin: Matterport 3D scanning + live IoT sensor data
- LoRaWAN network: Temperature, humidity, CO2, energy sensors
- Multilingual: FR/NL/DE/EN native support
- Local-first: AI on European infrastructure
LIVING LAB TOURNAI
Operational pilot site - renovated from energy class G to target A.
Virtual tour: https://my.matterport.com/models/mgdzntpwdNv
INVESTMENT
- €20,000 hardware infrastructure
- €250,000-600,000 cloud credits activated
SEEKING PARTNERS
- Research: building physics, energy modeling
- Pilots: public buildings, social housing
- Technology: BMS integration
STATUS
COSMIC project passed Horizon Europe eligibility - under expert evaluation.
Destination 4. Efficient, sustainable and inclusive energy use
CTO
Fred French Touch SRL
Project cooperation
COSMIC: AI-Driven Building Performance Optimization - Seeking Research & Pilot Partners
Belgian Living Lab operational. Local-first AI + IoT for EU Renovation Wave. Seeking research, pilot sites, BMS integration partners.
CTO at Fred French Touch SRL
Tournai, Belgium
Project cooperation
D3-18 — Grid-Forming Capabilities
Janus Edge AI for grid-forming capabilities. Sub-500ms inference, €0 cloud, Tailscale Zero Trust.
CTO at Fred French Touch SRL
Tournai, Belgium
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D3-20 — Hybrid AI-Control Framework
Hybrid AI-Control with sovereign Edge AI. DeepSeek-R1 local + Janus orchestration.
CTO at Fred French Touch SRL
Tournai, Belgium
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COSMIC RAG + Prophet for energy forecasting. Intelligent routing between models based on complexity.
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Tournai, Belgium
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Edge AI for DSO analytics and energy communities. GDPR-native, sub-500ms, 100% local data processing.
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Tournai, Belgium
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D4-01 — Energy Efficiency Buildings
Janus Building Twin for real-time HVAC. UK-EU bridge post-Brexit via Belgium partner.
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Tournai, Belgium
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Janus Edge AI for Smart Grids - Seeking DSO, Cybersecurity & Forecasting Partners
Sovereign Edge AI (sub-500ms, €0 cloud) for grid-forming, AI forecasting & Zero Trust cybersecurity. Seeking DSO operators, research partner
CTO at Fred French Touch SRL
Tournai, Belgium
Project cooperation
D1-04 — Building Performance Optimization
COSMIC: AI-Driven Building Performance. BIM/IFC integration, HVAC optimization, Living Lab Tournai.
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Tournai, Belgium
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D6-10 — Cross-Sectoral Climate — CitizenHub
QR-to-NFT citizen verification pipeline for food traceability, supply chain anti-falsification, and civic transparency.
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Tournai, Belgium
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D5-01 — Societal NLP — BelgBERT Multilingual
European linguistic sovereignty through local-first NLP. 3 Belgian languages → 24 EU → 648+ territorial variations.
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Tournai, Belgium
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D3-03 — Cybersecurity — Zero Trust Energy
Sovereign cybersecurity for smart grids and energy infrastructure.
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Tournai, Belgium
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Agri-Climate CFD — Precision Agriculture + Thermal Simulation
CFD-powered precision agriculture.
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Tournai, Belgium
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Snapshot of AI edge forecasting map consortium interactions
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Tournai, Belgium