The knowledge platform for your HR department.

Reliable answers on a solid foundation.

With source, version and approval status. A smart knowledge platform — inside your Microsoft 365 tenant.
Structure first. Then AI.

Many versions,
no validity, no hierarchy.

Anyone who gets a commitment from HR on working hours, bonuses or travel expenses is entitled to rely on it — and the head of HR has to stand behind it.

At the same time, the knowledge needed is scattered across works agreements, policies, process documentation, fact sheets and intranet pages that have grown over the years. Which version applies, whether a rule has been superseded and whether two documents contradict each other — in case of doubt, nobody knows for sure.

There is a clear hierarchy: the works agreement outranks the policy, the policy outranks the fact sheet. But that ranking is recorded nowhere — and the most recent document is not automatically the valid one.

Whoever answers unknowingly decides based on whichever version they happen to find first.

  • Uncertain answers and corrections
  • Conflicts with the works council
  • Back payments when in doubt
Example: the mileage allowance
Rank beats recency
RANK 1 WA Business TravelVersion 2.1 · approved 14 Mar 2026 €0.42/kmapplies
RANK 2 Travel Expense PolicyVersion 4.0 · approved 2 Jan 2026 €0.35/kmconflicts
RANK 3 Process doc. TravelVersion 1.2 · refers to rank 2 not specified
RANK 4 Fact Sheet Travel Expensesstatus unclear · last edited 2023 €0.30/kmconflicts
RANK 5 Intranet FAQ Business Travelno version · as of 2021 €0.30/kmoutdated
Conflict detected · 3 values · rank 1 applies

All five documents can be found, all of them look valid. Without a recorded ranking, whatever is found first wins.

How MAI DATA brings order to this →

Three layers. One order.

MAI DATA separates what usually gets mixed up — turning scattered documents into a foundation your HR department can rely on.

Where it lives
Storage

Your documents stay where your people work — with their existing version history. Nothing is migrated, nothing is maintained twice.

What applies
Order

The version register records validity, version, review deadline, owner and rank for every document — and names any conflicts it detects. It is the authority on what applies.

How it is found
Findability

An AI agent searches the ordered rulebook and answers questions in natural language — strictly on a verified basis, with source, version and approval status.

What applies in case of conflict
Rank beats recency.
Works agreement→ Policy→ Process documentation→ Fact sheet→ Wiki

A newer intranet page does not override a works agreement. What applies is decided by the order — not by chance.

The knowledge platform becomes more.

Knowledge is the entry point. Documents and Automation build on the same verified foundation.

Documents Extension
Documents on a verified basis

Document creation and deadline monitoring — straight from the rulebook that is already in order.

What you gainThe answer becomes the document — every clause with source and version.
Draft · Supplementary agreementgenerated 24 Aug 2026 · approval pending

Supplementary Agreement on Mobile Working

§ 1 The employee is entitled to work remotely for up to 3 days per week .WA Mobile Working · § 2.1 · V 3.0

§ 2 Availability follows the core working hours of 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.WA Working Time · § 4 · V 2.2

§ 3 Either party may revoke this agreement with 4 weeks notice.WA Mobile Working · § 6 · V 3.0

Automation Extension
Recurring workflows

Workflows across your existing systems — automated only where a verified basis exists.

What you gainThe document becomes the workflow — deadlines detected, draft prepared, HR approves.
1Probation period ends in 6 weeksDeadline register · 3 employeesdetected
↓
2Draft feedback meeting & confirmationfrom template · Onboarding Policy · V 1.4prepared
↓
3Approval by head of HRnothing takes effect without peopleopen
Building on this
The entry point · Standard
Knowledge
Your knowledge platform. The foundation for everything else.

Your rulebook is put in order and made usable — for the HR team and for employees. Every answer carries source, version and approval status.

A foundation that grows with you: every additional module uses the same order — nothing is maintained twice.

Book an intro callWhich module fits you is something we work out together.

Runs inside your Microsoft 365 tenant

No new system, no new vendor in your supply chain. Three consequences that make the difference in HR:

Your data stays with you

Data never leaves your environment. There is no additional data processing agreement with a new vendor.

Approved rules keep applying

Permissions, sign-in and logging follow the rules your company has already approved.

Shorter approvals

No extra account, no data transfer to third parties. That considerably shortens alignment with the works council and data protection.

Four perspectives, one answer

An introduction in HR only convinces when every stakeholder sees their questions answered.

Head of HR
  • Pass on answers without having to double-check them first
  • Conflicts are named instead of going unnoticed
  • Review deadlines become visible before they become a problem
Management
  • Relieves the HR team of recurring questions
  • Lower risk from incorrect answers
  • No large IT project, no new vendor in the supply chain
IT
  • Runs in the existing environment, no additional operations
  • No new data outflows, no additional permission management
Works council
  • No processing of personal data in the knowledge space
  • No performance or behaviour monitoring
  • Nothing takes effect without people — approvals stay with employees

From assessment to live operation

The entry point is deliberately low-threshold: the analysis shows in black and white what applies in your rulebook — and where it contradicts itself.

01
The entry point
Analysis

We take stock of your rulebook: which documents exist, which version applies, where they contradict each other, which review deadlines are running.

AssessmentHR rulebook · 24 Aug 2026
Documents recorded47
Valid version unclear12
Conflicts detected5
Review deadlines overdue3
02
One-off project
Implementation

The version register and ranking are set up in your Microsoft 365 tenant, the rulebook is put in order and answers go live — together with IT and the works council.

Version registerset up · your tenant
Ranking recorded: works agreement › policy › fact sheet
47 documents with validity and review deadline
Permissions and logging by your rules
IT and works council involved
03
Ongoing
Use and extension

Your HR department gives answers with evidence, the register stays maintained. Once the foundation holds, Documents and Automation follow.

Answer1 source checked
“How many days of special leave for moving house?”
Two working days for a company-initiated move, one day for a private one.
WA Special Leave · § 3 · V 2.0 · approved 3 Feb 2026
Martin Gödde — founder of MAI DATA
Martin Gödde
Founder, MAI DATA

From practice – for practice.

MAI DATA grew out of day-to-day work in HR departments: ten years as HR Business Partner and HR Manager — responsible for HR services, HR IT projects and business partnering with leaders.

We know both sides: the question from the team that needs a reliable answer, and the systems where the knowledge for it lives. MAI DATA works exactly in between.

That is where our conviction comes from: mid-sized HR departments deserve the same reliability in their answers as corporations with dedicated specialist teams — accessible, affordable and without a large IT project. Structure first. Then AI.

EU AI Act: where does your HR department stand?

The EU AI Act classifies AI in HR particularly strictly. Our self-assessment takes you through 20 checkpoints and shows you where you stand — with a concrete action plan. Currently available in German.

  • Seven minutes, no sign-up
  • The result stays with you
  • Concrete action plan at the end
Free · 20 checkpoints · 7 min

AI Act Readiness Check

Answer 20 questions on AI use, data basis and responsibilities — and see immediately where you stand.

Start the check (German) →

No sign-up · the result stays with you

Want to know
what applies in your company?

In the intro call we look at your rulebook together: where versions are unclear, where conflicts are likely and whether an analysis is worthwhile for you. 45 minutes, an honest assessment.

Free · No obligation