We’re celebrating!
5 years ago we launched n8n on Product Hunt and we’re super proud to look back on what we have achieved so far. And we couldn’t have done it without you, our passionate community! You keep pushing us to improve n8n, keep sharing your excitement with others and now also meet both the n8n team and other community members around the world! We’re humbled to see the changes we’re making to both personal and professional settings, and can’t wait to see what the next five years will bring.
A Short History of n8n
Work on n8n actually started around April 2018 by our founder Jan, who then worked in the VFX industry. Part of his role was to improve and simplify the work of the artists by automation and that is where his passion for this field started.
n8n in september 2018 (pre-release)
n8n in may 2019 (pre-release)
By October 2019 n8n had received a facelift and it was publicly launched on Product Hunt - we consider this our true birthday as it really started to take off then.
n8n in october 2019
It didn’t take long for our first investors to come knocking on Jan’s door, and by June 2020 we had 4 employees and our own office!
the first four employees
One year later, in April 2021, we raised our first series A of $12 million dollars, allowing us to expand our team and work on more features you needed.
In December 2020 we launched the n8n cloud, allowing users to quickly set up an instance and not worry about the technical details. Early 2023 we onboarded our first Enterprise customer. Both steps greatly helped n8n become more and more accepted, and also helped solidify our financial future.
The next huge change was integrating AI/LangChain into n8n in October 2023 (can you believe that’s only 1 year ago?). By then we already had a rock-solid foundation of workflow tools and integrations, and the new AI tools perfectly augmented them.
n8n’s popularity keeps increasing
In 2024, our growth rate is continuing to accelerate - we were, in fact, the fifth fastest growing startup in Germany this year! We have spent a good part of the year on fixing legacy issues, making both the app and the cloud infrastructure more stable. Also, we identified our most popular/important nodes and added some much needed updates to them.
We’re excited to see what the future will bring - here’s to many more years of innovation and success!
Our Incredible Team
This all wouldn’t have been possible without an amazing and passionate team - we’re now already at 62 people, all of us automation enthusiasts and tinkerers like you!
Most of us are working remotely from Europe, but we do have a few team members in the US as well. (We have a small office in Berlin - we’re actually in the process of moving offices and we’ll share pictures of our new place another time). We value our company culture and personal contacts. We often meet each other - in fact the entire team will be at an off-site in Italy next week to celebrate together!
If this sounds good to you, we have job openings! Please check our careers page to learn more about our culture and open positions. We’d love to meet you 
n8n team at our April 2024 IRL in Berlin
What does n8n mean to you?
Well, enough about us - what about YOU? How did n8n make a difference for you? It would really make our day if you could leave your personal story here as a birthday gift! Leave a reply here and/or share it on social media with hashtag #n8nTurns5.
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