Osapiens Acquires Lucent AI to Integrate Risk Management Into Sustainability Compliance

Osapiens, the Mannheim-based sustainability software provider, has acquired Berlin startup Lucent AI in a move to deepen its capabilities in enterprise risk management and compliance automation. The transaction, announced December 11th, brings agentic artificial intelligence technology into the Osapiens HUB platform and expands the company’s offering beyond environmental reporting into automated financial risk assessment. The companies did not disclose financial terms for the deal, which comes approximately 17 months after Osapiens closed a $120 million Series B financing round led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives in July 2024.

The acquisition brings together two companies operating at the intersection of regulatory compliance and artificial intelligence. Founded in 2023 by brothers Max and Moritz Wolff, Lucent AI developed agentic AI systems that automate risk identification, assessment, and quantification for corporate governance teams. The platform consolidates data from multiple sources, performs analytical workflows, and generates risk scenarios for management and investors without requiring continuous human intervention. Lucent AI’s technology, customer base, and founding team will be fully integrated into the osapiens platform, with the first modules scheduled for release in the second quarter of 2026.

While Osapiens built its reputation on sustainability compliance and supply chain transparency, the Lucent AI acquisition extends its reach into areas overseen by chief financial officers and chief risk officers. That expansion reflects the convergence of sustainability reporting with traditional enterprise risk management as European regulations impose increasingly stringent requirements on corporate disclosure and due diligence. The technology addresses workflows that remain highly manual at many companies, particularly in regulated industries where teams still rely on spreadsheets, email chains, and time-consuming manual reviews for compliance processes.

“With Lucent AI, we are expanding our portfolio with an AI-first risk management system,” said Matthias Jungblut, co-founder and co-CEO of Osapiens. “The Lucent AI solution is the perfect addition to our portfolio and supports our mission to help companies worldwide achieve greater transparency, security, and efficiency.” The Wolff brothers will join the Osapiens team and lead development across three areas: resilience and risk management, disclosures and reporting, and product compliance and traceability.

The acquisition addresses specific operational challenges for companies navigating tightening European regulations. The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, which took effect for large companies in 2024, requires detailed disclosure of sustainability impacts, risks, and opportunities. The EU Deforestation Regulation imposes due diligence obligations on companies placing certain commodities on the European market, while the proposed Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive would extend requirements across entire value chains. Meeting these obligations demands substantial changes to how companies operate, from mapping supplier networks to collecting evidence of compliance and producing auditable documentation on compressed timelines.

Lucent AI’s technology automates portions of this work by detecting anomalies in operational and financial data, quantifying exposure across different scenarios, and generating recommended actions. The platform’s standardized interfaces enable rapid deployment into existing IT systems, offering efficiency gains for organizations still dependent on manual controls while enabling scale across compliance workflows that would otherwise require additional headcount.

The transaction reflects broader consolidation in the environmental, social, and governance technology sector as regulatory requirements multiply and become more complex. Specialized startups with strong technical capabilities but limited distribution can find strategic value by joining larger platforms with established customer bases, particularly as venture-backed companies seeking exits in uncertain capital markets increasingly pursue acquisitions rather than initial public offerings.

Osapiens has positioned itself as an acquirer through aggressive growth and substantial capital backing. The company more than doubled its annual recurring revenue year-over-year in the second quarter of 2025, marking 42 consecutive months of growth exceeding 100%. That trajectory is particularly notable given increasing regulatory uncertainty in Europe and growing political pushback against certain sustainability initiatives in other markets. The company serves over 2,000 customers worldwide, including major multinational corporations such as Bosch, Coca-Cola North America, Metro, Costco, and Lidl, and employs over 500 people across offices in Europe and the United States.

The centerpiece of the Osapiens offering is the osapiens HUB, an AI-powered platform that integrates more than 25 solutions covering transparency and efficiency. Transparency solutions help companies map and monitor entire value chains to mitigate supply chain risks and comply with regulations, while efficiency solutions optimize asset performance, maintenance planning, and field service operations. The July 2024 Series B financing represented significant validation of the company’s business model, with Goldman Sachs Alternatives acquiring a minority stake and joining existing investor Armira Growth, which led a $27 million Series A in 2023, bringing total capital raised to over $145 million since the company was founded in 2018.

For existing customers, the acquisition brings more sophisticated risk analytics and scenario planning tools into a platform many already use for sustainability reporting and supply chain transparency. Organizations will gain access to capabilities that were previously separate purchases or manual processes, with the integration aiming to provide a unified view of sustainability metrics, operational risks, and compliance obligations within a single system. The 18-month integration timeline suggests a methodical approach rather than rushing new features to market, aligning with when many companies will be implementing systems to comply with newer regulations.

The deal comes as the broader sustainability software market faces mixed signals. While European regulations continue to impose stricter requirements, creating demand for compliance technology, political dynamics in other markets have become less favorable as some companies have scaled back sustainability commitments in response to shareholder pressure or changing political winds. Osapiens has navigated this environment by focusing on regulatory compliance rather than voluntary commitments, helping organizations meet legal obligations under directives like CSRD and EUDR in ways that make the value proposition less dependent on corporate sustainability goals that may shift with leadership changes or political pressure.

The Lucent AI acquisition strengthens that approach by adding capabilities relevant to traditional risk management functions. Chief financial officers and audit committees care about enterprise risk regardless of their views on sustainability, meaning that by integrating financial risk assessment with sustainability compliance, the platform can serve a broader set of stakeholders within customer organizations and become more essential to core operations. For the Wolff brothers, the transaction provides capital, distribution, and infrastructure to scale technology that would have taken years to build independently.