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May 28, 2025

Index Ventures back Palantir alumni’s fast-track patenting startup in £3m round

Ankar uses AI to fast-track lengthy patent application processes

Palantir alumni Tamar Gomez and Wiem Gharbi have raised a £3m (€3.6m) seed round led by global investor Index for Ankar, a startup developing an AI-powered platform helping researchers file patents for their inventions faster.

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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