WhiteBridge AI raises €2.6 million to power next‑gen people insights
Vilnius-based startup WhiteBridge AI has secured €2.6 million in fresh funding to accelerate the development of its AI-powered people research engine, a platform designed to transform how organizations discover, analyze and understand talent and key professionals worldwide.
An AI engine built for people intelligence
WhiteBridge AI uses advanced machine learning and natural language processing to aggregate and interpret vast amounts of publicly available professional data. The platform helps recruiters, HR teams, sales organizations and investors identify relevant individuals, map talent pools and uncover hard-to-find experts with far greater speed and precision than traditional tools.
By combining multiple public data sources into a single, searchable layer, the startup aims to replace fragmented manual research with automated, insight-driven workflows. The engine surfaces signals on skills, experience, seniority and professional activity, providing a richer view of people than conventional CV databases or static professional networks.
Funding to scale product and international reach
The €2.6 million round will be used to strengthen the company’s data infrastructure, refine its AI algorithms and expand commercial operations across Europe and beyond. Investment will also go into privacy-by-design architecture to ensure compliance with data protection and GDPR requirements while working exclusively with lawful, publicly available information.
With demand for accurate, real-time people analytics growing across recruitment, business development and market intelligence, WhiteBridge AI is positioning itself as a core data layer for organizations that depend on high-quality information about individuals and teams.
Rising competition in AI-driven talent intelligence
The funding underscores the rapid expansion of the talent intelligence and HR tech market, where startups are racing to apply AI to long-standing pain points in sourcing, due diligence and people research. By focusing on depth, accuracy and ethical data use, WhiteBridge AI aims to differentiate itself from generic search tools and legacy recruitment platforms.
As organizations seek a competitive edge in hiring and deal-making, AI-native people research engines such as WhiteBridge AI are emerging as critical infrastructure for data-driven decision-making about human capital.