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Best Native AI Companies in Netherlands

The 199 best Native AI companies in Netherlands in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Nebius.

199companies tracked
$4.8Bdisclosed funding
1unicorns
74have raised

Ranked by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum, the Native AI companies building out of the Netherlands represent one of the more striking capital concentrations in European tech right now. One hundred and ninety-nine companies tracked, $4.8B in total disclosed funding, and a single name accounts for most of it: Nebius sits at $3.7B, which tells you something about how lopsided early AI capital distribution tends to get. Wonderful follows at $284M, Axelera AI at $120M, and the rest of the field is still fighting for oxygen. That said, the underlying growth rate is the number I keep coming back to: MnM industry experts peg Native AI expansion at roughly 50% CAGR, which means the gap between Nebius and the pack won't stay this wide forever.

So what's actually driving the momentum? Automation of routine paperwork, programmatic advertising transformation, patient inflow predictions, all of it converging at once. As shown in 2023 research, native AI integration at the infrastructure layer produces compounding efficiency gains that platform-layer bolt-ons simply can't match. The debate over whether dedicated AI hardware holds its ground or gets absorbed by existing devices is live right now, and it's exactly the kind of question Netherlands-based builders like Axelera AI are answering with silicon. Europa and EIC Fund are the most active backers in this directory, and if you're mapping where European AI infrastructure capital flows next, the Netherlands is a serious answer.

Sources & further reading
  • benzinga.com
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · NATIVE AI × NETHERLANDS

Our analysis of 150 Native AI companies

$80.7b in tracked funding; 94% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

150companies analysed
94%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
50unicorns
2022median founding year
431kcombined LinkedIn audience
34%of audience held by top 3
7companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Native AI companies in Netherlands

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundEmployeesFoundedFounderTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Nebius
Provider of AI powered cloud GPU solutions
90Tech top 11%Funding top 21%Partners top 21%News top 22%
All 12 signals ▾
Techtop 11%
Fundingtop 21%
Partnerstop 21%
Newstop 22%
Markettop 23%
Growthtop 29%
AItop 30%
Producttop 35%
Moattop 48%
Globalbottom 48%
Innovationbottom 43%
Patentsbottom 32%
Tech: 62 technologies across 7/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3
Funding: Raised $3.7B across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 90/100
$3.7B3 mo ago3282022—Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365Node.js+224 patents
Modular server chassis and rack data consolidation hardware for high‑density computing
—
2Wonderful 🦄
Provider of an AI platform for enterprise customer interaction automation
82Funding top 13%AI top 20%Talent top 28%Market top 41%
All 6 signals ▾
Fundingtop 13%
AItop 20%
Talenttop 28%
Markettop 41%
Globaltop 45%
Techbottom 43%
Funding: Raised $284M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 1 yrs (3.0/yr)
AI: Classified as an AI company
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 82/100
$284M3 mo ago—2025Roey Lalazar
Co-Founder & CTO
Framer SitesApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+9——
3CM Telecom
Provider of engagement platform with AI agents and unified data tools
83AI top 8%Tech top 11%Product top 17%Funding top 19%
All 12 signals ▾
AItop 8%
Techtop 11%
Producttop 17%
Fundingtop 19%
Globaltop 27%
Fin. healthtop 32%
Moattop 37%
Markettop 39%
Growthtop 46%
Talentbottom 49%
Innovationbottom 48%
Patentsbottom 45%
AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company
Tech: 76 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 83/100
$136M7 mo ago211999Jeroen van Glabbeek
CEO
Apple iCloud MailElement UITailwind CSS+236 patents
Optimizing telecom data streams via segmented packet processing and priority-based handling.
—
4Axelera AI
Manufacturer of hardware accelerators and software for artificial intelligence inference
89News top 17%Funding top 18%AI top 20%Growth top 25%
All 13 signals ▾
Newstop 17%
Fundingtop 18%
AItop 20%
Growthtop 25%
Innovationtop 27%
Talenttop 28%
Patentstop 31%
Moattop 32%
Techtop 34%
Partnerstop 43%
Markettop 45%
Producttop 45%
Globalbottom 39%
News: 9 BI events in 12 mo (of 37 tracked, 5 types) · +125% YoY
Funding: Raised $120M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 5 yrs (1.2/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 89/100
$120M3 mo ago1302021Evangelos Eleftheriou
Co-Founder & CTO
AlgoliaSalesforceNginx+2629 patents
Analog in‑memory compute with multi‑bit MAC and vector processing for AI inference
1 job opening · 3 launchs · 1 partnership
5FRISS
Provider of trust automation platform for property and casualty insurance carriers
62AI top 20%Moat top 22%Talent top 28%Funding top 36%
All 10 signals ▾
AItop 20%
Moattop 22%
Talenttop 28%
Fundingtop 36%
Globaltop 44%
Markettop 46%
Producttop 49%
Techtop 50%
Growthbottom 35%
Newsbottom 24%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100
$89M55 mo ago2082006Jeroen Morrenhof
Co-Founder
Framer SitesReactAmazon Web Services+17——
6Weaviate
Developer of a vector database for AI-powered search and applications
$50M38 mo ago302019Bob Luij
Co-Founder & CEO
Beehiiv RSS feedDocusaurusApple iCloud Mail+33—5 launchs
7Innatera
Provider of neuromorphic microprocessors
67AI top 30%Funding top 32%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%
All 10 signals ▾
AItop 30%
Fundingtop 32%
Growthtop 35%
Talenttop 38%
Moattop 39%
Techtop 43%
Marketbottom 46%
Newsbottom 42%
Globalbottom 38%
Partnersbottom 34%
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: neural network
Funding: Raised $43.3M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 6 yrs (0.7/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100
$43M23 mo ago582018Uma Mahesh
Co-Founder
WordPressMySQLPHP+24—2 partnerships
8Peptone
Provider of an AI based protein analysis platform for research and development
$42M48 mo ago312016—WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+19——
9Source
Provider of AI solutions for optimized greenhouse cultivation and management
$37M7 mo ago942020Ernst Bruggen
Co-Founder & CPO
SentryApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+13—1 launch · 1 award
10Cradle
Provider of chemoproteomics solutions for protein design and development
57AI top 20%Funding top 29%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%
All 8 signals ▾
AItop 20%
Fundingtop 29%
Growthtop 35%
Talenttop 38%
Moattop 42%
Techtop 49%
Globalbottom 38%
Marketbottom 29%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Funding: Raised $33.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100
$33M18 mo ago142021Stef Grieken
Co-Founder & CEO
Framer SitesApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+15—1 job opening
11ScreenPoint
Developer of artificial intelligence software for analyzing breast imaging mammograms
$33M2 mo ago582014Michael Brady
Co-Founder & Chairman
WordPressMySQLPHP+21——
12Context Labs
AI and blockchain based software solutions provider
$28M52 mo ago642012Dan Harple
Founder & CEO
———
13Samotics
Provider of condition monitoring solutions for industrial assets and equipment
78AI top 20%Tech top 25%Talent top 28%Funding top 35%
All 9 signals ▾
AItop 20%
Techtop 25%
Talenttop 28%
Fundingtop 35%
Growthtop 35%
Marketbottom 49%
Productbottom 45%
Globalbottom 38%
Newsbottom 24%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Tech: 49 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Ses
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100
$23M16 mo ago1042015Simon Jagers
Co-Founder
WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+37—2 partnerships
14Nebul
GPU accelerated business computing services
32AI top 20%Funding top 47%Talent bottom 49%Tech bottom 46%
All 6 signals ▾
AItop 20%
Fundingtop 47%
Talentbottom 49%
Techbottom 46%
Marketbottom 29%
Globalbottom 25%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Funding: Raised $21.4M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 2 yrs (0.5/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100
$21M24 mo ago—2022Arnold Juffer
Founder & CEO
WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+19—1 launch · 2 partnerships
15CodeSandbox
Provider of cloud development environments for code execution and interpretation
$15M67 mo ago242016—Node.jsRadix UIReact+14——
16The Fabricant
Developer of an enterprise AI application development platform and related services
$14M50 mo ago542018Kerry Murphy
Co-Founder
SentryNode.jsRadix UI+17—2 launchs · 1 award
17Aidence
Deep learning-based medical image analysis software for radiologists
$14M59 mo ago662015—WordPressMySQLPHP+155 patents
AI-driven medical imaging analysis for growth monitoring and diagnostic support
—
18Sentinels
API-based transaction monitoring solutions for financial institutions
$10M56 mo ago1022020Joost van Houten
Founder & CEO
———
19Imagr.ai
Provider of AI-based smart shopping cart solutions for retail businesses
$10M76 mo ago—2015Konstantinos Raptis
Co-Founder
———
20Spotr
Developer of AI-driven building profiles through imagery and data analysis
$8M28 mo ago462015Marieke Dijksma
Cofounder & Product developer
WebflowApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+19——
21WizeNoze
Cloud-based platforms for schools
$8M71 mo ago342013Theo Huibers
Co Founder
WordPressMySQLPHP+8——
22Thirona
Provider of AI-based medical image analysis software
$5M33 mo ago612014—WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+346 patents
AI-driven quantification of lung perfusion from thoracic CT scans
1 job opening
23KIMO
Provider of personalized education solutions through AI-powered learning platforms and tools
$5M54 mo ago212018————
24Media Distillery
Provider of AI-powered video content discovery and advertising optimization solutions
$4M65 mo ago422014Joost de Wit
Co-Founder
——1 partnership
25Freeday Innovations
AI-based robotic process automation tools provider
$4M49 mo ago242019Toon Bodegom
Co-CEO
WebflowSentryApple iCloud Mail+23——
26AM-Flow
Provider of automated solutions for post-production workflows in manufacturing
$4M41 mo ago372018Bas Van Berkestijn
Co-Founder
WordPressMySQLPHP+32137 patents
Advanced tubular membrane filtration systems with helical ridges for enhanced flow control
2 job openings · 1 launch
27DubFormer
Provider of an AI dubbing platform for media localization teams
$4M15 mo ago—2023Anton Dvorkovich
CEO & Founder
Framer SitesReactAmazon Web Services+15——
28Lemni Technologies
Platform offering AI‑driven agents for customer interaction
57Talent top 45%Funding top 47%Tech top 47%Global bottom 48%
All 4 signals ▾
Talenttop 45%
Fundingtop 47%
Techtop 47%
Globalbottom 48%
Talent: 2 named leaders on record
Funding: Raised $3.5M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100
$4M15 mo ago—2024Alex Buis
Co-Founder
Framer SitesReactstyled-components+15——
29Fraudio
AI and SaaS-enabled AML solutions for payment service providers and merchant acquirers
45AI top 20%Growth top 35%Talent bottom 49%Tech bottom 48%
All 7 signals ▾
AItop 20%
Growthtop 35%
Talentbottom 49%
Techbottom 48%
Fundingbottom 41%
Globalbottom 38%
Marketbottom 32%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100
$3M15 mo ago302019Joao Moura
CEO
WebflowPipedriveLeadfeeder+18—1 award
30HealthSage
Open source generative AI platform solutions to healthcare
$3M26 mo ago—2023Harm-Jan Wessels
Co-Founder & CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+23—1 launch
31Aiir Innovations
A provider of AI-powered end-to-end solutions for visual inspection and reporting in various fields
$3M40 mo ago112016Jan Gemert
Co-Founder
WordPressMySQLPHP+19—1 partnership
32Perciv
AI-driven radar perception software for autonomous vehicle applications
$3M18 mo ago—2022Srimannarayana Baratam
Co-Founder
Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+13——
33Send
Cloud-based platform for document management
$2M28 mo ago—2021Thom Trentelman
Co-Founder & CEO
Node.jsThree.jsRadix UI+15——
34Zeno
Developer of an AI workspace streamlining legal research and document analysis
$2M13 mo ago—2023Raoul Bouchrit
Co-Founder & CEO
Framer SitesApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+13—2 partnerships
35BRAINCREATORS
Developer of AI assistants for road infrastructure and maritime surveillance
$2M41 mo ago362016Jasper Wognum
CEO & co-founder
———
36Aiosyn
AI-based disease diagnosis tool for providers
$2M9 mo ago152021Jeroen der Laak
Co-Founder
WordPressMySQLRedis+28——
37Voyc AI
AI-based call center quality assurance & agent performance monitoring software
64Global top 25%AI top 26%Talent top 38%Market bottom 47%
All 5 signals ▾
Globaltop 25%
AItop 26%
Talenttop 38%
Marketbottom 47%
Fundingbottom 47%
Global: Serving 60+ countries worldwide · Investors from 1 country beyond Netherlands
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-based, machine learning
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100
$2M13 mo ago202018Matthew Westaway
Co-Founder & CEO
——1 launch
38SingularityNET
Online platform offering decentralized AI services and marketplace
$2M49 mo ago942017Ben Goertzel
CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+27—1 partnership
39Kepler Vision Technologies
Developer of AI software for fall detection and prevention in healthcare
$2M26 mo ago222018Harro Stokman
Founder & CEO
WordPress Block EditorThemify BuilderWordPress+2337 patents
Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation
1 launch
4020Face
Face recognition software for identity management and access control
32AI top 18%Growth top 45%Tech top 45%Moat top 45%
All 11 signals ▾
AItop 18%
Growthtop 45%
Techtop 45%
Moattop 45%
Talentbottom 49%
Fundingbottom 45%
Innovationbottom 37%
Patentsbottom 31%
Globalbottom 31%
Marketbottom 20%
Newsbottom 18%
AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 50,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100
$1M21 mo ago102016Peter Hoekstra
CEO
WordPressSentryMySQL+244 patents
Face recognition systems: image quality assessment and eye‑occlusion detection.
—
41DuckDuckGoose
Developer of enterprise-grade deepfake detection tools for various media types
$1M24 mo ago—2020Parya Lotfi
CEO
WebflowGSAPMicrosoft Clarity+21——
42Enpicom
Developer of bioinformatics platform integrating data, automation, and AI for biologics
$1M35 mo ago452015—WordPressMySQLPHP+29——
43Autoscriber
Cloud-based EHR platform for healthcare organizations
$1M41 mo ago92016Jacqueline Kazmaier
Co-Founder
Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceRadix UI+15—1 launch · 1 partnership
44Guideways
AI agents automate medtech approval and maintenance processes for faster market access.
$1M7 mo ago—2024Sander Denissen
CEO
———
45Deeploy
AI-based platform offering decision support software
$1M16 mo ago202020Tim Kleinloog
Co-Founder
WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+26—1 job opening · 1 launch · 1 expansion
46Pixyle
Developer of an AI platform for fashion product data management
$1M42 mo ago452018Svetlana Kordumova
Founder & CEO
WebflowGSAPPostHog+15——
47LangWatch
LLM monitoring platform
$1M15 mo ago—2023Rogerio Chaves
Co-Founder
Framer SitesReactLeadfeeder+22——
48Yasu
Developer of an AI-powered platform for cloud cost management
48AI top 30%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Tech top 48%
All 7 signals ▾
AItop 30%
Growthtop 35%
Talenttop 38%
Techtop 48%
Globalbottom 48%
Fundingbottom 41%
Marketbottom 25%
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100
$980K6 mo ago—2025Vikram Das
Co-Founder & CEO
Framer SitesBetter StackApple iCloud Mail+16—1 internship
49Hulo Artificial Intelligence
Online platform for water leak detection
$879K7 mo ago—2021Frank Hulst
Co-Founder
HubSpot CMS HubGoogle MapsHubSpot+14——
50Tellet
AI-based interviewing platform for enterprise
$432K30 mo ago—2022Pim Verbij
Co-Founder & CTO
SentryUbuntuRadix UI+5——

Top 12 Native AI companies in Netherlands

#1
Public · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2022 · 328 employees
$3.7Braised
▾

Provider of AI powered cloud GPU solutions. It offers a scalable AI infrastructure with NVIDIA GPUs, supporting both training and inference. The company integrates GPU accelerators with pre-configured drivers and high-performance networking. It provides a platform for fine-tuning AI models, offering access to models and infrastructure. The company delivers managed Kubernetes or Slurm-based clusters and services such as MLflow, PostgreSQL, and Apache Spark. It also provides support from solution architects.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 90how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 11%
Funding
top 21%
Partners
top 21%
News
top 22%
Market
top 23%
Growth
top 29%
Tech: 62 technologies across 7/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 · Devops: Envoy, Nginx
Funding: Raised $3.7B across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 2 yrs (1.5/yr) · Last round Post IPO (Mar 2026)
Partners: 3 partnership announcements in 12 mo (3 in 24 mo) · 24 contract events in 12 mo · Named contractor/client in 24 deals
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2026Post IPO$2B
  • Jun 2025Post IPO$1B
  • Dec 2024Post IPO$700M
Investors
Accel, Nvidia
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApolloApple Icloud MailAzureAzure Front Door
#2
Series B · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2025
$284Mraised
▾

Provider of an AI platform for enterprise customer interaction automation. The platform delivers natural conversations across voice, chat, and email channels. It integrates with existing systems to personalize service and update records. The platform offers oversight, governance, and compliance features built for enterprise standards.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 82how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 13%
AI
top 20%
Talent
top 28%
Market
top 41%
Global
top 45%
Tech
bottom 43%
Funding: Raised $284M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 1 yrs (3.0/yr) · Last round Series B (Mar 2026)
AI: Classified as an AI company
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 43k LinkedIn followers — 9.9% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2026Series B$150M
  • Nov 2025Series A$100M
  • Jul 2025Seed$34M
Founders & team
Roey LalazarCo-Founder & CTOBar WinklerCo-Founder & CEOCarlo MatteoManaging Director
Investors
Index Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Vine Ventures, Insight Partners, IVP
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareComeetFramer SitesGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#3
Series C · Eindhoven, North Brabant · founded 2021 · 130 employees
$120Mraised
▾

Manufacturer of hardware accelerators and software for artificial intelligence inference. Products include processing units designed for edge computing applications, available in various form factors such as cards and boards. The associated software development kit enables the deployment of neural networks on these hardware platforms. These components facilitate data analysis and machine learning tasks for systems requiring local processing capabilities.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 89how this company ranks against its industry peers
News
top 17%
Funding
top 18%
AI
top 20%
Growth
top 25%
Innovation
top 27%
Talent
top 28%
News: 9 BI events in 12 mo (of 37 tracked, 5 types) · +125% YoY · 9 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
Funding: Raised $120M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 5 yrs (1.2/yr) · Last round Series C (Feb 2026)
AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) · Product described with: artificial intelligence, machine learning, neural network
Audience (LinkedIn): 44k LinkedIn followers — 10.2% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Senior/Staff Engineer - Logical Design
Activity (LinkedIn): 3 product launches · 1 partnerships (incl. DroneStar Project) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2026Series C$250M
  • Mar 2025Grant (prize money)$65.9M
  • Jun 2024Series B$68M
  • Oct 2023Grant (prize money)—
Founders & team
Evangelos EleftheriouCo-Founder & CTOBram-Ernst VerhoefCo-FounderIoannis PapistasCo-Founder
Investors
Innovation Industries, imec.xpand, SFPI, Verve Ventures, CDP Venture Capital, Bitfury
Tech stack
AlgoliaAmazon CloudfrontAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAmerican ExpressAos
#4
Series C · Nijmegen, Gelderland · founded 2014 · 58 employees
$33Mraised
▾

Developer of artificial intelligence software for analyzing breast imaging mammograms. This technology integrates with existing medical imaging hardware to assist radiologists in detecting cancer. The software provides automated analysis of breast density and compares current images against previous examinations to identify potential abnormalities. It functions across various imaging systems to support clinical workflows in diagnostic environments.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 9k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2026Series C$14M
  • Apr 2026Grant (prize money)$2M
  • Jul 2021Series C$28M
  • May 2018Series B$5M
Founders & team
Michael BradyCo-Founder & ChairmanNico KarssemeijerCo-Founder & CSOPieter KroeseCEO
Investors
Siemens, Insight Partners, Siemens Healthineers, Oost NL, Universityradiology
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerBootstrapCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookiebot
#5
Public · Breda, North Brabant · founded 1999 · 21 employees
$135.8Mraised
▾

Provider of engagement platform with AI agents and unified data tools. The platform facilitates real-time communication across marketing, service, and sales. It offers tools for customer data unification, business messaging, and payment processing. The platform also provides solutions for ticketing, events, and customer service management.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 83how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 8%
Tech
top 11%
Product
top 17%
Funding
top 19%
Global
top 27%
Fin. health
top 32%
AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company
Tech: 76 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services · Observability: Datadog, Microsoft Clarity
Product: 5 published apps (949 installs) · Company stage: Public
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2025Post IPO$5.8M
  • Sep 2021Post IPO$118.2M
  • Dec 2017Conventional Debt$11.8M
Founders & team
Jeroen van GlabbeekCEO
Investors
European Investment Bank
Tech stack
AlgoliaAmazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesAngularAngularjsApollo
#6
Series B · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2020 · 94 employees
$37Mraised
▾

Provider of AI solutions for optimized greenhouse cultivation and management. The company offers tools for data gathering, yield prediction, and strategy simulation. It also provides solutions for automated irrigation and precise greenhouse control. These solutions aim to enhance productivity and support autonomous execution for growers.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 11k LinkedIn followers — 2.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches · 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2025Series B$17.5M
  • Jun 2023Series A$4M
  • Feb 2023Series A$23M
  • Mar 2022Seed$10M
Founders & team
Ernst BruggenCo-Founder & CPORien KammanCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Astanor, Acre Venture Partners, Hico Capital, E14 Fund, Enza Zaden, Harvest House
Tech stack
AhrefsAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailAxiosCore-Js
#7
Series A · Leiden, South Holland · founded 2015 · 104 employees
$23Mraised
▾

Provider of condition monitoring solutions for industrial assets and equipment. It offers predictive alerts and insights into asset health, performance, and efficiency. The company's technology uses electrical signature analysis to detect faults and optimize energy use. It provides early detection of equipment failures and helps prevent disruptions. The company also offers asset reliability services and failure detection capabilities.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 78how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%
Tech
top 25%
Talent
top 28%
Funding
top 35%
Growth
top 35%
Market
bottom 49%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Tech: 49 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Ses · Observability: Microsoft Clarity, Sentry
Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 15k LinkedIn followers — 3.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 partnerships (incl. iPUMPNET) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2025Venture Debt$21M
  • Sep 2022Series A—
  • Dec 2021Series A$16.4M
  • Mar 2021Series A$6M
Founders & team
Jasper HoogeweegenOwner & CEOSimon JagersCo-FounderGerben GooijersCTO / Founder
Investors
UNIIQ, ENGIE Services, 83NORTH, ABB, European Investment Bank, InnovationQuarter
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAngularApple Icloud MailCloudflare
#8
Series B · Delft, South Holland · founded 2021 · 14 employees
$33Mraised
▾

Provider of chemoproteomics solutions for protein design and development. The platform enables researchers to design proteins using predictive algorithms and AI design suggestions. It also offers 3D structure prediction, optimizing thermostability and codon expression.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 57how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%
Funding
top 29%
Growth
top 35%
Talent
top 38%
Moat
top 42%
Tech
top 49%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Funding: Raised $33.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Series B (Nov 2024)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 31k LinkedIn followers — 7.1% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Account Executive
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2024Series B$73M
  • Nov 2023Series A$24M
  • Nov 2022Seed$5.7M
Founders & team
Stef GriekenCo-Founder & CEOJelle PrinsCo-Founder
Investors
IVP, Index Ventures, Kindred Capital, Next Sequence, Sir Nelson Capital
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementFramer SitesGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#9
Series A · Nijmegen, Gelderland · founded 2021 · 15 employees
$2.1Mraised
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AI-based disease diagnosis tool for providers. The company has developed software that assists with clinical disease diagnosis. It has features for breast and prostate cancer diagnostics, computational pathology, disease diagnosis, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2025Series A$2.8M
  • Dec 2022Seed$2.1M
  • Feb 2022Seed—
Founders & team
Jeroen der LaakCo-FounderPatrick BoerCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Health Innovations, Oost NL, LUMO Labs, TNO
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementComplianz
#10
Seed · Utrecht, Utrecht · founded 2024
$1.2Mraised
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AI agents automate medtech approval and maintenance processes for faster market access. The company develops AI agents that streamline regulatory approval, post-market surveillance, quality management, and reimbursement processes for medical devices and software-as-medical devices. The AI analysis provides insights, and the platform facilitates connections with domain experts. The focus is on accelerating time to market and reducing maintenance costs for health technology companies.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2025Seed$1.2M
Founders & team
Sander DenissenCEO
Investors
Healthy.Capital, Rising Star Venture Partners
#11
Seed · Utrecht, Utrecht · founded 2025
$979.5Kraised
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Developer of an AI-powered platform for cloud cost management. The platform provides analysis, optimization, and governance across multi-cloud environments. It offers cost visibility and helps prevent wasteful spending. The platform integrates into existing workflows, providing insights to engineering, management, and finance teams. It supports AWS, Azure, and GCP, offering features such as cost alerts and budget notifications.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 48how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 30%
Growth
top 35%
Talent
top 38%
Tech
top 48%
Global
bottom 48%
Funding
bottom 41%
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 837 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2025Seed$979.5K
Founders & team
Vikram DasCo-Founder & CEOJohn HoutCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Akka, Antler
Tech stack
AmplitudeApple Icloud MailBetter StackCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementFramer Sites
#12
Series A · Delft, South Holland · founded 2018 · 58 employees
$43.3Mraised
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Provider of neuromorphic microprocessors. It leverages a computing system called spiking neural network to encode voltage spikes, realize its cognitive functions, and to encode sensor information through which the processor can mimic the brains mechanisms.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 67how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 30%
Funding
top 32%
Growth
top 35%
Talent
top 38%
Moat
top 39%
Tech
top 43%
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: neural network
Funding: Raised $43.3M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 6 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Series A (Jun 2024)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 10k LinkedIn followers — 2.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 partnerships (incl. CYRAN AI) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2024Series A$21M
  • Mar 2024Series A$16.3M
  • Mar 2023Grant (prize money)$16.6M
  • Nov 2020Seed$5.9M
Founders & team
Uma MaheshCo-FounderSumeet KumarCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
EIC Fund, MIG Capital, Matterwave Ventures, Delft Enterprises, Invest-NL, Innavest
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api

Funding & investor landscape

$4.8Btotal disclosed funding
66companies funded
122disclosed rounds
1rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Europa10 rounds
EIC Fund9 rounds
BOM5 rounds
Delft Enterprises5 rounds
Rockstart5 rounds
Antler4 rounds
DutchBasecamp4 rounds
InnovationQuarter4 rounds
ACE3 rounds
Index Ventures3 rounds

Notable founders

Roey Lalazar
Co-Founder & CTO · Wonderful
Bar Winkler
Co-Founder & CEO · Wonderful
Evangelos Eleftheriou
Co-Founder & CTO · Axelera AI
Bram-Ernst Verhoef
Co-Founder · Axelera AI
Michael Brady
Co-Founder & Chairman · ScreenPoint
Nico Karssemeijer
Co-Founder & CSO · ScreenPoint
Jeroen van Glabbeek
CEO · CM Telecom
Ernst Bruggen
Co-Founder & CPO · Source
Rien Kamman
Co-Founder & CEO · Source
Jasper Hoogeweegen
Owner & CEO · Samotics
Simon Jagers
Co-Founder · Samotics
Stef Grieken
Co-Founder & CEO · Cradle
RESEARCH SIGNALS · Netherlands

How research on Artificial Intelligence is moving in the Netherlands

A read on the academic research around Artificial Intelligence — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 388 Netherlands-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
200920142026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 33% → 37% across 2009–2026.
top research entities
  • University of Amsterdam64
  • Radboud University Nijmegen48
  • Delft University of Technology33
  • Leiden University24
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam23
leading researchers
Rogier Meulenaar · Gomèr Otterspeer · Floris Roelofsen · Annika Schiefner · B. Sumer · Carmen Esteban · Y.C. Hsu · Max Welling
▲ Breakthroughs124 · 32%
▲ 19%→38% share
▲2.0× share momentum0 median citations80% since 2021mostly methods-led
Inference research surged from 2 to 9 papers, driving Breakthroughs field-share doubling from 19% to 38% in Netherlands AI.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Task (project management)1→8
  • Inference2→9
  • Scalability1→5
  • Set (abstract data type)1→5
Newly emergingKey (lock) 0→6 · Artificial neural network 0→6 · Feature (linguistics) 0→5
Landmark A new criterion for assessing discriminant validity in variance-based structural equation modeling · 31,360 cites
◆ Advancements99 · 26%
▼ 41%→20% share
▼0.5× share momentum0 median citations56% since 2021mostly methods-led
Bayesian probability papers grew from 3 to 5 as Advancements field-share contracted sharply from 41% to 20%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Pattern recognition (psychology)1→4
  • Robustness (evolution)2→4
  • Bayesian probability3→5
Landmark Auto-Encoding Variational Bayes · 15,549 cites
▼ Concerns64 · 16%
▼ 28%→11% share
▼0.4× share momentum1,177 median citations47% since 2021mostly reviews
Perspective (graphical) leads Concerns at 9 papers, though segment field-share cooled significantly from 28% to 11%.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Perspective (graphical)9
  • Generative grammar4
  • Empirical research4
  • Context (archaeology)4
  • Variety (cybernetics)4
Landmark Structure validation in chemical crystallography · 15,213 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Netherlands

Where artificial intelligence is researched across Netherlands

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Amsterdam99 · +0.36
Hot · SmokeAdvancing · Computer visionOpportunity · Segmentation
Nijmegen51 · +0.27
Hot · Knowledge graphAdvancing · Key (lock)Opportunity · Graph
Utrecht36 · +0.45
Hot · Consistency (knowledge bases)Opportunity · Causal inference
Groningen35 · +0.47
Opportunity · Benchmarking
Delft35 · +0.48
Hot · Component (thermodynamics)Opportunity · Scripting language
Leiden30 · +0.35
Hot · SoftwareOpportunity · Key (lock)
Rotterdam25 · +0.20
Hot · Receiver operating characteristicOpportunity · Random forest
Maastricht18 · +0.41
Opportunity · Segmentation
Eindhoven18 · +0.48
Opportunity · Artificial neural network
Wageningen8 · +0.45
Opportunity · Table (database)

Common questions

How many Native AI companies are there in Netherlands?
Radar tracks 199 indexable Native AI companies headquartered in Netherlands that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Native AI companies in Netherlands?
The Native AI companies in Netherlands on this list have raised a combined $4.8B in disclosed equity funding across 66 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Native AI company in Netherlands?
Nebius is the highest-funded Native AI company in Netherlands, with $3.7B in disclosed equity funding.
How many Native AI companies in Netherlands are funded?
66 of the 199 Native AI companies in Netherlands on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Native AI unicorns are there in Netherlands?
1 Native AI company in Netherlands on this list is valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Netherlands Native AI companies?
The most active investors in Netherlands Native AI companies on this list include Europa, EIC Fund, BOM, Delft Enterprises, Rockstart.
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