The global market for AI agents is expected to grow from roughly $8 billion in 2025 to ($48.3-$52 billion) by the end of 2030. This prediction has been made according BCC Research. Underlining this trend, the European AI agent market is expected to exceed $19 billion in 2026. This is because of the fact that several European companies are increasingly embedding AI into their workflows.
In Europe, we are witnessing the emergence of several AI agent builders. These AI agents operate across various sectors such as legal services, finance, and automation platforms. Below is a list of five AI agent startups based in Europe. Here, out of the five AI agent startups, three of them are based in Sweden. This makes Sweden the startup capital of Europe.
a. Legora (Sweden)
Legora is a Stockholm-based AI agent startup. It supports legal work by assisting lawyers with drafting, research, review, and complex document workflows. It is designed specifically for the legal sector, and has already been adopted by more than 400 law firms. The company was founded in 2023 by Max Junestrand and has secured approximately $266M in funding.
Website: https://legora.com/
b. SANA Labs (Sweden)
SANA Labs’ AI agent transforms enterprise learning by automatically indexing corporate content, identifying skill gaps, as well as recommending tailored learning paths for each employee. It helps organizations upskill their teams efficiently. The company was founded in 2016 by Anna Nordell Westling and Joel Hellermark and has raised $138M in funding. It is based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Website: https://sanalabs.com/
c. n8n (Germany)
n8n’s AI agent connects apps, data, and actions across business systems. It enables organizations to automate their asks such as data syncing, cross-platform triggers, as well as decision-based routing. The organization can do this without extensive engineering effort. This Berlin-based startup was founded in 2019 by Jan Oberhauser and has raised a total of $254M in funding.
Website: https://n8n.io/
d. Lovable (Sweden)
Lovable helps users build fully functional apps and websites using simple natural-language commands. Its coding assistant plans logic, writes and adjusts code, and manages backend infrastructure. The Stockholm-based startup was founded in 2023 by Anton Osika and Fabian Hedin and has secured total funding of $553M.
Website: https://lovable.dev/
e. Light (Denmark)
Light’s AI agents support finance automation by combining real-time analytics with decision support for commercial finance operations. They help analyze financial records quickly, automate reporting, and assist with forecasting and reconciliation tasks. Such tasks which are traditionally burden the finance teams now becomes easy. The company is based in Copenhagen and was founded in 2022 by Jonathan Sanders. It has raised $40.8M in funding.
Website: https://light.inc/
Source: 5 Europe’s AI agent startups chase $52B market, https://techfundingnews.com/the-rise-of-ai-agents-in-europe-startups-shaping-the-next-wave/
