Philipp Heltewig is the founder of Cognigy GmbH. Cognigy GmbH has raised $175M in total funding. Latest round: Series C. Based in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Philipp Heltewig is the Co-founder and CEO of Cognigy GmbH, a Düsseldorf-based AI company specializing in conversational AI for customer service that was acquired by NiCE Ltd. in September 2025 for approximately $1 billion. Before founding Cognigy in 2016, he worked for several years at Sitecore, a Danish tech unicorn, where he served as former President of the US business.
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