A small team, with strong opinions about how data should be modeled
Who we are
IntelliStream was founded in 2023 in Stavanger, Norway. It started with a simple observation about data:
True data quality lies in the strength of its internal connections. Model the links well, and the rest follows.
At Boost.ai, our founder watched a simple truth play out: reliable data beats clever models. The teams that won were the ones who built their training data from scratch and could trust every row of it.
The lesson repeated itself over four years working with Aker BP and Cognite, where he helped introduce knowledge graphs to map business problems. Modelling the business as connected knowledge, not isolated tables, made a huge difference.
IntelliStream brings that discipline to operational data. Most organizations don't have a data problem, they have a trust problem: the data exists, but nobody can safely build on it.
That's the problem we work on. An operational data platform that connects your data, keeps its meaning intact, and makes it something your team can build on.
What we strive for
(Vision)
Operational data, as a category, should be open. The teams who produce it should own the model.
Why we're here
(Mission)
We build the operational data platform that engineering-led teams would build for themselves; open, honest, and priced to be accessible, not a budget struggle.
Meet the passionate minds driven by data & excellence
We are a focused team, united by ontological principles and a shared drive for exceptional data quality. Our engineers don't just write code, they craft elegant solutions for complex problems, turning chaos into connected clarity.
Together we build the foundation a serious AI effort requires. We care about giving our customers a real competitive edge through quality, trust, and real-time insight. Small team. Big impact.
Olav founded IntelliStream and runs it day to day. He has always liked working with data. As one of the people who built Boost.ai from the start to a unicorn, he came away with one lesson that outweighed the rest: data quality decides everything.
Boost.ai led its market precisely because the data underneath the product was better than the competition's. The same insight sits under IntelliStream. Automation and robotics come down to data quality — without it, everything built on top is just as unreliable.
The work now is a data platform that gets today’s industry ready for what is coming. The vision is simple: help as many companies as possible be prepared for what they will face.
Adriana, IntelliStream's marketing wizard (CM&BDO) who translates "tech speak" into human language.
From refreshing giants like Coca-Cola to speeding up EV charging, she is now taking on data with us. With work experience from Central America and Australia, Adriana builds bridges between product, engineering, support and sales. Her bright mood is always in the room, and things keep moving because of it.
Her superpower is go-to-market strategy paired with creative campaigns — which is how she holds the secret formula for the company's reputation and growth.
Jostein, IntelliStream's CTO and chief Data Jedi. From building algorithms at Equinor and microcontrollers at Microchip, to driving hyper-growth at Tampnet, he's a master at turning complex data into actionable AI solutions.
Armed with a Master's in Electronic System Design from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Jostein is now spearheading the IntelliStream Data Platform. He builds tech that scales, engineering efficiency and growth while making the complex look effortlessly easy.
Samuel, IntelliStream Data Engineer by day, brain-mapper by night (you know, just a little side project).
With a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Stavanger, he treats code like a creative playground, building the innovative infrastructure that gives our platform a massive competitive edge.
When he's not busy being intimidatingly smart, you'll find him charmingly dominating board games or schooling people on the basketball court.
How we are funded
Funded by the founder, built for the decade
IntelliStream is funded by Olav himself, from a substantial exit at Boost.ai. That gives the company something rare: enough money to keep building for another decade, and no venture clock ticking.
For you it means the roadmap follows the users, not a funding round, and the people you start with intend to be here for the whole road.
Our infrastructure
The platform runs on hardware we own
Everything we host runs on our own servers in Stavanger, Norway, operated by an all-Norwegian engineering team. Your data stays in the Nordics, on infrastructure we control end to end. Prefer to run it elsewhere? The platform is cloud-agnostic: deploy it on our metal, in your own data center, or in any cloud you already use.
+2 PB
of HDD storage
+400 TB
of SSD storage
+50
servers in production
+30 TB
of RAM
We are a startup, and we say so plainly. As we grow, we will hire and train more engineers, and open offices and data centers near our biggest markets, so the people and the machines that carry your data sit close to the operations they serve. Your trust means everything to us, and it decides where the next office and the next rack go. The full sovereignty story is on the sovereign cloud page.
Common questions
Asked and answered
Who is behind IntelliStream?
IntelliStream was founded in 2023 in Stavanger by Olav, one of the people who built Boost.ai from the start to a unicorn. The lesson he took with him is the one the platform is built on: data quality decides everything.
How is IntelliStream funded?
By the founder, from a substantial exit at Boost.ai. There are no external investors and no venture clock: there is enough money to keep building for another decade, so the roadmap follows the users rather than a funding round.
Where is IntelliStream based?
Stavanger, Norway. The team, the code and the hardware sit together: everything we host runs on more than 50 servers we own, operated by the same people who build the platform. As we grow, we will open offices and data centers near our biggest markets.
How big is the team?
Small, and we say so plainly: a small team of engineers and a marketing lead, with the founder writing code. Small is why you talk directly to the people who wrote what you run. It is also temporary: the funding is in place to hire and train more engineers as we grow.
Is IntelliStream hiring?
As we scale, yes: the plan is to hire and train more engineers, and to open offices near our biggest markets. If building an operational data platform on hardware we own sounds like your kind of work, get in touch through the contact page.
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