akirolabs

We provide an AI-powered Category Management Platform for procurement teams. Our platform helps teams build and execute category strategies faster and more effectively. It integrates business objectives, internal and external intelligence, stakeholder input, scenario modeling, and AI-assisted reasoning.

Our platform includes the akiroAssist AI, a Strategy Room for managing all aspects of procurement strategies, and Collaborative Workflows for cross-functional teamwork. We also offer “Procurement with Purpose” features to help meet ESG targets, a Central Repository for strategies, and Scenario Modeling tools for testing strategic options.

Founded in 2021, we are a software development company with 11-50 employees. Our customers have seen strategy development speed up by up to 90%, spend under strategy increase by up to 80%, savings opportunities grow by up to 10%, and business value improve by up to 5 times.

We work with clients in Automotive, Banking & Financial, Consumer Products, Healthcare, Industrial Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Oil & Gas, Retail, Telecommunications, and Utilities. We meet enterprise security standards like GDPR, ISO 27001, and UKAS. We also build our AI responsibly, following regulations like the EU AI Act.

Our mission is to give procurement teams the intelligence, structure, and speed they need to drive business outcomes. We aim to become the leading AI-powered system for strategic procurement.

Our core values are:

• Ambition: We redefine procurement through bold innovation, quick delivery, and continuous improvement, setting ambitious goals.
• Respect: We build integrity into our products and processes, honor commitments, ensure transparency, and treat colleagues with kindness.
• Collaboration: We unite strategy and stakeholders by building cross-functional teamwork into our workflows, turning silos into alignment, and encouraging co-creation.
• Versatility: We adapt to changing priorities and global scales, working across industries and geographies. We thrive on change with a remote-first mindset.
• Empowerment: We empower enterprise leaders with strategic ownership, helping them deliver outcomes and unlock value. We provide trust, ownership, and support from day one.
• Autonomy: We give procurement control with human judgment and AI support. Our flat culture encourages everyone to contribute and lead without hierarchy.

Michael Pleuger, Detlef Schultz, Christoph Flöthmann, and Tim Ergenzinger, all with backgrounds in procurement and consulting, founded akirolabs in Berlin in 2021. We have a team of 11-50 employees.

Our culture thrives on trust and open communication, fostering collaboration between our teams, founders, and customers. We are an impact-focused environment, prioritizing outcomes and results over tracking hours. We operate with a remote-first mindset and a flat structure, which encourages autonomy, creativity, and tangible achievements. Our employees are empowered to own their roles and innovate freely.

We are backed by venture capital firms and angel investors.

We offer competitive salaries. Our flexible, hybrid office culture typically involves 2-3 days a week in the office. Internships usually last 6–12 months, with options for extension or full-time roles.

We provide sales training covering consultative techniques and objection handling, along with insights into B2B SaaS sales best practices and industry trends. Our work environment focuses on impact and results, not just tracking hours.

We organize regular team and social activities. Employees get 26 vacation days plus 4 fixed company rest days, totaling 30 days per year. We offer opportunities for continuous growth through training and internal mobility. We support flexible work with remote options and provide generous paid time off. Employees contribute to helping global organizations build value-driven, sustainable supply chains.