Dutch AI startup Perry makes its official debut immediately, asserting a €1.6 million funding spherical to assist ease the stress on Europe’s technical workforce by offering AI-powered work directions
The spherical was led by Berlin-based specialist fund Revent, joined by angel traders from corporations like Google and OpenAI.
“Getting the most recent AI know-how within the palms of technical staff will make a giant distinction. Utilizing Perry, staff can get skilled extra successfully, work extra safely and ship larger high quality work,” says Co-founder Arie Kuiper.
Based in 2025 by Laurens Feenstra and Arie Kuiper, Perry develops AI-powered work directions to empower technicians on the job.
The founding staff brings numerous experience from throughout the sector, Feenstra was previously concerned with Google, Waymo, and TomTom, whereas Kuiper has expertise in McKinsey and BuyBay.
The corporate believes their providing comes at a important time: throughout Europe, there’s a power scarcity of technical personnel. Over the previous twenty years, the variety of folks working in technical roles has dropped by round 15 million – as per knowledge supplied by Perry. This pattern will proceed within the subsequent twenty years on account of an getting old workforce and restricted new entrants.
Perry says that sectors like renewable vitality, telecom, and building are below menace of stagnation.
“At this time, many technicians don’t get a lot help. They typically should depend on prolonged manuals. This results in security dangers and error prices. As a consequence of a scarcity of higher choices, some consultants get referred to as as much as 100 occasions a day to assist out,” provides Co-founder Laurens Feenstra. “Our answer makes the information of skilled professionals obtainable to everybody, precisely when it’s wanted. In the end, we would like each new and skilled staff to be supported via their duties with reside AI video calls.”
As an alternative of advanced manuals and outdated paperwork, Perry goals to supply clear, visible directions that mechanically adapt to the work state of affairs utilizing synthetic intelligence. The software program additionally reprotedly learns from real-world suggestions.
Perry develops its know-how in shut collaboration with technicians, utilizing area analysis and on-site testing.
The primary buyer, vitality infrastructure firm Van Vulpen, is already utilizing the know-how to coach and help staff.
Because of AI, work directions are mechanically translated and adjusted to the consumer’s language stage, enabling staff from throughout Europe, from Poland to Portugal, to collaborate instantly and successfully.
“We’re seeing employee shortages and unemployment on the similar time. That reveals we have to practice folks smarter and help them extra successfully. With Perry, we’re utilizing know-how to assist new hires change into efficient in a short time,” provides Kuiper.
This funding spherical is seen as a strategic step towards speedy scaling. The corporate has already recruited an AI engineer and a consumer analysis specialist. With the funding, Perry will develop the staff, proceed growing its software program and AI fashions, and develop into Germany, France, and the UK.
“Perry’s mission addresses an pressing societal problem,” says Lauren Lentz, founding accomplice at Revent. “With out sufficient expert professionals, progress in key sectors just like the vitality transition dangers grinding to a halt.”
