Ankar

Ankar sells an AI software platform for research, innovation and patent professionals. The product covers the innovation lifecycle: landscape and technology scouting, concept generation and experiment support, invention disclosure, patent drafting, prosecution, freedom-to-operate and portfolio management.

Its customers are R&D organisations and patent professionals in sectors such as life sciences, aeronautics and defence, semiconductors, automotive and industrials, and consumer R&D. The website describes a partnership-led deployment model in which tools are tailored to each client's workflows, and it cites more than 1,000 researchers, inventors and IP professionals as users.

The company describes its founders as co-founders Wiem Gharbi and Tamar Gomez, both with prior experience at Palantir. The website states that Ankar has raised $24M from investors including Atomico, Index Ventures and Norrsken. Its registry country is the United Kingdom, and the website lists job openings in London and New York, mainly in product and engineering, go-to-market, sales and people operations, plus patent engineering roles.

Product: AI-powered software platform for patent and R&D teams, spanning technology landscape analysis, invention support, patent drafting and prosecution.