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Helsing
Helsing is a European defense-technology company that develops AI-enabled software and systems for military and security applications. It serves governments and armed forces, providing tools intended to improve battlefield sensing, decision-making, and operational effectiveness.
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Helsing at a glance
Helsing is an ai/ml company headquartered in Munich, Germany. It has raised at least $5.4B across the 3 funding rounds on record. Its most recent funding round, Series E, raised $2B in July 2026. Xcout tracks 5 named people at Helsing, including Gundbert Scherf (co-founder and Managing Director). Xcout recorded 280 job postings from Helsing in the last 90 days, naming tools such as SAP, Grafana, Prometheus.
Helsing leadership
- Gundbert Scherfco-founder and Managing Director
- Daniel Ekco-founder
- Denis MERCIERco-founder
- Niklas Köhlerco-founder
- Torsten Reilfounder
Helsing funding rounds
At least $5.4B raised across the 3 rounds on record. Every round on record:
| Date | Round | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series E | $2B | — | |
| Series E | $1.8B | 7 named | |
| Series E | $1.6B | 10 named |
Who invested in each round, lead investors, valuations and the co-investor graph — open the full funding history →
Hiring at Helsing
Xcout recorded 280 job postings from Helsing in the last 90 days, from a hiring record Xcout has kept since May 2026.
Tools named in Helsing's job postings
The weekly hiring trend, the roles and locations behind it and all 24 tools — see Helsing's hiring signals →
Recent Helsing news
Hiring vs the trend
Based on 239 job postings in the last 8 weeks (10 Aug – 4 Oct 2026), compared with 380 scale-up technology companies.
This describes a hiring pattern — how often Helsing’s job postings ask for AI skills, and how that changed against the previous 8 weeks, ranked among its peers. It says nothing about the company’s products or performance.
Signed-in members see the AI-skill share and its change with peer percentiles, role mix, posting momentum and advertised US pay against the market.
Investors
Tech stack
Helsing competitors
A few of Helsing's closest competitors — see the full list of competitors and alternatives →
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More on Helsing in Xcout Intel
- 5 named people with titles, LinkedIn and board committees
- 3 funding rounds with the investors in each, and who they co-invest with
- Weekly hiring history and the mix of roles behind it
- 3 corporate events with sources — deals, leadership changes, layoffs
- The full competitor set, tracking, exports and API access