What DHN.digital does

DHN.digital (legal entity: DHN Digital UG, registered in Flensburg, headquartered in Garding, Schleswig-Holstein) is a German AI automation services company that builds customized document-processing and workflow-automation solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (KMU). The company operates a modular platform branded as the KI-Automatisierung Plattform and offers six core products: SDB2Excel (automated extraction and evaluation of chemical safety data sheets), Vertragserstellung für erneuerbare Energien (automated land-owner contract generation), Gefahrgut-Label Erstellung (dangerous goods label generation), Automatische Auftragserfassung (email/PDF order capture), Gefahrgutlagerung (hazardous goods storage compliance checks), and Genehmigungsunterlagen (permit and measure sheet generation for renewable energy). Underlying technology combines a configurable AI rule engine with NLP, image, and structured-data extraction supporting PDF, DOCX, CSV, EML, JPG, and PNG inputs and Excel/Word/PDF outputs; infrastructure is hosted on Google Cloud Platform.

The company sells through a consultative direct-sales motion: a free initial consultation (Erstgespräch / Kostenlose LIVE Demo) feeds into bespoke solution configuration, go-live, and ongoing optimization under a 4-step implementation process. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is described as project-based and quote-driven. Additional revenue streams include standalone AI consulting and workshops (KI-Beratung und Workshops) and web design and development services, both positioned as add-ons. Customer logos span five verticals — renewable energy (Enertrag), logistics/hazardous goods (L.W. Cretschmar), chemistry (Dr. Stamer), construction/renovation (Hamburg Sanieren), and healthcare/elderly care (SecurSenior). A joint-marketing arrangement with L.W. Cretschmar provides a referral channel into logistics customers, and digital demand generation is run through Google Ads, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Mailchimp. The company is privately held, founder-controlled, with no disclosed external funding.

Name

DHN.digital

Legal name

DHN Digital UG (limited liability)

Website

https://dhn.digital

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

DHN.digital builds customized AI document-processing and workflow-automation solutions for German SMEs in chemistry, logistics, renewable energy, construction, and care, combining configurable AI rule engines with consultative implementation services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Document Automation

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

AI/ML Engineering & Model Development Services (BPAEAHAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Generative AI & LLM Solutions Services (RAG, Agents, Copilots) (BPAEAHAG), AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ)

Keywords

• AI document automation
• Contract automation software
• Safety data extraction
• Workflow automation platform
• Custom AI solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Garding

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. AI Automation Solutions: DHN.digital sells customized AI automation solutions to SMEs, implementing document processing, data extraction, and workflow automation for specific business processes. Revenue appears to be generated through project-based professional services engagements and likely recurring subscriptions for deployed solutions, given the emphasis on individual configuration and ongoing optimization after go-live.
2. KI-Beratung und Workshops (AI Consulting & Workshops): The company also offers AI consulting and workshops as a standalone service, helping SMEs identify and prioritize AI automation opportunities through practical, workshop-based sessions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

DHN.digital builds and deploys customized AI automation solutions for German SMEs (Mittelstand), with a core focus on automated document processing and data extraction. Its platform converts unstructured inputs (PDF safety data sheets, emails, Excel, images) into structured output (Excel, CRM records, contracts, hazardous goods labels) using proprietary AI rule engines configured to each client's document types and business logic. Beyond software, it delivers the solutions through a 4-step process of consultation, configuration, go-live, and ongoing optimization, supplemented by AI consulting workshops.

Product overview

DHN.digital is an AI automation platform for SMEs (Kleinst-, kleine und mittlere Unternehmen) offering customized AI solutions with personal support. The platform operates as a modular solution with core document processing products including SDB2Excel (safety data sheet extraction), automated contract creation for renewable energy projects, dangerous goods label creation, automatic order capture, logistics warehouse management, and approval documentation generation. Additional services include web design, web development, and AI consulting/workshops. All solutions follow a 4-step implementation process: initial consultation, individual configuration, go-live, and ongoing optimization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• KI-Automatisierung Plattform (AI Automation Platform) Modular AI platform that automates time-consuming, repetitive, document-based tasks in SMEs. Combines configurable AI rule engines with personal support and a 4-step implementation process (consultation, individual setup, go-live, optimization) to deliver customized solutions for chemical, logistics, renewable energy, and care-sector clients.
• SDB2Excel (Safety Data Sheets to Excel) Automated AI-based extraction of safety data from chemical safety data sheets (Sicherheitsdatenblätter / SDBs), with consistent evaluation using the company's AI rule engine and conversion of PDF/CSV inputs to structured Excel output. Used by chemical manufacturers, distributors, and procurement teams (e.g., Dr. Stamer) to eliminate manual product evaluation in tendering.
• Vertragserstellung für erneuerbare Energien (Contract Creation for Renewable Energy) Fully automated AI-driven creation of individualized contracts with landowners for large-scale renewable energy projects, based on predefined clause logic and structured contact data. Used by German renewable energy project developers (e.g., Enertrag) to accelerate contract drafting across many landowner agreements.
• Gefahrgut-Label Erstellung (Hazardous Goods Label Generation) AI-powered extraction of all relevant data from chemical safety data sheets to automatically generate ready-to-print hazardous goods (Gefahrgut) labels as print templates, replacing manual label creation in chemistry and logistics operations.
• Automatische Auftragserfassung (Automated Order Capture) Fully automatic AI-driven extraction of incoming orders from emails and PDF attachments and structured export to downstream systems based on customer-specific templates. Used by manufacturing, wholesale, and trading companies to eliminate manual order re-keying into ERP/CRM.
• Gefahrgutlagerung für Logistik (Hazardous Goods Storage for Logistics) Automated AI-driven extraction of hazardous goods storage conditions from customer PDFs, emails, and related documents into Excel to enable immediate storage-eligibility decisions based on warehouse conditions and regulatory requirements. Used by logistics providers such as L.W. Cretschmar.
• Genehmigungsunterlagen für erneuerbare Energien (Approval Documents for Renewable Energy) AI-based system for automatic creation of measure specification (Genehmigungsunterlagen) documents with uniform structure, applying species- and country-specific logic and formulations for German renewable energy project developers.
• KI-Beratung und Workshops (AI Consulting and Workshops) Standalone AI consulting and practice-oriented workshops that help SMEs identify, define, and evaluate AI automation use cases and projects for implementation, separate from any specific product deployment.

Quantifiable outcome

• 25.0 hours saved per month for 100 documents processed at 15 minutes average manual processing time per document (based on DHN's savings calculator on dhn.digital).

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• L.W. Cretschmar GmbH & Co. KGminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDHN.digital shares customer names and email addresses with L.W. Cretschmar GmbH & Co. KG for joint marketing and sales purposes. This partnership enables Cretschmar customers to receive targeted information about DHN's AI automation solutions, and DHN gains access to Cretschmar's logistics customer base. The data sharing is based on user consent per GDPR Art. 6(1)(a).
• Google Cloud PlatformcoreTechnology or IntegrationDHN.digital uses Google Cloud services (including cloud storage, document management, and infrastructure) for hosting its online platform and delivering AI services. Google Cloud provides the underlying compute and storage infrastructure for the AI document processing platform.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hypatos: Germany-based AI company focused on automated document processing (invoices, orders, compliance documents) for enterprise and mid-market. Directly comparable to DHN.digital in offering AI-powered extraction and structuring of business documents, with similar customer-base overlap in DACH.
• Rossum: AI document processing platform (originally Czech, serving European enterprise customers) that automates data extraction from business documents. Comparable to DHN.digital's core SDB2Excel and order-capture functionality, though at a much larger scale.
• Parashift: Swiss AI company providing document extraction and automation for finance, logistics, and supply chain use cases. Directly comparable to DHN.digital in targeting European mid-market companies for document-processing automation.
• Konfuzio: German AI platform for intelligent document processing, offering custom AI models for extraction and classification of unstructured documents. Targets a similar German/European enterprise customer base as DHN.digital, with comparable use cases in regulated industries.

Broad incumbents

• Celonis: Large German-founded process mining and AI automation platform serving global enterprises. While broader than DHN's document-processing focus, Celonis competes for the same AI automation budget in German Mittelstand and enterprise accounts.
• Automation Anywhere: Enterprise RPA and AI automation platform with document-processing capabilities. Competes for the same business process automation use cases as DHN.digital, especially in larger organizations.
• UiPath: Global leader in robotic process automation and AI-powered document understanding. A scaled incumbent whose document-processing capabilities overlap with DHN.digital's automation platform, often evaluated by the same German enterprise buyers.
• WorkFusion: AI-powered automation platform for financial services and regulated industries. Comparable to DHN.digital in its focus on automating document-heavy compliance workflows, though at enterprise scale.

Emerging players

• Docparser: Document parsing SaaS for structured data extraction from PDFs and forms. Comparable in its core extraction capability to DHN.digital's SDB2Excel and order-capture products, though offers less customization for regulated industries.
• Levity: No-code AI workflow automation tool for document classification and extraction tasks. Targets a slightly different (less technical) buyer than DHN.digital but overlaps in the SME document-automation niche.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dhn-digital

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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