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Germany · Aleph Alpha
Aleph Alpha GmbH is a German artificial intelligence startup founded in 2019 and based in Heidelberg.
Funding reportedLast round: Series B
About Aleph Alpha
Aleph Alpha GmbH is a German artificial intelligence startup founded in 2019 and based in Heidelberg.
The company specializes in developing sovereign large language models and enterprise AI operating systems aimed at ensuring European digital independence. Its mission focuses on creating specialized AI solutions that comply with European data protection laws, including the EU AI Act. Aleph Alpha offers a range of generative AI solutions, including its full-stack generative AI suite, PhariaAI, which allows organizations to design and manage custom AI applications. Other products include Luminous, a family of large language models for text generation and analysis, and PhariaAssistant, an AI tool for task automation. The company primarily serves enterprises and governmental agencies in highly regulated sectors, emphasizing transparency and data sovereignty. Following its acquisition by Cohere in 2026, Aleph Alpha continues to operate with a strong presence in Europe and Canada.
What company datasets say Aleph Alpha raised
Funding, as reported
Founders and team
From Aleph Alpha's own website: 1 founder, 5 on the team.
- Ilhan ScheerChief Executive Officer
- Amit DattaChief Legal Officer
- Yasser JadidiCo-Chief Research Officer
- Johannes SpindlerExecutive VP Strategy & Operations
- Lukas PöhlerExecutive VP AI Solutions
On 3 portfolio pages
Investors who name them
Each firm lists Aleph Alpha on its own website. That is the firm's claim, a weaker thing than a round we watched, but a named source.
The company, in detail
What they build
Known for
ai for compliance checkstokenization alternativesautomated document preparationai model explainabilityai data privacyai custom model developmentmultilingual modelsai partnershipsai safetybusiness transformationai for financial servicesframework for ai solutionsdata protectionai model scalabilitygenerative ai technologysparse activation patterns
Built with from their website
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- Sector
- Information technology & services
- Industry code
- NAICS 54171, 513210, 541511, SIC 7375, 7372, 7371
- Region
- Baden-Wuerttemberg
- Part of
- Cohere
- Revenue
- 110.9M a year, as listed
- Full record
- Every detail in the company directory
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