Xayn

Xayn is pioneering next genAI for large organizations. The European startup builds secure, sovereign, and sustainable AI systems that leverage the power of language models at scale. Based on the latest research, Xayn develops its technology as energy efficient and privacy-protecting AI solution “Made In Germany”. Its Retrieval Augmented Generative AI systems unlocks the best of both worlds of Tiny and Large Language Models for organizations.

Born out of research at Oxford University and Imperial College London, the Berlin-based company is committed to European values of transparency, privacy, and sustainability and develops its AI systems as open-source technology. Founded in 2017 by Dr Leif-Nissen Lundbæk, Professor Michael Huth and Felix Hahmann, Xayn’s academic vision remains, with a workforce comprised of more than 35% PhDs. The startup has received investment funding of 19.5 million EURO from Global Brain Corporation, KDDI Open Innovation Fund, Earlybird, and Dominik Schiener.

Based on the latest research, Xayn develops its technology as energy efficient and privacy-protecting AI solution “Made In Germany”. Its Retrieval Augmented Generative AI systems unlocks the best of both worlds of Tiny and Large Language Models for organizations.

Xayn started as a research project at the University of Oxford and Imperial College London by Leif Nissen Lundbæk, PhD, and Professor Michael Huth. Together with Felix Hahmann, they founded the tech company in 2017. To this day, that academic vision remains with a workforce comprised of more than 35 % PhDs.

Leif-Nissen Lundbaek Vorstand
since 2017

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