# Aleph Alpha: Information technology & services, Heidelberg, Germany

> Aleph Alpha: Aleph Alpha GmbH is a German artificial intelligence startup founded in 2019 and based in Heidelberg. Based in Heidelberg, Germany. Founded 2019.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/startup/aleph-alpha (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Aleph Alpha

Aleph Alpha GmbH is a German artificial intelligence startup founded in 2019 and based in Heidelberg.

Funding reported Last round: Series B

Information technology & services Heidelberg, Germany

Company summary

- **Founded:** 2019 7 years old
- **Team:** 290 201 to 1,000 people
- **Funding reported:** 642.8M as listed, currency not stated
- **Last round:** Series B Nov 2023

How sure we are

- ✓ **Listed** We know it exists and what it does
- 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise
- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

No round for Aleph Alpha has been confirmed by a filing or an announcement yet, so nothing here counts toward an investor's record. [How we decide](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)

## 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

Reported in all **642.8M** in the source's currency

Rounds **6**

Last round **Series B**

Last round date **Nov 2023**

Investors listed **16**

## Founders and team

From Aleph Alpha's own website: 1 founder, 5 on the team.

**Samuel Weinbach** Co-Chief Research Officer, Co-Founder

- **Ilhan Scheer** Chief Executive Officer
- **Amit Datta** Chief Legal Officer
- **Yasser Jadidi** Co-Chief Research Officer
- **Johannes Spindler** Executive VP Strategy & Operations
- **Lukas Pöhler** Executive VP AI Solutions

## On 3 portfolio pages

Investors who name them

- [UVC Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uvc-partners)
- [Cavalry Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cavalry-ventures)
- [MH2 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mh2-capital)

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 checks tokenization alternatives automated document preparation ai model explainability ai data privacy ai custom model development multilingual models ai partnerships ai safety business transformation ai for financial services framework for ai solutions data protection ai model scalability generative ai technology sparse activation patterns

Built with from their website

Gmail Kubernetes Jamf Multilingual Go Yoast Uikit MailJet Rust Kiosked

+8 more

Terraform Element UI Macaron Apple macOS Microsoft Email Providers Google Tag Manager Microsoft Intune Amazon Elastic Load Balancer

- **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](https://millionrounds.com/directory/aleph-alpha)

## Information technology & services in Germany

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