Empirisch Tech

Name

Empirisch Tech

Legal name

Empirisch Tech GmbH

Website

https://empirischtech.at

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Enterprise AI Platforms

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

End-to-End Enterprise AI Platforms (MLOps & Model Lifecycle Management) (HDAEANAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ), Responsible AI, Security & Privacy Platforms (Safety, Guardrails, PII) (HDAEANAG), AI/ML Engineering & Model Development Services (BPAEAHAF)

Keywords

• Enterprise AI platforms
• Sovereign LLM solutions
• GPU engineering simulation
• Synthetic data generation
• Regulated industry AI

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Enterprise AI Platforms (Chaperone AI, Numerical AI, DeepResearch, Simvera): Licensing and deployment of proprietary enterprise AI platforms built for regulated industries, deployed on customer infrastructure with privacy and compliance built in.
2. Azure Marketplace GPU Inference VMs & Desktop Environments: Pre-configured GPU inference virtual machines and Ubuntu desktop environments sold via Azure Marketplace, enabling direct cloud deployment for customers.
3. DevOps & Kubernetes Professional Services: Expert DevOps and Kubernetes consulting services covering microservices architecture, CI/CD pipelines, IaC, monitoring, security assessment, and managed Kubernetes clusters.
4. Synthetic Data API (Free Tier / Licensing): API-based synthetic data generation with free/basic license tier (up to 500 training iterations) and presumably paid tiers with higher quotas for enterprise use.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Empirisch Tech builds and sells enterprise-grade AI platforms for regulated industries. Its portfolio includes Chaperone AI (GDPR-compliant sovereign LLM suite), Numerical AI (GPU-accelerated engineering simulations and CFD Copilot), DeepResearch (AI research copilot for literature and patent search), and Simvera (industrial perception trained in simulation). The company also offers DevOps and Kubernetes professional services and a Synthetic Data Generation API.

Product overview

Empirisch Tech provides enterprise-grade AI platforms for regulated industries (pharma, simulation, research). The product portfolio includes four core AI products: Chaperone AI (secure, GDPR-compliant LLM suite with OpenAI-compatible API), Numerical AI (GPU-accelerated engineering simulations and CFD AI Copilot), DeepResearch (research copilot for literature/patent search with OCR), and Simvera (industrial perception using synthetic data and SynYOLO on factory cameras). Azure Marketplace offerings include Inference VM, NumericalAI Sandbox, and Ubuntu GNOME Desktop. Additional services include DevOps and Kubernetes services. The company operates from Vienna, Austria with open-source models available on Hugging Face.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Chaperone AI Enterprise-grade LLM suite offering secure, GDPR-compliant generative AI with custom models for domain-specific applications, automation, and data-driven insights. Self-hosted in Vienna, Austria, with an OpenAI-compatible API. Over 27,000 model downloads on Hugging Face.
• Numerical AI GPU-accelerated AI pipeline for engineering-grade simulations, featuring an AI Copilot for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations to solve complex engineering challenges at scale.
• DeepResearch AI-powered research copilot providing cross-disciplinary literature search, OCR-based paper analysis, PubMed and patent exploration, and automated autopilot report generation.
• Simvera Industrial perception platform trained entirely in simulation using photorealistic synthetic data and SynYOLO detectors deployed on live factory cameras, enabling zero manual labels and 48-hour sim-to-real deployment via CARLA and NVIDIA Omniverse pipeline.
• Inference VM Pre-configured GPU inference virtual machine licenses available on Azure Marketplace for deploying AI models directly on cloud infrastructure.
• NumericalAI Sandbox Desktop environment for Numerical AI experimentation and CFD simulation, available on Azure Marketplace.
• Ubuntu GNOME Desktop Pre-configured Ubuntu Linux desktop environment with GNOME GUI for Azure VM deployment, leveraging Canonical's Ubuntu distribution.
• Synthetic Data Curation API Privacy-preserving synthetic data generation API using GANs, with customizable data generation, realistic data fidelity, dynamic data evolution, differential privacy techniques, and seamless scalability. Python SDK with endpoints for user registration, file upload, GAN model training, synthetic data generation, and goodness-of-fit statistics.
• DevOps Services Professional DevOps services including CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, DevSecOps security integration, and continuous monitoring to empower the development lifecycle.
• Kubernetes Services Expert Kubernetes services including microservices architecture design, cluster assessment, monitoring, backup and disaster recovery, scaling optimization, and security assessment for managed Kubernetes clusters.

Quantifiable outcome

• Churn prediction models achieve 82% F1-score in telecom and 58% F1-score in banking (with class imbalance), using focal loss functions and Bayesian hyperparameter optimization
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability10 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• NVIDIA (Inception Program)coreTechnology or IntegrationEmpirisch Tech is a member of the NVIDIA Inception Program, which supports startups and emerging companies building with NVIDIA technologies. This partnership enables GPU-accelerated AI development, access to NVIDIA resources, and integration with the Omniverse platform used in Simvera's synthetic data pipeline.
• Microsoft for StartupscoreTechnology or IntegrationEmpirisch Tech participates in Microsoft for Startups program, enabling deployment of GPU inference VMs and desktop environments on Azure Marketplace and access to Microsoft cloud infrastructure and resources.
• AWS StartupscoreTechnology or IntegrationEmpirisch Tech is supported by AWS Startups program, enabling deployment of GPU inference environments on AWS cloud infrastructure alongside Azure and GCP offerings.
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)coreTechnology or IntegrationEmpirisch Tech supports GCP alongside Azure and AWS for deployment of GPU inference VMs and desktop environments, offering customers multi-cloud flexibility.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Aleph Alpha: German-based provider of sovereign, GDPR-compliant enterprise LLMs (Luminous) with self-hosted deployment, the most direct competitor to Empirisch Tech's Chaperone AI in the European sovereign-AI category. Comparable on sovereign hosting, regulated-industry focus, and custom domain-model positioning.
• Mistral AI: Paris-based European frontier AI lab offering open-weight and enterprise LLMs with emphasis on data sovereignty, GDPR alignment, and multi-cloud deployment. Competes with Chaperone AI on sovereign generative AI for European regulated enterprises and public sector.
• Mostly AI: Austria-based synthetic data platform using generative AI and differential privacy for privacy-preserving tabular and text data generation. Directly comparable to Empirisch Tech's GAN-based Synthetic Data API on privacy-first synthetic data for regulated industries.
• LightOn: French enterprise AI company offering sovereign LLMs and generative AI platforms deployed on customer infrastructure for regulated industries. Direct competitor to Chaperone AI in the European sovereign enterprise-LLM category.
• Tilde: European provider of sovereign multilingual LLMs and language technology with focus on EU language coverage and on-premise deployment. Competes with Chaperone AI on sovereign, GDPR-aligned LLM offerings for European regulated customers.

Broad incumbents

• H2O.ai: Enterprise AI/ML platform offering end-to-end model lifecycle, MLOps, and generative AI for regulated industries including banking and insurance. Comparable to Empirisch Tech's end-to-end enterprise AI positioning with a much broader portfolio and larger customer base.
• DataRobot: Enterprise AI platform providing MLOps, predictive analytics, and generative AI for industries including banking, telecom, and pharma. Comparable in offering AI platforms and pre-built industry models for regulated verticals, with substantially more resources and customers.
• Palantir Technologies: Enterprise data and AI platform serving regulated industries (pharma, finance, defense, government) with on-premises deployment and Foundry/AIP. Comparable to Empirisch Tech's regulated-industries enterprise AI positioning, with significantly larger scale and broader platform.

Regional players

• Synthesia: European AI video generation platform with enterprise-grade deployment and compliance focus. Comparable as a European-headquartered generative AI vendor serving enterprise customers with privacy/compliance as a differentiator, though in a different modality.

Emerging players

• Weights & Biases: Developer-focused MLOps and AI experiment tracking platform supporting enterprise ML lifecycle management. Adjacent to Empirisch Tech's enterprise AI platform positioning; comparable on serving ML practitioners building models for regulated use cases.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Competitive moat6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubhuggingface.co/empirischtech
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/empirisch-tech

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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