# Justin Folkers

> Justin Folkers is the co-founder and CEO of apiphani, a Boston-based technology-enabled managed services company that runs mission-critical enterprise applications such as SAP using a blend of expert engineers and AI-driven automation. He started the company around 2020 after more than two decades supporting enterprise clients at firms including Virtustream and Capgemini, betting that AI-powered automation would let people focus on meaningful work instead of routine operational tasks. In 2025 apiphani raised a $25 million round led by Insight Partners to expand Luumen, its AI-driven observability and automation platform.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at apiphani
- **Organizations:** apiphani, Virtustream, Capgemini
- **Nationality:** American
- **Known for:** Co-founded and scaled apiphani to roughly 65 employees serving enterprise SAP and mission-critical application clients., Raised $25 million led by Insight Partners in 2025 to expand the Luumen automation platform., Led apiphani to AWS SAP Services Competency Partner status.

## Career timeline

- **Pre-2020** — Spent over 20 years supporting enterprise clients' mission-critical applications, including roles at Capgemini, as an independent strategy consultant, and at Virtustream.
- **2020** — Co-founded apiphani in Boston, Massachusetts, to hyper-automate IT operations for mission-critical applications.
- **2024** — apiphani launched a new Data Analytics practice and earned AWS SAP Services Competency Partner status.
- **2025** — apiphani raised $25 million led by Insight Partners to expand Luumen, its AI-driven observability and automation platform.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and scaled apiphani to roughly 65 employees serving enterprise SAP and mission-critical application clients.
- Raised $25 million led by Insight Partners in 2025 to expand the Luumen automation platform.
- Led apiphani to AWS SAP Services Competency Partner status.
- Launched apiphani's Data Analytics practice to build trusted data pipelines for BI, ML and AI.
- Built Luumen from an internal tool into a standalone AI-driven observability and automation product.

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — apiphani raised $25 million led by Insight Partners to expand its Luumen AI automation platform.
- **2024-07** — apiphani launched a new Data Analytics practice to help clients build trusted data pipelines for BI, ML and AI.

## Links

- Website: https://apiphani.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jpfolkers
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/apiphani1

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Last updated: 2026-07-16