# amber

> amber is an Aachen-based enterprise AI company that connects a business’s scattered documents, applications, permissions and institutional knowledge into a reusable context layer. Its software combines enterprise search, chat, assistants and agent-driven actions for European mid-sized companies, with a particular focus on manufacturing, engineering, IT consulting and consumer goods.

- **Founded:** 2021
- **Headquarters:** Aachen, Germany
- **Founders:** Philipp Reißel (Co-founder and CEO), Bastian Maiworm (Co-founder and CRO), Igli Manaj (Co-founder and CTO)
- **Team size:** More than 50 employees; LinkedIn listed 53 employees and a 51-200 size band in August 2026.
- **Products:** amberSearch, amberAI, amberAgents, amber Data Layer, amberProjects
- **Notable:** Grew from more than 200 customers in March 2025 to more than 400 company customers by August 2026, according to company figures., Reached more than 100,000 active users and more than 10 million monthly chats, according to amber’s website., Built more than 70 standard connectors; the home page also promotes a broader catalog of 120+ integrations and extensions.

## Products & services

- **amberSearch** — Permission-aware enterprise search across documents, images, scans, email, collaboration tools, drives and business systems, with cited answers and multilingual retrieval.
- **amberAI** — A company-grounded generative AI workspace for chat, writing, analysis and deep research using internal and external knowledge.
- **amberAgents** — Configurable assistants and agents that use company context and can trigger actions or automate workflows through integrations, APIs and MCP.
- **amber Data Layer** — A reusable, permission-aware representation of enterprise knowledge that supplies structured context to search, assistants, agents and external AI applications.
- **amberProjects** — Focused workspaces that keep chats, history, sources and outputs together for a defined project.
- **AI onboarding** — Optional implementation service covering setup, interface integration, retrieval tuning, rollout planning, training and customer success.

## Achievements

- Grew from more than 200 customers in March 2025 to more than 400 company customers by August 2026, according to company figures.
- Reached more than 100,000 active users and more than 10 million monthly chats, according to amber’s website.
- Built more than 70 standard connectors; the home page also promotes a broader catalog of 120+ integrations and extensions.
- Earned ISO 27001 certification and markets GDPR- and EU AI Act-compliant deployment.
- Selected as a finalist for the 2024 AC² Innovation Award for the Aachen region.
- Closed a €7 million Series A in August 2026 after a €2.1 million seed round in March 2025.
- Expanded operations to Aachen, Cologne and Tirana, with initial customer wins in Benelux.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Closed a €7 million Series A co-led by Ventech and NRW.Venture to fund European expansion, team growth, the proprietary AI Data Layer and deeper enterprise integrations.
- **2026-08** — Announced expansion toward Benelux and continued growth across offices in Aachen, Cologne and Tirana.
- **2026-08** — Reframed the product from user-driven assistance toward autonomous AI that can identify and execute work across systems.
- **2026** — Introduced public seat-based pricing and usage-based token packages for API and MCP automations.
- **2025-03** — Raised €2.1 million in seed funding led by Ventech and said more than 200 DACH companies used the platform.

## Links

- Website: https://amber.de/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ambersearch
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ambersearch

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Last updated: 2026-08-20