Startup list · Europe + diaspora
European AI startups, including diaspora
Mistral, ElevenLabs, Lovable and Hugging Face are among the companies building AI models, products and infrastructure with European roots. This selection includes companies based in Europe and companies built abroad by European founders.
$383Bglobal funding · selected companies
United Kingdomtop hub
40companies shown
12diaspora companies
Selected for AI as a core product or enabling technology. Diaspora entries have European founders or were founded in Europe; their current headquarters and European connection are shown below. Includes operating spinouts, acquired and listed companies. Editorial order, with global company funding refreshed daily.
Editorial selection · Funding in USD · Updated 2026-09-15 · Source: Dealroom
| # | Company | Founded | HQ | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 M
Mistral AI
Language models, AI assistants and tools for developers
|
2023 | Paris, France | $6.2B |
| 2 |
 E
ElevenLabs
AI voice generation, dubbing and conversational agents
|
2022 | London, United Kingdom | $792M |
| 3 |
 L
Lovable
Build and edit web applications with natural language
|
2023 | Stockholms kommun, Sweden | $953M |
| 4 |
 H
Hugging Face
Open platform for AI models, datasets and applications
NVIDIA acquisition announced
|
2016 | New York City, United StatesFrench founders | $396M |
| 5 |
 B
Black Forest Labs
FLUX image generation and editing models
|
2024 | Freiburg, Germany | $431M |
| 6 |
 D
DeepL
AI translation and writing tools
|
2009 | Cologne, Germany | $410M |
| 7 |
 S
Synthesia
AI video generation with avatars and multilingual voiceovers
|
2017 | London, United Kingdom | $550M |
| 8 |
 P
Photoroom
AI product photography and image editing
|
2019 | Paris, France | $63M |
| 9 |
 L
Legora
AI tools for legal research, document review and drafting
|
2023 | Stockholms kommun, Sweden | $866M |
| 10 |
 P
Parloa
AI agents for enterprise customer service
|
2017 | Berlin, Germany | $564M |
| 11 |
 N
n8n
Workflow automation for AI agents and business applications
|
2019 | Berlin, Germany | $254M |
| 12 |
 D
Dust
AI agents connected to company knowledge and tools
|
2023 | Paris, France | $62M |
| 13 |
 G
Granola
AI meeting transcription and notes
|
2023 | London, United Kingdom | $197M |
| 14 |
 R
Recraft
AI image generation and vector design tools
|
2022 | London, United Kingdom | $42M |
| 15 |
 K
Krea
AI tools for generating and editing images and video
|
2022 | San Francisco, United StatesSpanish founders | $83M |
| 16 |
 P
Poolside
AI models for software development
|
2023 | San Francisco, United StatesDutch cofounder: Eiso Kant | $1.6B |
| 17 |
 C
Cursor
AI code editor and software development agents
|
2022 | San Francisco, United StatesSwedish cofounder: Arvid Lunnemark | $5.4B |
| 18 |
 H
H Company
AI agents that operate software and automate workflows
|
2024 | Paris, France | $220M |
| 19 |
 S
Stability AI
Generative models for images, video, audio and 3D
|
2019 | London, United Kingdom | $307M |
| 20 |
 S
Speechmatics
Speech recognition and transcription models
|
2009 | Cambridge, United Kingdom | $82M |
| 21 |
 P
PolyAI
Conversational AI for customer service calls
|
2017 | London, United Kingdom | $204M |
| 22 |
 V
voize
AI speech recognition for nursing documentation
|
2020 | Potsdam, Germany | $59M |
| 23 |
 W
Wayve
AI models and driving software for autonomous vehicles
|
2017 | London, United Kingdom | $2.6B |
| 24 |
 H
Helsing
AI and autonomous systems for defence
|
2021 | Munich, Germany | $3.3B |
| 25 |
 S
Sereact
AI software for robotic picking and handling
|
2021 | Stuttgart, Germany | $149M |
| 26 |
 I
Isomorphic Labs
AI models for drug discovery and design
|
2021 | London, United Kingdom | $2.7B |
| 27 |
 C
CuspAI
Generative AI for discovering and designing materials
|
2024 | Cambridge, United Kingdom | $580M |
| 28 |
 P
PhysicsX
AI models for engineering simulation and design
|
2019 | London, United Kingdom | $487M |
| 29 |
 C
Cradle
Generative AI for protein design and engineering
|
2021 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | $103M |
| 30 |
 O
Owkin
AI for drug discovery, clinical research and diagnostics
|
2016 | Paris, France | $368M |
| 31 |
 S
Sakana AI
AI research, model orchestration and autonomous discovery
|
2023 | Tokyo, JapanBritish cofounder: Llion Jones | $335M |
| 32 |
 W
World Labs
Spatial AI models for generating and understanding 3D worlds
|
2024 | Stanford, United StatesGerman cofounder: Christoph Lassner | $1.2B |
| 33 |
 D
Dataiku
Platform for building and deploying enterprise AI
|
2013 | New York City, United StatesFounded in Paris | $846M |
| 34 |
 D
Databricks
Data platform for analytics, machine learning and AI applications
|
2013 | San Francisco, United StatesRomanian cofounders | $25B |
| 35 |
 P
Perplexity
AI search and research tools with cited answers
|
2022 | San Francisco, United StatesBelarusian cofounder: Denis Yarats | $1.8B |
| 36 |
 N
Nscale
GPU cloud infrastructure for AI training and inference
|
2024 | London, United Kingdom | $3.7B |
| 37 |
 A
Axelera AI
AI inference chips and software for edge devices
|
2021 | Eindhoven, Netherlands | $448M |
| 38 |
 C
Cerebras Systems
Wafer-scale processors for AI training and inference
|
2015 | Sunnyvale, United StatesSwiss cofounder: Jean-Philippe Fricker | $2.8B |
| 39 |
 O
OpenAI
AI models and products including ChatGPT and Codex
|
2015 | San Francisco, United StatesPolish cofounder: Wojciech Zaremba | $192B |
| 40 |
 A
Anthropic
Claude models, AI assistants and coding agents
|
2021 | San Francisco, United StatesBritish cofounder: Jack Clark | $124B |
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