Zeit AI Raises €5 Mn to Bring Autonomous Data Engineering to Mid-Sized Businesses

The funding round included Y Combinator, the University of Oxford’s Seed Fund, Sequoia Capital Scout Fund, ACE Ventures, and Hasso Plattner VC. Angel investors including Christian Lindner, Mario Götze, Charlie Songhurst, Martin Schoeller, and Helsing CTO Robert Fink also participated.

According to co-founder Leopold von Waldthausen, mid-sized companies increasingly need data engineering, but they often cannot afford or find specialised experts.

"ZeitMind is the autonomous data engineer: it connects the systems, cleans the data and builds the application, with no additional headcount."

Zeit AI was founded in 2024 by Leopold von Waldthausen and Marvin Bornstein, both former employees of Palantir.

The company has developed ZeitMind, an AI agent that automates data engineering tasks and helps businesses use information from different systems.

Zeit AI focuses on mid-sized companies that often depend on spreadsheets and manual work for reporting and data analysis.

When their ERP or financial planning systems cannot provide the data they need, these companies often need extra data infrastructure. Building and managing this infrastructure can be expensive and requires specialised experts.

The company will use the new funding to reach more mid-sized businesses and hire more engineers to help launch and support ZeitMind.

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