Patrick Haede

Langdock is now a Societas Europaea, a European company! 🇪🇺 When we founded Langdock, we were invited to join Y Combinator. To join, we needed to incorporate in one of its supported jurisdictions. Germany wasn't one of them. With little more than three founders and big ambitions, we chose the standard setup for German founders joining YC: a Delaware C-Corp, Langdock Inc., with a German subsidiary, Langdock GmbH, as we planned to operate from Germany. YC didn't require us to be a US company. Canada, Singapore or the Cayman Islands would have worked too. What mattered was a structure that was easy for founders to set up and straightforward for investors to manage. A European parent company wasn't a feasible option. A little over three years later, we've grown to more than 13,000 customers, and our ambition has grown with our growth. We've built conviction that we can build a global company from Europe and decided to double down on it: reflect our commitment in our corporate structure. That's why, at the beginning of 2026, we kicked off a complex project: reorganising our corporate structure to become fully European. It took about nine months, dozens of lawyers and auditors, and all of our shareholders to make it happen, but: We are now a fully Societas Europaea (Langdock SE), registered in Germany. I could write a lot about why we felt like we should do this, but the main reason is: It feels right, and it feels amazing :) All of us have our own reasons; some of mine are below: I grew up in Europe and am deeply thankful for my upbringing and the society we've built over the last 80 years. I was fortunate to attend publicly funded schools without feeling like there was a better education that I couldn't afford. I was fortunate to roam my hometown when I was young, and go to university when I was older, using an amazing public transport system at an affordable price. I was fortunate to be treated at a public hospital for several months after a severe accident, without even needing to think about how it would be paid for. I was fortunate to travel to 20+ countries without needing my passport, to pay in one currency, and to feel safe wherever I went. I have tremendously benefited from growing up in Europe, and I want to play a role in building a more prosperous and stronger Europe. Langdock was founded by Europeans. We are 80%+ owned by founders and employees – all of whom are European tax residents. With Langdock, we aim to be a blueprint for what's possible in Europe. We want to show that Europe can build and create value. For us, that means building the leading AI adoption company with a product portfolio that reflects that ambition. We will release more applications and go down the stack by building out our own inference infrastructure. We are building Langdock with European values and global ambition. Our team and customers give us the confidence to pursue that ambition in Europe :)