No one ever said:
I love PaperworkThat’s why we are dedicated to eliminating the burden of paperwork and automating manual document processes
with our advanced AI technology!

Our Founders (f.l.t.r.) Mats Hoefler, Johannes Korves, Bérenger Laurent, Manuel Zapp

About us

Founded in 2019 by Manuel Zapp, Johannes Korves, Christophe Hocquet, and Bérenger Laurent, natif.ai has its origins in and support from the renowned German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). In 2024 natif.ai was acquired by DocuWare for both its powerhouse team and its state-of-the-art AI technology.

A strategic decision was made by natif.ai and DocuWare to maintain the company location in Saarbrücken, Germany, as the close proximity to the DFKI ensured a continuous seamless knowledge exchange between natif.ai and the research center.

At natif.ai we recognize the significant impact that documents have on businesses. Our goal is to empower customers to automate their documents independently and without high software costs. Our team of experts puts AI to work to offer the best technology for document automation and data capture processes.

Our Vision

To empower organizations worldwide with cutting-edge AI technology, transforming document processing into a seamless, intelligent, and efficient experience.

Our Mission

To be the global leader in AI-driven Document Automation, revolutionizing how businesses manage, extract, and leverage data to drive growth and innovation. 

Meet the Team

At natif.ai, innovation is at the core of everything we do. As pioneers in intelligent document processing, we are dedicated to transforming the way businesses handle documents through the power of advanced AI technology. Our mission is to set the industry standard in document automation while ensuring the highest levels of GDPR compliance and data security.
Johannes Korves
Co-CEO
Co-Founder
Dr. Michael Berger
Co-CEO
Mats Hoefler
CRO
Co-Founder
Manuel Zapp
CTO
Co-Founder
Bérenger Laurent
Head of Infrastructure
Co-Founder
Charlotte Risch
HR Manager
Lisa Woll
Management Assistant
Xue Liu
Management Assistant
Working Student
Nils Kleber
Head of Delivery
Nils Wolff
Customer Success Manager
Darius Hubertus
Junior Solution Engineer
Jannick Heim
Solution Engineer
Ronaldo Krokanz
Team Lead Sales
Theresa Klippstein
Account Executive
Jessy Kamwa
Senior Sales Manager
Patrick Walter
Sales Manager
Jenny Fischer
Sales Manager
Jonas Knobloch
Revenue Ops Manager
Steve Vitalien
Head of Marketing
Angela Müller
Senior Marketing Manager
Julia Rohe
Content Manager
Nico Herbig
Head of Product
David Ringel
Software Engineer
Sami Laradji
Junior Software Engineer
Anish Parajuli
Junior Software Engineer
Daniel Sacharov
Senior UX Designer
Moritz Siegel
Software Engineer
Working Student
Samuel Wächtersbach
Quality Assurance
Working Student
Jonas Langhabel
Head of Engineering
Christian Kofler
Senior Software Engineer
Kyrill Pugatschewski
Senior Software Engineer
Sebastian Kalkowski
Senior Software Engineer
Alexander Arimond
Software Engineer
Mohamad Hammoud
Software Engineer
Working Student
Swarna Swarna
Software Engineer
Working Student
Saadullah Amin
Machine Learning Engineer
Kartik Kadur
Machine Learning Engineer
Aleksa Sukovic
Machine Learning Engineer
Jenny Chudoba
Data Labeling
Team Lead
Andrea Beer
Data Engineer
Sylvia Schommer
Data Engineer
Sabrina Hartz
Data Engineer
Working Student
Alessandro Indolfo
Data Engineer
Working Student
Madita Krieger
Data Engineer
Working Student
Katja Volojinov
Data Engineer
Working Student
Mathusan Maheswaran
Data Engineer
Working Student
Jad Kanonji
DevOps Engineer
Basanagouda Somanakatti
DevOps Engineer
Working Student
Pascal Haddad
System Administration
Working Student

Our Journey

2024
natif.ai became a Part of DocuWare Group
natif.ai was officially acquired by DocuWare Group in April 2024
2023
New Appointment and Co-Founder
Matthias Hoefler has been appointed as CRO and Co-founder, joining the founding team of Manuel Zapp, Johannes Korves and Bérenger Laurent.
2022
€5 Million Seed Investment
natif.ai has secured additional investors in a successful seed funding round.
2022
Language Expansion
We expanded our AI Model to include English and French.
2022
Freemium Platform Launch
We have launched our developer freemium platform in July.
2021
First Customer Acquisition
We acquired our first customer in January.
2020
Pre-seed Funding Closed
natif.ai successfully closed the pre-seed funding.
2019
Startup Founding
natif.ai was founded by Manuel Zapp, Johannes Korves, Christophe Hocquet, and Bérenger Laurent, originating from the DFKI environment.

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