Needle - About the company
Needle is a seed company based in Wilmington (United States), founded in 2024 by Onur Eken and Jan Heimes. It operates as a Provider of AI-powered platform for knowledge threading and workflow automation. Needle has raised $2.2M in funding from Presight Capital and 468 Capital. The company has 1920 active competitors, including 150 funded and 63 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Lightning, Anyscale and Domo.
Company Details
Provider of AI-powered platform for knowledge threading and workflow automation. The platform allows users to add documents and connect data sources. It offers tools for automating security audits, competitor analysis, and generating tailored outreach messages. The platform also provides features such as smart auto-responders and research paper monitors.
- Website
- needle-ai.com
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@needle-ai.com
- Phone Number
- +49 **********
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2024
Location
Wilmington, United States
Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$2.2M in 1 round
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
80th among 1920 active competitors
Employee Count
15 as on May 31, 2026
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Needle's funding and investors
Needle has raised a total funding of $2.2M over 1 round. Its latest funding round was a Seed round on Mar 03, 2025 for $*****. 2 investors participated in its latest round. Needle has 2 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Needle:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 03, 2025 | 8278806 | Seed | 2711476 | 8197421 | 1741610 | 9105309 |
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Needle's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileHere are the details of Needle's key team members:
- Onur Eken: Co-Founder & CTO of Needle. Contact Info: 1 email address
- Jan Heimes: Co-Founder & CEO of Needle. Contact Info: 1 email address
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Needle's employee count trend
Needle has 15 employees as of May 26. Here is Needle's employee count trend over the years:
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Needle's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Needle include Lightning, Anyscale and Domo. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Needle, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |  Lightning 2017, New York City (United States), Series C | Provider of low code AI application development software | $127M | 77/100 | |
2nd | Anyscale 2019, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Provider of an AI-based open source framework for building distributed applications | $281M | 75/100 | |
3rd | Domo 2010, American Fork (United States), Public | Provider of an AI and data products platform for businesses | $730M | 71/100 | |
4th | Modular 2017, Mountain View (United States), Acquired | Developing next-generation AI development platform | $380M | 71/100 | |
5th |  Factory 2023, San Francisco (United States), Series D | Developer of artificial intelligence solutions for industrial automation and optimization | $420M | 70/100 | |
6th |  Abacus.AI 2019, San Francisco (United States), Series C | Provides AI based data models creation for data science | $90.3M | 68/100 | |
7th | Squirro 2012, Zurich (Switzerland), Series B | Developer of generative AI platforms for enterprise data management tasks | $15.5M | 68/100 | |
8th | Weights & Biases 2017, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Provider of machine learning model development and management solutions | $250M | 67/100 | |
9th |  DataRobot 2012, Boston (United States), Series G | Provider of an agent workforce platform for enterprise artificial intelligence | $1.05B | 67/100 | |
10th | Veritone 2014, Irvine (United States), Public | Platform offering AI and cloud-based cognitive analytics platform for audio and video content | $15M | 67/100 | |
80th | Needle 2024, Wilmington (United States), Seed | Provider of AI-powered platform for knowledge threading and workflow automation | $2.2M | 40/100 |
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Needle's Investments and acquisitions
Needle has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
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News related to Needle
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Needle Secures $2.2 Million in Seed FundingStartup Rise EU•Mar 03, 2025•Needle, 468 Capital, Presight Capital, Tuft & Needle and 5 others
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