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NestAI
Finnish physical-AI lab building sovereign adaptive intelligence for defence and autonomous systems
About NestAI
NestAI is a Helsinki, Finland physical-AI lab founded in 2025 by Peter Sarlin, whose previous company Silo AI became Europe’s largest AI acquisition when it was sold to AMD. NestAI develops NestOS, an open and interoperable adaptive operating system for unmanned vehicles, command-and-control platforms and critical-infrastructure operations. The lab brings together engineers and scientists across Finland, Sweden, Estonia and Germany with experience in AI research, hardware, autonomy and defence technology. Its model combines deep technical R&D with operational partnerships so deployed systems can keep learning while capability evolution remains under European control. In November 2025, NestAI raised €100 million from Nokia and Finnish state investment fund Tesi to build a European physical-AI lab and develop defence applications, and it continued expanding its operational partnerships in 2026.
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- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 2025
- Headquarters
- Helsinki, Finland
- Employees
- 112
- Open positions
- None listed
- Dealroom signal
- 60.1/100
- Industry
- Robotics, Enterprise Software
- Sector
- Defence, Security, Core AI, DT and LS, out of stealth, science-based
- Technology
- Artificial Intelligence, Deep Tech, Autonomous & Sensor Tech
- Business model
- SaaS
- Client focus
- b2b
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EARLY VCOther financing | Nov 2025 | $110M | $440M | Nokia Corporation · Tesi | ↗ |
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for NestAI is 9.4K monthly website visits, down 6% over the last three months. NestAI's team grew 250% over the past year.
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Investors
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Series A2 investors entered at this stage
Nokia Corporation
Tesi
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