Penemue's AI platform for hate speech, disinformation, and criminal communication

The EU Digital Services Act (DSA), in force since 2022, requires organisations operating digital communication channels to implement protective measures against harmful content and to act on notifications of illegal hate speech. In early 2025, the European Commission brought the revised Code of Conduct on Countering Illegal Hate Speech Online+ within the DSA's co-regulatory framework, making its review standards binding for signatories across the EU's major platforms.

Penemue (Germany), co-founded by Jonas Navid Mehrabanian Al-Nemri, Marlon Lückert and Sara Egetemeyr in 2023, built a platform that integrates with an organisation's social media channels and internal communication systems via API, scanning comments and direct messages in real time across 89 languages. The platform uses NLP combined with behavioural analytics to identify hate speech, threats, and content (including coded language, slang, regional dialects, and emojis). Users can respond through the interface by hiding or deleting content, or by submitting a formal complaint for legal prosecution. From within the interface, users can remove content or escalate it through a formal reporting mechanism for legal proceedings. Alongside its commercial clients, Penemue collaborates with police authorities and public prosecutors across Germany and Europe, structuring data outputs to assist criminal investigation of online offences.

In April 2026, Penemue raised over €1.7 million in a new funding round with investors including TION Health, Beyond Tomorrow, 4seedimpact, zigzag, Berlin Angel Fund, CGS Consulting und Beteiligungs GmbH, RLM Beteiligungs GmbH, and ILG Group, alongside business angels from encourageventures e.V., Black Forest Business Angels, and Business Angels Mitteldeutschland. The capital is intended to fund further AI development and deeper cooperation with public institutions.

Under the DSA, organisations operating digital communication channels must implement measures to combat illegal content. Platforms such as Penemue's address the detection and moderation obligations this creates directly.

Sources: Crunchbase | Digital Services Act - European Commission | Code of Conduct+ integration into DSA - ASIL

Founders: Jonas Navid Mehrabanian Al-Nemri, Marlon Lückert, Sara Egetemeyr