Company details

HEADCOUNT

25-99

ORG TYPE

Startup

SECTOR

Technology & Digital

WEBSITE

https://www.akirolabs.com

About the company

akirolabs builds an AI-augmented SaaS platform for strategic procurement and category management, aimed at enterprise procurement teams. The company is Berlin-based and was founded in 2021 by leaders with backgrounds including Siemens, Vodafone, KPMG, and Roland Berger. Public job materials describe external recognition in the procurement tech space, plus a $5m seed round in 2023 and a mix of grant and loan support in 2024 tied to AI capability development. Hiring pages position the team as remote-first, with some roles running hybrid from Berlin.

Locations and presence

akirolabs is headquartered in Berlin and hires heavily around Germany. Some roles are remote-only, while others ask for 2–3 days per week in the office.

Palpable Score

67.8

/ 100

akirolabs gives early-career candidates several real entry points through paid internships and a working-student role, and the job ads often spell out learning plans and mentoring. The score is held back by limited salary transparency and thin public evidence on longer-term junior progression beyond a small number of stated pathways and a very small review footprint.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

13.8

/ 20

The company offers multiple early-career routes at once, including Founders’ Associate Intern, Marketing & Growth Intern, and Sales Development Representative Intern roles.

Akirolabs also hires students part-time via Marketing and Communications (SaaS) Working Student, which is a practical door in for people still in university.

The company has fewer clearly junior full-time roles on the public careers page, with most full-time listings leaning experienced (for example Enterprise Account Executive and Customer Success Manager) alongside one more accessible full-time Business Development Representative role.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

14.0

/ 20

The company lays out concrete responsibilities and expectations in early-career job ads, including activity levels (for example 150–250 contacts per week in the SDR intern role) and clear task breakdowns by theme.
Akirolabs publishes a step-by-step recruitment flow for at least two internships, including screening, interview stages, a take-home case study, a final interview, and a short CEO conversation.
The company rarely provides numeric salary bands in listings, relying on “competitive” language for hourly rates, stipend, or salary, which reduces upfront transparency for entry-level applicants.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

17.5

/ 20

The company includes a structured ramp plan in the SDR internship with month-by-month development, shadowing discovery calls, structured coaching, and weekly coaching as pipeline ownership increases.
Akirolabs frames multiple early-career roles around direct mentoring from senior operators, including “former CEOs and Senior Partners” in the Founders’ Associate Intern and Working Student postings.
The company explicitly promises skills development resources, including access to sales training (consultative techniques and objection handling) and broader training and development resources in student and sales roles.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

11.5

/ 20

The company states that internships are paid via “competitive hourly rate” or “highly competitive salary/stipend,” which avoids the common early-career red flag of unpaid work.
Akirolabs publishes some stability signals in benefits language, including vacation allowances shown in internship ads and a 30-days paid vacation statement in the general tech talent pool posting.
The company does not consistently publish salary ranges for early-career roles, and one key full-time entry route (BDR) includes commission structures without numbers, so pay fairness can’t be assessed properly from public listings.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

11.0

/ 20

The company shares at least one concrete internal story of an intern progressing into a permanent Software Engineer role, which is a positive sign for conversion outcomes.
Akirolabs sets out a specific progression outcome for the SDR internship, including a stated route into a junior Account Executive role after the internship period, plus alternative GTM paths depending on needs and fit.
The company has very limited independent outcome data in public review platforms, so retention, promotion frequency, and 12–24 month progression patterns for early-career hires remain unverified.

Useful links & resources

akirolabs Careers Sales Development Representative Intern (SmartRecruiters)akirolabs profile on Welcome to the Jungle