Since 2026, exactly one confirmed new EU company builds AI for public tenders: Cato AI of Milan
Asked:
“What are the new companies in ai piblic tendering space in eu since 2026”
A live-web scan covering 1 January – 1 September 2026 reviewed a shortlist of 5 EU-based AI tendering entrants. One is explicitly documented as established in 2026; the other four show 2026 products or funding, but no verified 2026 founding date — a new product or a funding round is not a new company.
Confirmed new EU company since 2026
2026 product or funding, founding date not established
Not counted: conflicting date evidence
Alysa (grey, boxed at right) has no confirmed headquarters in the sources; blank dates mean unresolved, not zero. Hover a marker for detail.
Cato AI is the only strict match: established 2026 in Milan, it scans procurement portals, filters opportunities, extracts requirements, drafts responses and manages compliance end to end; it raised €1.6m pre-seed led by Italian Founders Fund —
vestbee.com
Odialis of Lyon launched its Odiana tender AI in March 2026 with ~20 proof-of-concept clients, but the company's founding date was not established —
mesinfos.fr
Tendavo of Stockholm raised SEK 10m — its first external round — to automate public-procurement bids, yet its founding date remains unverified —
n24.com.tr
Alysa is excluded from the strict count: a primary company source says its journey began in autumn 2025, conflicting with 2026 signals; it was acquihired by Brickanta —
brickanta.com
The reviewed shortlist
| Company | HQ | Status | What the AI does | 2026 milestone | Source |
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Live-web scan, not an official exhaustive EU company registry. 5 shortlist rows reviewed as of 1 September 2026; window covers 1 January – 1 September 2026. "Confirmed new" requires an explicit source statement that the company was established in 2026; blank stated dates mean unresolved, not zero. Product scopes lightly shortened for space; BidFix analyzes tender documents (Munich) with no recorded 2026 milestone.