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Invention,
reinvented.

Ankar works with world-leading R&D organizations to bring their institutional knowledge and the world’s technical intelligence to every R&D decision. So teams can see what others can’t, advance stronger ideas and turn them into defensible innovation.

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Trusted by 1,000+ researchers, inventors and IP professionals

What Ankar makes possible

Unlock breakthrough
innovation.

Give your innovation team a platform that connects global knowledge, your knowhow and AI’s power to dramatically accelerate your innovation cycles.

1.

Back the right ideas

Evaluate opportunities and trade-offs from the start, focus people, time and investment on the work most likely to matter.

  • Leverage the technology landscape

  • Identify risks and constraints earlier

  • Evaluate promising directions with stronger evidence

2.

Accelerate the work

3.

Compound your institutional knowledge

1.

Back the right ideas

Evaluate opportunities and trade-offs from the start, focus people, time and investment on the work most likely to matter.

  • Leverage the technology landscape

  • Identify risks and constraints earlier

  • Evaluate promising directions with stronger evidence

2.

Accelerate the work

3.

Compound your institutional knowledge

One connected innovation lifecycle

From first question
to protected invention.

Ankar connects work across the research and innovation lifecycle, uncovering new possibilities, strengthening ideas, accelerating experimentation and protecting what teams create.

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Explore

See the landscape before choosing a direction

Connect internal knowledge with scientific literature, patents, competitive activity and adjacent fields to uncover whitespace, emerging technologies and new routes forward.

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Portfolio
Mapping

1.1

1.2

Landscape
Monitoring

1.3

Technology
Scouting

1.4

Whitespace
analysis

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Invent & Experiment

Lifecycle - 3

Protect

Lifecycle - 1

Explore

See the landscape before choosing a direction

Connect internal knowledge with scientific literature, patents, competitive activity and adjacent fields to uncover whitespace, emerging technologies and new routes forward.

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Lifecycle - 2

Invent & Experiment

Make every iteration compound by turning possibilities into stronger, testable concepts.

Bring relevant science, prior work and alternative approaches into the creative process so teams can develop concepts with more context and spend more time testing the most promising ideas.

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Protect

Turn technical progress into defensible value.

Identify inventions earlier, evaluate what is worth protecting and move from complex R&D to stronger patent assets with less wasted expert time.

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Built for consequential work

For the teams shaping
what comes next.

From new medicines and mobility systems to semiconductor capacity, advanced materials and high-trust technologies, the next generation of products will be built by teams that can turn complex knowledge into action.

Ankar helps research and innovation teams work across that complexity.

Case Study - 1

Watch the Antheros story

Life sciences

A client used Ankar to generate a targeted genus across 648 compounds, closely matching the result of 3+ hours of manual expert analysis.

Case Study - 2

Aeronautics and defense

Aeronautics and defense

Case Study - 3

Semiconductors

Semiconductors

Case Study - 4

Consumer R&D, cosmetics and materials

Consumer R&D, cosmetics and materials

Case Study - 5

Automotive and industrials

Automotive and industrials

  • Case Study - 1

    Watch the Antheros story

    Life sciences

    A client used Ankar to generate a targeted genus across 648 compounds, closely matching the result of 3+ hours of manual expert analysis.

  • Case Study - 2

    Aeronautics and defense

    A client used Ankar to explore 4 distinct invention directions in a single session, selecting 3 to take forward.

  • Case Study - 3

    Semiconductors

    A client used Ankar to turn 1 seed document and 2 hand-drawn sketches into a complete invention disclosure in under 2 hours, on their first use.

  • Case Study - 4

    Consumer R&D, cosmetics and materials

    A client used Ankar to generate a targeted genus across 648 compounds, closely matching the result of 3+ hours of manual expert analysis.

  • Case Study - 5

    Automotive and industrials

    During a live evaluation, a client used Ankar to surface relevant prior art that its incumbent external research provider had missed.

More than software

A platform, implemented
with you.

Changing how innovation teams work requires more than access to a product.

Ankar works alongside your teams to connect existing systems, configure high-value workflows, onboard users and drive adoption. From integrations and implementation to forward-deployed collaboration and ongoing support, we help make the platform useful in the reality of your organization.

1.

Integrations

1.

Integrations

Wherever your work lives: document repositories, lab notebooks or IP management systems, we scope and build the connections your deployment needs. Ankar fits to your systems, and your outputs land back where your organization expects them.

3.

Workflow configuration

3.

Workflow configuration

Every organization works differently. We configure Ankar around your templates, your standards, and the judgement of your most experienced people. The more your teams use it, the more precisely the platform reflects how you work. That’s how the value compounds.

2.

Onboarding and enablement

2.

Onboarding and enablement

Adoption is central to our partnership. We onboard every user on their real work. Ankar feels like home from the first session. This is how we ensure organizational change sticks after the pilot is over.

4.

Forward-deployed adoption

4.

Forward-deployed adoption

We deploy alongside you to ensure we truly understand your organization. Our Deployment Strategists listen, synthesize and solve your challenges. We configure and feeding what we learn straight into your product experience. When your usage surfaces a need, we can ship it fast.

Built and deployed by

  • People - 1

    Wiem Gharbi

    Co-Founder

    Past: Palantir (CEO’s office, Product, Strategy)

    Wiem Gharbi is Co-Founder of Ankar, an AI platform helping R&D teams make better technology decisions and accelerate innovation.

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    People - 2

    Tamar Gomez

    People - 3

    Nick Denman

    People - 4

    Jean-Christophe Simon

  • People - 5

    Giulia Toti

    Life Sciences and Go-to-Market Lead

    Past: GSK, AstraZeneca

    Giulia Toti leads Life Sciences and Go-to-Market at Ankar, helping R&D organisations apply AI to some of their most complex innovation challenges.

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    People - 6

    Robert (Bob) Hulse

    People - 7

    Helene Laville Fiorucci

    People - 8

    Dan Enebo

    People - 9

    Kimiya Shams

  • People - 1

    Wiem Gharbi

    Co-Founder

    Past: Palantir (CEO’s office, Product, Strategy)

    Wiem Gharbi is Co-Founder of Ankar, an AI platform helping R&D teams make better technology decisions and accelerate innovation.

  • People - 2

    Tamar Gomez

    Past: Palantir

    Past: Palantir

    Tamar Gomez is Co-Founder of Ankar, an AI platform helping R&D teams make better technology decisions and accelerate innovation.

  • People - 3

    Nick Denman

    Head of Engineering

    Palantir

    With a background in Computer Science, Nick spent four years at Palantir, working on large-scale data engineering problems and leading the NHS R&D hub. There, he developed new technology for hospitals that was used nationwide, bringing new technical capabilities into some of the UK’s most complex operational environments.

  • People - 4

    Jean-Christophe Simon

    Former Group Innovation Officer at Groupe SEB

    Ankar Patent Expert Panel

    Jean-Christophe brings more than 30 years of leadership experience spanning Research & Development, innovation strategy and intellectual property. His work cuts across a broad range of industries, including defense, cosmetics, consumer goods, custom industrial machines, optics and medical devices, with deep experience in turning technological advances into products that markets actually adopt.

  • People - 5

    Giulia Toti

    Life Sciences and Go-to-Market Lead

    Past: GSK, AstraZeneca

    Giulia Toti leads Life Sciences and Go-to-Market at Ankar, helping R&D organisations apply AI to some of their most complex innovation challenges.

  • People - 6

    Robert (Bob) Hulse

    Head of Patent Prosecution, Fenwick and West

    Ankar Patent Expert Panel

    Bob advises clients in the computer software, electronics, electromechanical and medical devices, digital healthcare and electronic media industries.

  • People - 7

    "Helene Laville Fiorucci

    Former Lead Patent Counsel at Solvay

    Ankar Patent Expert Panel

    Helene Fiorucci is an IP strategist and fractional Chief IP Officer supporting deeptech startups in building strong, investment-ready intellectual property.

  • People - 8

    Dan Enebo

    Former Chief IP Counsel at Cargill

    Ankar Patent Expert Panel

    Daniel Enebo brings more than 30 years of strategic leadership experience spanning Research & Development and Intellectual Property law. His work encompasses a broad range of technology domains, including medical devices, food chemistry, biotechnology, complex global trading systems, large-scale manufacturing, and the IT platforms that support them.

  • People - 9

    Kimiya Shams

    General Counsel, Devialet

    Ankar Patent Expert Panel

    Kimiya brings over 15 years of global experience across technology, luxury, entertainment, and highly regulated industries. She has built her career at the intersection of innovation, law, and business strategy; advising cutting-edge companies on intellectual property, product development, regulatory frameworks, AI adoption, and global go-to-market execution.

Enterprise trust

Built for the work
you can’t afford
to expose.

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Read our founders’ security note

Ankar is built for some of the most sensitive work in the enterprise. Drawing on more than a decade of experience building defense-grade systems, we designed the platform to protect confidential research, experimental data, inventions, and intellectual property from day one

1.

Your data stays yours

Your data is never used to train AI models. It is not shared with third parties, affiliates, or subprocessors.

2.

Protected by design

Customer data is segregated and encrypted in transit and at rest, with role-based access controls, multi-factor authentication, and comprehensive audit logging.

3.

Certified and auditable

Ankar is SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified, with flexible US and EU data-hosting options. Customers can review our security posture and controls through the Ankar Trust Center.

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From our customers

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Jean Yves Legendre

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Most vendors came with a fixed solution. With Ankar, they began with our needs. They understood patents, spoke our language, and adapted to our needs by configuring their existing technology into a solution that fits our reality.

IP Intelligence Manager,

L’Oréal

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Ankar is the AI operating system built for patent and R&D professionals. We offer a comprehensive suite of AI-powered tools that can be tailored to your workflows, helping your team elevate every stage of the innovation lifecycle, from idea generation, to drafting, prosecution and protection. Our partnership-led approach ensures that we can meet your firm’s unique needs, where we will work closely with you to design and deploy the right tools across the entire innovation lifecycle.

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