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Helsing

Germany · Defense AI · private
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Summary

Europe's highest-valued defense-tech company, building AI software for sensor fusion and battlefield decision-making plus autonomous effectors across air, land, sea and undersea. Core products include the Altra combat-cloud AI, the HX-2 loitering munition and the CA-1 Europa autonomous-combat-aircraft concept.

Notable

Reached a ~$18B valuation with a $1.8B Series E in July 2026 (Dragoneer, Lightspeed), after a EUR 600M Series D in 2025. Chaired by Spotify Daniel Ek (via Prima Materia) and ex-Airbus CEO Tom Enders; co-founder Torsten Reil previously founded games-AI firm NaturalMotion, and Gundbert Scherf is a former German MoD official. Building Resilience Factory drone plants (>1,000 drones/month) and shares a Bundeswehr loitering-munition framework with Stark.

Key facts

Headquarters
Munich
Founded
2021
Role
builder
Category
Defense
Sector
Defense AI
Status
private
Employees
~900
CEO
Torsten Reil, Gundbert Scherf (co-CEOs)
Founders
Torsten Reil, Gundbert Scherf, Niklas Köhler
Funding
~$3.4B total
Valuation
~$18B