AI startup ecosystem
Artificial intelligence is one of Europe's fastest-growing startup sectors, with hubs in London, Paris, Berlin, and Helsinki driving advances in generative AI, computer vision, and NLP. European AI startups benefit from strong academic research, increasing VC specialisation, and growing enterprise demand across industries. We track 929 organisations in this sector across 6+ countries.
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Rossum
Rossum specializes in intelligent document processing, moving beyond basic OCR to cognitive data capture. Its AI reads invoices, shipping manifests, and other structured documents with human-like accuracy, automating workflows for logistics, manufacturing, and finance. The company is scaling rapidly in the US market and positioning itself as the backbone for enterprise document automation. By 2026, Rossum is one of the Czech ecosystem's most credible soonicorns.
Roy Moussa
Co-founder and CEO of GetVocal AI, building autonomous voice agents for businesses, backed by Creandum, Elaia and Speedinvest.
Runware
Runware is an AI inference infrastructure company offering unified developer access to AI models for image generation, video generation, and audio synthesis through a single API endpoint. It aggregates hundreds of model classes and many model variants, letting developers switch between models with minimal friction. Its core technology is the proprietary Sonic Inference Engine, a custom-built hardware-and-software stack optimised for AI inference across different hardware and cloud providers. Runware evolved from an earlier consumer image tool called PicFinder and operates from offices in London and San Francisco.
Saga
Saga is an AI-powered collaborative workspace for notes, docs, and tasks, designed to help teams organise knowledge in one connected interface. Founded in 2021 by Filip Stanev with Serbian roots, Saga automatically interlinks knowledge across workspaces, integrates with tools such as Google Drive and Linear, and includes a built-in AI assistant powered by the latest large language models. The platform offers real-time collaboration, Kanban task views, and public sharing. With over 40,000 users in its beta phase and hundreds of teams relying on it weekly, Saga raised $850,000 in a pre-seed round in early 2023 and competes with Notion and Obsidian in the knowledge-management space.
Samuel Mueller
Co-founder and CEO of Scandit, the Zurich-based enterprise computer vision company he co-founded in 2009 as an ETH Zurich spin-out. Mueller led Scandit from a research project into a global B2B platform used by DHL, Sephora, and the NHS, raising over $150M from investors including Atomico, G2VP, and Swisscom Ventures. He holds a PhD in computer science from ETH Zurich, where he worked on mobile augmented reality before commercialising barcode-scanning technology for enterprise use.
Samurai Labs
Samurai Labs is a Gdynia-based AI safety company building neural-symbolic systems that detect and de-escalate online abuse, harassment, and predatory behavior in real time. Its technology is licensed by gaming companies, social platforms, and child-safety partners. Backed by angel investors including Dawid Urban and footballer Robert Lewandowski (via RL9 Investments).
Sana
Sana (Sana Labs) is a Stockholm-based AI company founded in 2016 that builds an enterprise platform combining AI agents, enterprise search and learning tools. Its products include Sana, for AI agents and enterprise search, and Sana Learn, a learning and content-creation platform used by organisations to access knowledge, automate work and learn with agentic AI. Backed by investors including NEA, Menlo Ventures and EQT Ventures, the company reached over $130M in total funding before Workday announced a definitive agreement to acquire it for approximately $1.1 billion in September 2025.
Sara Polak
Archaeologist turned technology strategist and futurist who writes and speaks about artificial intelligence, the future of work, and how emerging technology reshapes society. A confirmed speaker at FrontKon 2026 in Prague.
Sarah Engel
Head of Artificial Intelligence at TRUMPF, the German high-tech machine-tool and laser manufacturer, where she leads applied AI strategy across industrial manufacturing. She is an announced speaker at the 2026 AI, Data & Quantum Summit (AIDAQ) in Berlin.
Scaleway
Scaleway is a European cloud provider and subsidiary of the Iliad Group, offering a full stack of cloud infrastructure including bare-metal servers, Kubernetes, object storage, managed databases, and GPU instances for AI workloads. Founded by Xavier Niel's Iliad, Scaleway positions itself as a sovereign European alternative to US hyperscalers, with data centers in Paris, Amsterdam, and Warsaw. The company is increasingly important for European organizations seeking GDPR-compliant cloud hosting.
ScandiBio Therapeutics
ScandiBio Therapeutics is a Stockholm-based pharmaceutical company developing AI-driven drugs that target mitochondrial dysfunction, a factor implicated in neurodegenerative disorders and metabolic syndromes. Its lead product has entered a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase III clinical trial in Turkey for patients with mild, moderate, and severe Alzheimer's disease, and has also completed Phase II trials in fatty liver patients and Phase III trials in COVID-19 patients. The company was founded by scientists affiliated with KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, and King's College London.
Scandit
Scandit is a Zurich-based enterprise software company founded in 2009 by Samuel Mueller and Christian Floerkemeier as an ETH Zurich spin-out. The company built a computer vision and AI data capture platform that enables enterprises to scan barcodes, QR codes, text, and ID documents using standard smartphone cameras, eliminating the need for dedicated hardware scanners. Scandit's SDK is embedded in apps used by logistics companies, retailers, healthcare providers, and manufacturers to power item scanning for picking, inventory management, and patient safety workflows. The company has raised over $150M from investors including Atomico, G2VP, and Swisscom Ventures, and its technology runs in production at DHL, Sephora, the NHS, and hundreds of other enterprise customers. Scandit operates globally from Zurich with offices in London, Boston, and Tokyo, and is one of Switzerland's most prominent B2B enterprise software scale-ups.
Scope
London-based AI workflow platform transforming industrial inspection for the testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) sector. AI agents help field inspectors capture data through voice, video, and structured workflows, unlocking 50% more inspector capacity. Raised €17.2M Series A led by Index Ventures.
Seedtag
Seedtag is a contextual advertising platform that uses proprietary AI to analyse page content and match ads to reader interest without cookies or personal data. Operating across Europe, Latin America and the US, it lets brands engage audiences in a privacy-first way at scale.
SeeHaptic
Built a wearable AI-powered haptic navigation device for blind and visually impaired people: glasses-mounted cameras capture the environment, AI processes the scene and a lumbar belt of 256 solenoids produces tactile impulses mapping the surroundings. Winner of the 2024 Lépine Prize.
Sekoia
Sekoia is a Rennes-based cybersecurity company, legally Sekoia.io SAS, building a unified AI-driven security operations center (SOC) platform. Its products include Sekoia Defend (SIEM), Sekoia Intelligence (cyber threat intelligence), Sekoia Reveal (CAASM), and Sekoia Elevate (AI SOC agents), which detect, investigate, and help contain threats automatically for enterprises, MSSPs, and critical sectors such as healthcare, energy, and government. The company has been recognised by Gartner, Forrester, and Frost & Sullivan for its XDR and AI-driven threat intelligence capabilities.
Sensei
Sensei is a Portuguese startup that builds autonomous, checkout-free retail stores using computer vision and artificial intelligence. Its proprietary platform combines cameras, sensors and AI algorithms to automate both new and existing stores, letting customers shop without queues or manual scanning while their cart updates automatically for a ready-to-pay checkout. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Castelo Branco, Portugal, with additional offices in Lisbon, São Paulo and Milan, and works with partners including Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Mastercard. In October 2024 Sensei raised a €15 million Series A round to expand its autonomous retail technology.
Serena
Serena is a Paris-based venture capital firm managing a EUR 1 billion investment programme and backing teams from Europe and the US. It invests from pre-seed to Series A with first cheques of EUR 100K to EUR 15 million, across applied AI and energy transition, data infrastructure and open source, impact, and consumer innovation.
Shawn Kanungo
Canadian innovation strategist and author of 'The Bold Ones', recognised as a leading authority on disruption and the application of emerging technologies and artificial intelligence in business. A former Deloitte strategist, he is a confirmed main-stage speaker at the Oslo Business Forum 2026.
SHIFT Business Festival 2026
The 11th edition of Turku's flagship business festival for C-level decision-makers, business developers, and growth-company tech leaders, with app-based matchmaking and an evening programme.
