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September 15, 2025

Aleph Alpha: Can Germany’s one-time OpenAI challenger bounce back?

German AI startup delays presentation of strategic revamp


Jonas Andrulis, CEO of Aleph Alpha. Image credits: Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg

In 2023, Aleph Alpha was riding high as Germany’s most hyped AI startup, widely hailed as the nation’s answer to OpenAI.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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