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SCAILE is an AI visibility company building infrastructure to make brands visible in AI search, with a mission to make every brand the answer in AI search. It aims for brands to be discovered, cited, and recommended by AI systems such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews, and is live with clients including Beurer, Building Radar, and Lyceum Technologies. The company counts Google Cloud for Startups and NCA among its backers and is trusted by 40+ companies across 14+ industries. The founder-led team, based in Munich and Hamburg, includes co-founders Simon Wilhelm (CEO), August Gutsche (CPO), and Anton Billstein, with backgrounds at BCG and La Famiglia VC. SCAILE is supported by programs such as IFB Innovationsstarter, Microsoft Founders Hub, Notion Startups, and TUM Venture Labs / TUM.ai, and has a team size of approximately 8-12 people.

Aleph is AI-native and designed to be the always-on decision layer for modern businesses, offering real-time data collaboration for finance teams and automating reporting, variance analysis, and forecasting. It operates as a global digital advertising powerhouse serving 150+ countries, connecting over 26,000 advertisers to a 3 billion consumer audience and partnering with major platforms such as TikTok, X, Microsoft, Amazon, Pinterest, Reddit, Spotify and Google. Its mission is to make the digital world accessible to all, while connecting global brands with local audiences in emerging markets and empowering businesses and individuals through its Digital Ad Expert education platform. The company also facilitates cross-border payments and credit underwriting through Local Payments by Aleph, supported by a team of over 1,500 digital experts in 75+ offices and backing from investors including CVC Partners, Mercado Libre, Sony, X (formerly Twitter), and Snap. Aleph serves a spectrum of clients from small startups to multinational corporations, boasting a trial-to-customer conversion rate exceeding 90%.

Ambi is building the interface for the AI era - software and hardware that move at the speed of thought. We're creating a living memory system that turns conversations, meetings, and daily signals into one connected knowledge base, across phone, watch, and desktop. Backed and early-stage, headquartered in San Francisco with hybrid flexibility - this is a ground-floor seat on category-defining hardware.