akeno provides an AI-driven production planning platform that ingests real-time machine status, material availability, and capacity utilisation to generate adaptive, self-learning production plans. The software continuously updates plans to improve reliability, reduce inventories, and increase energy efficiency, and it anticipates disruptions such as machine delays or new production windows. akeno targets complex, capacity-constrained sectors including chemical and pharmaceutical, food and beverage, and metalworking. Customers named in the article include BASF Coatings, the Beckers Group, and SunChemical. The company has announced a €4.5 million Seed financing and plans to use the capital to triple its team and enter new industries. Having already entered the Chinese market, akeno intends to expand into North America and other Asian countries.

Total raised

$5M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

May 2025