Alef

Alef is building the AI-powered backbone for the Art & Design market. From vintage furniture and decorative objects to rare books and fine art, Alef helps auction houses and dealers work faster, with more clarity and confidence. We combine advanced computer vision, large language models, and a proprietary cultural knowledge graph to instantly digitize, catalog, and enrich your inventory. What used to take hours of manual effort, photographing, describing, and valuing items, can now be done in minutes, with expert-level metadata and rich storytelling included. Alef streamlines your entire object workflow: · Digitize pieces with AI-powered object recognition · Auto-catalog with consistent, structured descriptions · Instantly surface provenance, artist bios, and cultural context · Export listings for marketplaces, print catalogs, or social media with a click Whether you manage 12 auctions a year or 10,000 objects in stock, Alef helps you reduce admin work, accelerate time-to-sale, and offer clients deeper insight into every piece. We’re already working with top-tier auction houses in Europe, cutting cataloging time from 30 days to 3. If you're still relying on notebooks, Excel files, and manual tagging, it's time to modernize your workflow. Alef: Putting Art & Design first.