Needle
Transform organizations into AI-enabled ones by providing a platform to understand, identify, and quickly leverage existing data assets for AI search and agent development.
At a Glance
- SaaS companies
- Legal Tech
- Manufacturing
- E-commerce
AI Tools by Needle
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Needle
AI Knowledge Search and Automation
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Products & Services
AI-powered search platform that builds a knowledge base from PDFs, docs, and various connectors (Slack, Google Drive, Notion).
Automation platform that allows users to build AI agents with custom tools and memory (RAG) using their own data.
Market Position
Needle positions itself as an 'AI Intern' that eliminates busywork by threading together siloed data, differing from generic search tools by focusing on agentic workflows and ease of integration.
Leadership
Founders
Jan Heimes
Co-founder and CEO of Needle. Previously a Data Engineer at Climeworks and Notable Labs (YC 2015). Also has experience as a software engineer contractor and was a YouTuber.
Onur Eken
Co-founder and CTO of Needle. Previously Engineering Lead at Everstores and software engineer at Delivery Hero and Celonis.
Executive Team
Jan Heimes
Co-founder & CEO
Background in data engineering and software development at companies like Climeworks and Notable Labs.
Onur Eken
Co-founder & CTO
Extensive experience leading engineering teams at Everstores, Delivery Hero, and Celonis.
Founding Story
Founded by Jan Heimes and Onur Eken, who experienced the inefficiencies of siloed data while working at companies like Climeworks, Delivery Hero, and Celonis. They started Needle to democratize AI adoption by making it easy to build AI agents and search interfaces directly on company data.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Subscription-based SaaS (monthly tiers) with pay-as-you-go options for additional usage.
Pricing Tiers
Unlimited collections, Unlimited connectors, 1K workflow credits, 1M collection tokens, 5 seats.
Everything in Free, 5K workflow credits, 5M collection tokens, 10 seats, Pay-as-you-go usage.
Unlimited workflow credits/tokens/members, dedicated deployment, priority support.
Target Markets
- SaaS companies
- Legal Tech
- Manufacturing
- E-commerce
- Sales intelligence and lead enrichment
- Knowledge discovery across company silos
- Automating repetitive workflows with AI agents
- Market and legal research
- Support automation
- r/LangChain community
- r/RAG community