ask_ui

Tools & DIY Supplies · Artificial Intelligence
2open roles
3backers · Helmholtz, LEA Partners GmbH
2021founded
40stories in the press

Overview

Other tools store a script, a model or a recorded path, and someone maintains it every time the product moves. AskUI stores what you meant, and resolves it at run time on desktop, web, Android and machine HMIs. The test survives the redesign.

Key facts

As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 2 open roles at ask_ui. ask_ui is headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany. It was founded in 2021.

Open roles
2Job postings Alion tracks, as of Nov 13, 2026
Headquarters
Karlsruhe, GermanyAlion company profile, updated Nov 12, 2026
Founded
2021Alion company profile, updated Nov 12, 2026
Technologies in its job postings
6Named in its job postings

Funding and backers

Hiring now
2
+2 posted in 30 days
Backers
3
Helmholtz, LEA Partners GmbH
Momentum
42/100
hiring for its size, in the news
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
Jun 28, 2022 Launched on Hacker News Show HN: (Test-)Automation with Computer Vision 2021 Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 7%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
GitHub stars
734 ★
32 public repositories
Launched on Hacker News
Jun 2022
1 points
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity askui GmbH its site
Registered 3 Mar 2021
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Helmholtz accelerator LEA Partners GmbH fund Seedcamp fund
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
29/100
Slowing
Open positions
2
0 opened / 1 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
18 days
faster than 63% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~10 hours
11/12/2026
Hiring Dynamics 0%
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.
Sales
50% ▲
Early Careers
25% ▲
Solutions
25% ▲

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at ask_ui over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
6
Postings analysed
1
Stack modernity
78/100
Languages
Python
Frameworks & libraries
Appium
Playwright
Robot Framework
Selenium
Practices & domains
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Connections

List
Graph
Found in company registers, site code, DNS and hiring. Each connection shows how sure we are and the evidence, with its source and date.
Shared investors3
LEA Partners GmbHVia a fund
50 portfolio companies: WILKENS-IT Handels und Service GmbH & Co. KG, Quantium Accounts, LEA Ventures and 47 more
SeedcampVia a fund
336 portfolio companies: Pelagon, Daisytuner, Nexus Marine and 333 more
HelmholtzVia a fund
372 portfolio companies: Marton, POMA AI GmbH, EchoSpaces GmbH and 369 more
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News

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Blog 4 months ago
Visual Testing with AI: How to Catch UI Bugs Your Scripts Miss
Script-based tests confirm elements exist - not what users actually see. Learn how AskUI's agentic testing catches the UI bugs scripts miss.
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Blog 5 months ago
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe Germany
HQ
2 open roles 4 posted in 90 days $56k Avg Salary
hires for Sales
seen since Oct 2026 job postings

How to cite this page

Alion, "ask_ui: key facts", as of Nov 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/askui

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