About amber
amber is an Aachen-based AI platform that helps small and medium-sized businesses find and use internal company knowledge. Its AI Data Layer connects and structures information from emails, documents, cloud apps and internal systems before applying large language models. Employees use it to retrieve knowledge, support onboarding and automate knowledge-heavy workflows.
What is amber?
What is amber?
amber is an AI platform headquartered in Aachen, Germany, built to help small and medium-sized businesses access and use their internal knowledge. It connects, structures and contextualises company information spread across emails, documents, cloud applications and internal systems.
The company addresses two problems. Company data is often fragmented across systems, which limits how well AI models understand business context and how reliable their answers are. Organisations also risk losing institutional knowledge when experienced employees leave or retire.
At the core of the platform is amber's proprietary AI Data Layer, which builds a unified understanding of information across enterprise systems before large language models are applied. By feeding models structured and relevant context, the approach is designed to improve answer accuracy while reducing the amount of unstructured data AI systems need to process. Employees can retrieve information that would otherwise require searching through files, emails and systems, and the platform supports knowledge preservation, onboarding and workflow automation.
amber was founded by Bastian Maiworm, Philipp Reissel (CEO) and Igli Manaj. In August 2026 it raised EUR 7 million in Series A funding co-led by Ventech and NRW.Venture, to expand across Europe starting with Benelux and deepen integrations with business systems.
Pros
- Connects knowledge across emails, documents, cloud apps and internal systems
- AI Data Layer structures context before applying language models
- Helps preserve institutional knowledge and support onboarding
- Built with SMEs in mind
Cons
- Website and positioning are primarily German-language
- Answer quality depends on which systems are connected
- Pricing is not stated in the funding coverage
How to Use amber
- 1Sign up
Get started through the amber website for your company.
- 2Connect data sources
Link email, document storage, cloud applications and internal systems.
- 3Ask questions
Search for internal information in natural language instead of asking colleagues.
- 4Automate workflows
Use amber for onboarding and recurring knowledge-intensive tasks.