Ankar
ankar.ai
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$20M
1 round on record
Latest round
$20M
Series A · Dec 2025 · 10 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
12
open roles
Backers
3
Daphni, Index Ventures
The money's age
Fresh money
10 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
20/100
fresh money
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Dec 17, 2025
Raised a round Series A $20M · Fortune
Jun 2024
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Web presence
top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | Dec 2025 | $20M | — | Fortune |
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Daphni 
Index Ventures 
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How Ankar hires
Truth index
C 60/100
Ghost roles
67%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
Ankar scores C on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 12 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 67% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Visa sponsorship
A-rated
Sponsor licence
Skilled Worker
Visa route
11
Open roles in United Kingdom
In the register as Ankar.ai, London
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News
Ankar Hires Senior Patent Partner as Head of Patent Innovation
Van der Heijden joins Ankar after nearly two decades in private practice, where he built a reputation as one of the industry's most forward-thinking voices on the practical use of technology in patent prosecution. In his new role, he will work closely wit
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Ankar AI Featured in Fortune: Palantir Alums Using AI to Streamline Patent Filing
Two former Palantir employees hoping to use AI to transform the process for filing and managing patents have secured $20 million in investment for their London-based startup, Ankar. The Series A funding round for Ankar was led by venture capital firm Atom
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Ankar: $20 Million Series A Raised To Expand AI-Powered Patent Platform
Ankar, a London-based software company building an
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Ankar raises $20M to expand AI-powered patent operating system
Ankar raises $20M to expand AI-powered patent operating system - SiliconANGLE
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Patent Startup Ankar Raises $20M in Series A Round
With the funding, Ankar aims to expand its reach in the U.S., grow its engineering team and more.
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AI Patent Startup Ankar Raises $20M, Plans Expansion - Law360 Pulse
London-based Ankar, which sells an artificial intelligence platform designed for the patent lifecycle, Wednesday announced a $20 million Series A funding round to double its current headcount and expand further into the U.S.
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Deux Françaises passées par Palantir lèvent 20 millions de dollars auprès d'Atomico et Daphni pour faciliter le brevetage des innovations
Wiem Gharbi et Tamar Gomez ont créé une plateforme pour aider les entreprises à passer plus rapidement de l'idée à l'obtention du brevet.
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Ankar Bags $20m For AI-Driven Patent Platform
Ankar, an AI-driven patent platform, has raised a $20m Series A round led by Atomico, with Index Ventures increasing its investment. It's another sign that the IP world is being disrupted as a myri…
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Exclusive: AI for patent filings startup Ankar secures $20 million Series A round
Founded by Palantir alums Tamar Gomez and Wiem Gharbi, the company counts L'Oréal and Vorys among its early customers.
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Ankar AI Ltd.
Ankar AIis the AI operating system built for patent professionals. We offer a comprehensive suite of AI-powered tools that can be tailored to your workflows, helping your team elevate every stage of the patent lifecycle, from idea generation and drafting
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Ankar over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
3
Postings analysed
13
Stack modernity
78/100
Cloud & platforms
Datadog100%
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OpenAI100%
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$157k
Typical range
$100k – $402k
Open positions
4
2
Jobs
Senior
100%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 2 | $251k | $100k – $402k |
Highest paying role
Senior Product Engineer
$402k
Normalized to USD per year
Growth
Hiring Momentum
41/100
Stable
Open positions
12
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
206 days
faster than 6% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Marketing
50% ▼
HR
25% ▼
Industrial Engineering
25% ▼
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
2
Countries
2
Busiest office
London
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London
United Kingdom
HQ
11 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 27% engineering 50-200 est. staff $239k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Marketing, Sales
New York
United States
Sales office
4 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 25% engineering 10-50 est. staff $100k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Backend, Industrial Engineering
Jobs
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≈ $72k – $144k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 4+ years exp · London
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≈ $55k – $127k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 2+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · London · New York
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Financials
Total raised
$20M
Latest round
Series A
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | 2025 | $20M | Details |