CV Tag: Entrepreneurship

  • Cyber Valley welcomes AZOWO and Vectis Finance to the Start-up Network

    Cyber Valley welcomes AZOWO and Vectis Finance to the Start-up Network

    AZOWO is a unique platform offering integrated solutions in the mobility sector, including fleet management software, car and bike sharing, and real-time vehicle data. Their cloud software empowers companies, cities, and municipalities to efficiently implement innovative mobility services. AZOWO’s mission is to enable customers to build, transform, and manage critical processes in shared, connected, electric, and autonomous mobility. Leveraging artificial intelligence, the start-up incorporates advanced features like a unique booking algorithm and an AI document management system into their software platform. By doing so, they aim to facilitate the quick and effective realization of innovative solutions in the ever-changing field of mobility.

    Vectis Finance is on a mission to revolutionize the mortgage advisory industry through a cutting-edge LLM-based platform, comparing financing offers of more than 800 banks. Essentially, the platform serves as a digital co-pilot that is available 24/7, empowering homebuyers to establish new benchmarks in both speed and transparency. This puts the customer at the center of the mortgage process, while saving time for both mortgage advisors and other partners like real estate agents.

    By becoming part of the Cyber Valley Start-up Network, AZOWO and Vectis Finance have joined an AI community commited to advancing technology and fostering collaboration among start-ups, researchers, and industry partners. 

  • Cerebri and Tabularis.AI join the Cyber Valley Start-Up Network

    Cerebri and Tabularis.AI join the Cyber Valley Start-Up Network

    Cerebri is a pioneering medical diagnostic start-up dedicated to transforming EEG diagnostics and accessibility. The electroencephalogram (EEG) is a medical test used to measure the electrical activity of the brain. With a mission to democratize EEG technology, Cerebri seeks to make expert-grade evaluations universally available, transcending geographical boundaries. The start-up addresses challenges in routine and emergency medicine, offering an innovative platform that combines easy-to-use EEG hardware with expert-level evaluation as a service. By integrating artificial intelligence, Cerebri enhances EEG diagnostics, making it more accessible and comprehensible for individuals worldwide.

    Tabularis.AI is a start-up specializing in generating synthetic data that allows for training machine learning algorithms while maintaining the quality of real data without compromising data privacy concerns. With Tabularis.AI, organizations can open up their data, leading to increased efficiency and reduced costs. This is particularly beneficial for tasks like evaluating sensitive customer data, preparing development data, or generating AI training data. Tabularis.AI enables the sharing of data insights while protecting sensitive information, fostering collaboration across teams and companies.

    By becoming part of the Cyber Valley Start-up Network, Cerebri and Tabularis.AI have joined a vibrant AI community dedicated to advancing technology and promoting collaboration among start-ups, researchers, and industry partners. 

  • European funding opportunities for Start-ups

    European funding opportunities for Start-ups

     

    During this 60-minute webinar, start-ups will learn about Europe's stance on AI and dive deeper into funding opportunities available for AI and digitalization support at the European level. The webinar will help participants understand how to navigate the EU funding landscape, and what kind of support mechanisms are available for AI start-ups. This event will take place in English. 

     

    Date & Time

    January 23rd, 2024 – 16:00 CET

     

    Speakers

     

     
    Registration

    Please register here.

  • Expanding the Cyber Valley Start-up Network: Welcoming mine&make and nuvus

    Expanding the Cyber Valley Start-up Network: Welcoming mine&make and nuvus

    Mine&make GmbH has successfully crafted an AI-based business development platform tailored to individual requirements. The company provides customized insights into business opportunities, empowering each customer to expand across diverse industries. Mine&make not only identifies these opportunities but also undertakes the responsibility of carrying out and implementing them. Leveraging artificial intelligence, the platform analyzes individual products and technical competencies to to unveil prospects such as new applications, adjacent functionalities, new technologies, expansion into untapped market fields, and the formulation of high-potential product strategies.

    The platform, powered by a AI-based Insights Engine, serves multifunctional purposes in research and development (R&D), marketing, and sales. Mine&make is dedicated to maximizing the business potential of its clients, offering avenues for opportunity development through workshops, insights, and projects. 

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    Nuvus GmbH specializes in guiding clients through the seamless implementation and integration of cutting-edge technologies, leveraging AI software testing. Their core expertise lies in testing, integration, and security, complemented by proficiency in software development and automotive engineering.

    As a premier testing service provider, nuvus offers a comprehensive suite of solutions, encompassing verification and validation services, defect management and configuration, error analysis, and traceability. Additionally, they excel in planning and executing test drives. Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence, nuvus provides invaluable support in bug prediction, resource optimization, process automation, and machine learning. 

    Image: nuvus GmbH

    By becoming part of the Cyber Valley Start-up Network, nuvus and mine&make have joined a vibrant AI community dedicated to advancing technology and promoting collaboration among start-ups, researchers, and industry partners. 

  • Cyber Valley welcomes vialytics to its Start-up Network

    Cyber Valley welcomes vialytics to its Start-up Network

    With already over 300 municipalities across seven countries using their system, vialytics is setting the standard for AI-based road management systems. The company's cloud software has proven instrumental in streamlining processes for municipal administrations, providing actionable insights that contribute to more efficient road maintenance strategies.

    One of their contributions to the field is its artificial intelligence system designed for objective, rapid, and accurate analysis of asphalt surfaces. This innovation addresses the significant cost and time associated with traditional road condition assessments. By leveraging AI algorithms, the start-up ensures precise evaluation of asphalt conditions to be able to make informed decisions for optimal road maintenance planning.

    "In the dynamic landscape of road management, vialytics is proud to lead the way with cutting-edge AI solutions that revolutionize the industry," says Co-Founder and Chief Evangelist Danilo Jovicic-Albrecht at vialytics. "Our commitment to innovation through AI and sustainability aligns perfectly with the values of the Cyber Valley Start-up Network. We are excited to collaborate within this growing AI ecosystem in Southern Germany."

    Through joining the Cyber Valley Start-up Network, vialytics is now part of a dynamic AI community that is focused on driving technological advancements and fostering collaboration between start-ups, researchers, and industry leaders.

  • MATVIS joins the Cyber Valley Start-up Network

    MATVIS joins the Cyber Valley Start-up Network

    MATVIS provides expert guidance to customers seeking to integrate AI into their business to optimize processes, increase efficiency, and enhance transparency. The start-up focuses on providing technology solutions for businesses developing regulatory-compliant AI. The company’s academic background in machine learning, computer science, electrical engineering, and economics means that MATVIS can work on implementing compliance processes such as AI risk management and certification systems in high-risk applications. 

    Established in 2023, MATVIS was driven by a growing demand for future-proof AI solutions that adhere to continuously evolving standards in the field of AI development. In response, MATVIS offers a platform solution to address the potential problems that AI companies may encounter in the future.

    “We all felt that some sort of regulation for AI must be coming at some point but we couldn’t imagine what the future of AI will be like”, says Wolfgang Glatz, MATVIS’s co-founder. “From a present perspective, regulatory-compliant AI will be a chance to establish the trademark of trustworthy AI, made in Europe.”

     

    About Cyber Valley

    Cyber Valley is Europe’s largest and leading research consortium in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and modern robotics. Cyber Valley has a mission and a public mandate to advocate for entrepreneurship, research, development, application, and acceptance of technologies and methods in the field of intelligent systems. The company envisions a future where the full potential of intelligent systems is leveraged for the greater good of the world.

    The Cyber Valley Community brings together partners from science, industry, and society, along with AI researchers and entrepreneurs. The Cyber Valley GmbH is funded by the state of Baden-Württemberg and acts as the central organizer, service provider, and host for the community. While the GmbH operates from Stuttgart and Tübingen, Cyber Valley has a larger scope: As a national and European driving force, it attracts the best people from all over the world to create the future with AI.

    About the Cyber Valley Start-up Network   

    Cyber Valley's Start-up Network builds and fosters a community of AI entrepreneurs. Members enjoy exclusive access to a wide-ranging network, connecting them with AI researchers, investors, corporations, and fellow start-ups. Members are required to have a connection to Cyber Valley, either by being located in Baden-Württemberg, or by being members or alumni of Cyber Valley partner institutions. The core of their business model must be centered around intelligent systems. The Start-up Network is growing continuously. More information about the current number of start-ups and the application process: cyber-valley.de/start-up-network. 

    About MATVIS

    MATVIS is the reliable partner for transferring future technologies into efficient and reliable solutions for the present so that companies and organizations can achieve their ecological, economic, and social goals in the best possible way. MATVIS’s know-how empowers their partners with the implementation of regulatory-compliant AI. We advise on potentials with Al-based optimization of processes and create sustained compliance concepts that increase efficiency, enhance transparency, and enable the achievement of sustainability goals.

  • Demo Day for Batch #3 of The AI Incubator

    Demo Day for Batch #3 of The AI Incubator

    Over a six-week-period, participants of The AI Incubator attended workshops and received extensive coaching to transform their AI ideas into successful start-ups. The AI Incubator is organized by Cyber Valley, Europe’s largest and leading research consortium in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and modern robotics.

    At the Demo Day, participants from The AI Incubator will pitch their final projects before a carefully selected jury and an audience of researchers, investors, and entrepreneurs. Jury members include distinguished figures in the fields of AI and start-ups: Matthias Bethge (Director of the Tübingen AI Center), Michael Black (Managing Director of the Max Planck Institute of Intelligent Systems), Alexander Diehl (investor and Co-Founder of Architizer), Lukas Findeisen (Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung), Betty Mohler-Tesch (Principle Research Scientist at Amazon), Naureen Mahmood (Co-Founder of Meshapade), and Rebecca C. Reisch (CEO of Cyber Valley).

    Following the pitches, Ingmar Hörr, Co-Founder of Curevac, will share insights on transferring scientific research into commercial success. An award ceremony will then take place, during which the jury will present prizes to the top-performing teams. This will be followed by a concluding networking event.

    The Demo Day is open to the public, but spaces are limited, and attendance must be registered in advance. Please register here.


    Demo Day Schedule

    15:00: Welcome & Intro from Rebecca C. Reisch (CEO of Cyber Valley)
    15:30: Team pitches
    17:45: Inspirational talk from Ingmar Hörr (Co-Founder of Curevac): “Sciencepreneur – How to turn science into commercial value”
    18:00: Award ceremony
    18:30 onwards: Networking with food and beverages

     

    About The AI Incubator

    The AI Incubator is a six-week program of intensive workshops and idea development. The program encourages scientists, technologists, and business talent to found their own companies, fostering the next generation of AI start-ups. With topics like prototyping, product-market fit, business strategy, and funding opportunities, The AI Incubator equips participants with the right knowledge, tools, and skills to transfer their cutting-edge AI and robotics research into products and applications. The program also provides participants with access to a network of experts, mentors, founders, and investors who offer guidance and inspiration on their journey into the AI business world.
     
    The AI Incubator is organized by Cyber Valley and funded by the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung.

     

    About Cyber Valley

    Cyber Valley is Europe’s largest and leading research consortium in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and modern robotics. It has a mission and a public mandate to advocate for entrepreneurship, research, development, application, and acceptance of technologies and methods in the field of intelligent systems. The company envisions a future where the full potential of intelligent systems is leveraged for the greater good of the world. 
     
    The Cyber Valley Community brings together partners from science, industry, and society, along with AI researchers and entrepreneurs. The Cyber Valley GmbH is funded by the state of Baden-Württemberg and acts as the central organizer, service provider, and host for the community. While the GmbH operates from Stuttgart and Tübingen, Cyber Valley has a larger scope: As a national and European driving force, it attracts the best people from all over the world to create the future with AI.

     

    About the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung

    The Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung’s mission is to create an open environment for scientific breakthroughs. As a partner of excellence in science, it supports basic research as well as applied sciences in the STEM subject areas (science, technology, and mathematics). Founded in 1889 by the physicist and mathematician Ernst Abbe, the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung is one of the oldest and biggest private science funding institutions in Germany. It is the sole owner of Carl Zeiss AG and SCHOTT AG. Its projects are financed from the dividend distributions of the two foundation companies.

  • Voiceagenten grows the digital voice assistant market 

    Voiceagenten grows the digital voice assistant market 

    As a service provider, Voiceagenten was founded to demonstrate the capabilities and potential of digital voice assistants. The company creates digital interaction opportunities for various industries with the help of Amazon Alexa. Voiceagenten’s tools combine their voice technology expertise with the latest developments in artificial intelligence (AI). 

    The emergence of large language models (LLMs) represents a game-changer in the voice technology field. Voiceagenten recognizes the potential of these models in enhancing the efficacy and precision of voice assistants. Rooted in sophisticated AI algorithms, LLMs empower digital assistants to comprehend and respond with an almost human-like understanding, bridging the gap between machine and natural conversation. The start-up integrates LLMs to elevate the user experience, ensuring seamless interactions and more intuitive responses. It's not just about voice commands anymore; it's about engaging in meaningful dialogues with technology.

    Image: Voiceagenten

    Voiceagenten ensures that each project and application is flexible and tailored to the requirements of the client. They have already offered several services to their customers, including a time tracking service where employees can record their working time and create a time stamp with a simple voice command. For another client, they developed a high-quality forest bathing experience at home by generating an audio experience with forest meditating sounds to ensure complete tranquility.  

    The company also offers a professional audio transcription service that can transcribe text in 57 languages. This can be used for creating and publishing podcasts, interviews, videos, and more. The advancement of digital voice assistant capabilities through artificial intelligence offers distinct advantages that can be customized to suit individual requirements.

    CEO of Voiceagenten, Paulos Mesghina, additionally remarks, "At Voiceagenten, we're revolutionizing digital interactions through AI-driven voice solutions. Every command shapes a more conversational future."  

     

    About Cyber Valley  

    Cyber Valley is Europe’s largest and leading research consortium in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and modern robotics. It has a mission and a public mandate to advocate for entrepreneurship, research, development, application, and acceptance of technologies and methods in the field of intelligent systems. The company envisions a future where the full potential of intelligent systems is leveraged for the greater good of the world.  

    The Cyber Valley Community brings together partners from science, industry, and society, along with AI researchers and entrepreneurs. The Cyber Valley GmbH is funded by the state of Baden-Württemberg and acts as the central organizer, service provider, and host for the community. While the GmbH operates from Stuttgart and Tübingen, Cyber Valley has a larger scope: As a national and European driving force, it attracts the best people from all over the world to create the future with AI. 

    About the Cyber Valley Start-up Network   

    With the Cyber Valley Start-up Network, Cyber Valley is building and fostering a community of AI entrepreneurs. Members enjoy exclusive access to a wide-ranging network, connecting them with AI researchers, investors, corporations, and fellow start-ups. Members are required to have a connection to Cyber Valley, either by being located in Baden-Württemberg, or by being members or alumni of Cyber Valley partner institutions. The core of their business model must be centered around intelligent systems. The Start-up Network is growing continuously. More information about the current number of start-ups and the application process: cyber-valley.de/start-up-network. 

    About Voiceagenten 

    Voiceagenten is at the forefront of voice technology. As experts in Large Language Models and Prompt Engineering, we offer AI-driven speech solutions that will propel your business into the future. 

  • Cyber Valley Start-up Network welcomes hydrop systems

    Cyber Valley Start-up Network welcomes hydrop systems

    The Stuttgart-based start-up aims to increase awareness of water consumption, thereby addressing environmental issues, including water shortages and droughts. 

    With the use of their plug-and-play adapter, hydrop systems has made it easy to determine how much water is being consumed in a household. After the adapter connects to the water meter, the user-friendly central monitoring platform analyzes in detail the consumption of water within a specific period. Using the results, the start-up will optimize water utilization, enhancing a household’s efficiency and lowering costs.  

    hydrop systems application

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    With the help of artificial intelligence, hydrop systems develops software that pinpoints exactly where water is being used, delivering an even more detailed analysis of consumption than is possible without such software. With this knowledge, preventive measures can be taken before problems like leakages and bursts occur.    

    “At hydrop systems, we believe that we unlock the path to a greener and more resilient future through the fusion of sustainability and cutting-edge AI innovations. We are excited to be part of the Cyber Valley, where the synergy between research, industry, and start-ups in this domain is shaping a brighter future for all,” says Katrin Kreidel, CEO and Co-Founder of hydrop systems. 

    About Cyber Valley 

    Cyber Valley is Europe’s largest research consortium in artificial intelligence (AI) and modern robotics. Cyber Valley has a public mandate to advocate for entrepreneurship, research, development, application, and acceptance of technologies and methods in the field of intelligent systems. The company envisions a future where the full potential of intelligent systems is leveraged for the greater good of the world.  

    The Cyber Valley Community connects partners from science, industry, and society together, along with AI researchers and entrepreneurs. The Cyber Valley GmbH, funded by the state of Baden-Württemberg, acts as the central organizer, service provider, and host for this community. The GmbH is located in Stuttgart and Tübingen, but the Cyber Valley Community has a far wider reach: As a national and European driving force, we attract the best people from around the world to create the future with AI. 

    About the Cyber Valley Start-up Network  

    With the Cyber Valley Start-up Network, Cyber Valley is building and fostering a community of AI entrepreneurs. Members enjoy exclusive access to a wide-ranging network, connecting them with AI researchers, investors, corporations, and fellow startups. Members are required to have a connection to Cyber Valley, either by being located in Baden-Württemberg, or by being members or alumni of Cyber Valley partner institutions. The core of their business model must be centered around intelligent systems. The Start-up Network is growing continuously. More information about the current number of start-ups and the application process: cyber-valley.de/start-up-network.

      

    About hydrop systems 

    hydrop systems wants to proactively prevent water shortages through offering smart metering for water consumption. We provide a user-friendly solution for determining water usage via precise monitoring. The device, which anyone can install easily in under two minutes, attaches seamlessly to the existing water meter and offers real-time monitoring. Data is analyzed on hydrop systems' backend using artificial intelligence, which can perform tasks like tracking consumption by application and promptly spotting leaks. hydrop systems also provides personalized water-saving tips and an information platform with, among other tools, general facts about water and a community function. 

  • Startup:con Tübingen #9

    Startup:con Tübingen #9

    Welche Auswirkungen hat der EU AI Act im Hinblick auf KI-Start-ups? Was gibt es Neues aus der KI-Forschung? Und was können wir von erfolgreichen KI-Start-ups lernen? Experten und Gründer berichten von ihren Erfahrungen und geben wertvolle Tipps. Außerdem stellen sich wieder lokale Start-up-Supporter und junge Start-ups an Ständen und in kurzen Pitches vor.

    Das Programm in Kürze:

      • 17:00 Uhr Check-in
      • 17:30 Uhr Eröffnung der Startup:con Tübingen mit Impulsvorträgen von Anwalt und Gründer Felix Buchmann gemeinsam mit dem Team von MATVIS, Wieland Brendel (Max Planck Forschungsgruppenleiter und Co-Founder von Maddox) und Max-Frederick Gerken (CEO Optocycle)
      • 18:20 Uhr Open Stage Pitches – Deine 60 Sekunden auf der Bühne
      • 18:30 Uhr Networking auf der Gründermesse

    Wann: Donnerstag, 12.10.23 ab 17:00 Uhr

    Wo: Brauwerk Freistil, Wöhrdstr. 25, 72072 Tübingen

    Den Link zur Anmeldung findet Ihr hier.