In the age of AI, few companies are tackling one of the most tedious—but mission-critical—problems in modern business: the mess of unstructured data. Berlin-based Talonic is taking it head-on.
Whether it’s PDFs, scanned contracts, Excel spreadsheets, or handwritten notes, companies are drowning in information that machines can’t easily process. For years, structuring this type of data has required manual copying, pasting, and reviewing by humans. Despite the effort, results have often been slow and error-prone. Some studies suggest the average worker spends nearly a third of their week manually structuring data.
Talonic wants to change that…
“We built Talonic to do away with this type of data grunt work,” says co-founder and CEO Nikolas Adamopoulos. “Most AI companies focus on analysis, but that only works once the data is structured. We go one layer deeper—helping companies actually get their data into shape in the first place.”
Founded by Adamopoulos and CTO Holger Nordsiek, Talonic offers an API and platform that automatically extracts, cleans, and standardizes data from chaotic formats. The system is already being used in industries where documentation is voluminous and fragmented—healthcare, procurement, infrastructure, and finance.
In one standout case, a major German healthcare IT company deployed Talonic to process hospital patient files and auto-generate insurance claims. What once took human teams days to complete now takes minutes, with accuracy levels exceeding 98%.
Though headquartered in Berlin, Talonic has strong Nordic ties—both through early-stage investors and its growing client base across Europe. Current partners include digital health company Recare, sustainability platform Naviri, and Italy-based Performing Digital, among others.
Instead of building another AI dashboard, Talonic positions itself as a behind-the-scenes workhorse—an infrastructure layer that plugs into existing systems and makes data machine-ready.
Talonic’s early traction hasn’t gone unnoticed. The company is backed by private investors and deeptech R&D grants from both the German government and the EU. It’s a member of NVIDIA’s Inception program for AI companies and receives support from Humboldt University.
The competitive landscape is filled with heavyweights—from Cognite in Norway to Artificial Solutions in Sweden—but Talonic’s founders believe their research-intense, technical advancements and flexibility give them an edge. While others build full-stack solutions based on antiquated approaches to address the problem, Talonic stays lean, API-first, and laser-focused on interoperability.
And while the data automation space is crowded, Talonic’s founders see that as validation.
“The rise of AI means every company wants to be ‘data-driven’,” says Adamopoulos. “We’re just making sure their data is ready for it.”
There is a lot more information to be found on their website: https://www.talonic.com
