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Zeit AI funding, valuation and investors
Autonomous data engineer for European mid-market firms — connects ERP/CRM, cleans tables, ships analytics apps.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Seed
€5M · September 2026
Latest known valuation
Not publicly disclosed
Total disclosed equity funding
Not publicly disclosed
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
private
seed · Munich, Germany
Investors in latest funding
Other: Y Combinator , Hasso Plattner VC , University of Oxford Seed Fund , Sequoia Capital Scout Fund , ACE Ventures
Overview
Zeit AI is a Munich-based startup founded in 2024 by former Palantir engineers Leopold von Waldthausen and Marvin Bornstein. Its ZeitMind agent connects SAP/ERP/CRM and other systems, cleans data, and builds analytics applications for mid-sized companies, with processing in German data centres. In September 2026 the company closed a €5 million seed that included Y Combinator, Oxford Seed Fund, Sequoia Capital Scout Fund, ACE Ventures, and Hasso Plattner VC, plus angels such as Christian Lindner and Helsing CTO Robert Fink (Tech.eu).
Why Zeit AI is interesting
Palantir alumni raised €5M (~$5.8M) seed on Sep 3, 2026 after a company-claimed €1M ARR with six people; YC S24 plus Hasso Plattner VC and industrial angels — selling German-hosted data engineering to Mittelstand controllers who cannot hire the human version.
Product & use cases
ZeitMind is sold as an autonomous data engineer: connect source systems, clean messy tables, and deliver dashboards/apps from natural-language questions without adding a data-engineering headcount.
- Finance/controlling reports on SAP and ERP data
- Procurement and supplier analytics for mid-market manufacturers
- Supply-chain and inventory views without a full data team
Key facts
- €5M seed (Sep 3, 2026) — Tech.eu; ~$5.8M Dealroom conversion cited in secondary coverage
- YC S24; company claims €1M ARR in twelve months with six people (YC company page)
- Named industrial customers include Kolbenschmidt, Horsch, Allgaier Agrarhandel, Jetfly (company/press)
Funding history (newest first)
Seed
2026-09 €5M- Y Combinator (participant)
- Hasso Plattner VC (participant)
- University of Oxford Seed Fund (participant)
- Sequoia Capital Scout Fund (participant)
- ACE Ventures (participant)
Source: https://tech.eu/2026/09/03/zeit-ai-raises-eur5m-to-give-europes-mid-market-its-own-data-engineer/
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