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Checking whether a new product infringes existing patents has long taken weeks and cost thousands of euros. Munich-based legaltech company Patalyze wants to fundamentally change this process: using AI, the platform analyzes patent and product data within minutes. In an interview, founder Daniel Stoll explains why the real bottleneck is not patent search, but mapping between product and patent.

Electric cars, wind turbines, and robots rely on powerful permanent magnets – mostly using rare earths so far. Munich deeptech Alqem wants to overcome this dependency: using an AI platform, the team is researching new high-performance materials without critical raw materials. Co-founder and CEO Hanh Nguyen explains why the crucial step isn’t prediction, but the production of new materials.

The procurement of medical devices in many hospitals is still characterized by Excel lists, fragmented data, and complex supply chains. Sanovio, founded in 2024, wants to automate the entire procurement process with an AI-powered procurement platform – from data harmonization to delivery. Co-founder and CEO Noel Nosswitz explains why bootstrapping was a decisive success factor for Sanovio and why scaling is now in focus.

What began in 2015 as a pioneer in post-purchase communication is today an internationally active platform with customers in Europe and the United States. Parcellab accompanies online shoppers from order to return and helps retailers improve service, customer loyalty, and efficiency. In the interview, co-founder Anton Eder discusses pivotal decisions, learnings after the funding round, and the path to sustainable growth.

Globally, around seven billion male chicks are killed immediately after hatching each year. The Munich-based deeptech startup Omegga wants to change that: using AI and spectroscopy, the technology determines the sex of fertile eggs before the seventh day of incubation. In this interview, co-founder Katharina Hesseler explains why the transition from the laboratory to industrial operation was the biggest challenge and how Omegga now wants to grow internationally.

Whether it’s the Bundeswehr, police or emergency services: in security-critical operations, enormous amounts of data must be analyzed in seconds. The Munich-based company Hat.tec develops Scale, a software that consolidates information from different sensors and platforms into a shared situational picture. Co-CEOs Yannick Brand and Fabian Schmitt explain in an interview how humans and machines will work together even better in the future and why their software now also supports Bavaria’s police new helicopter fleet.

Many consider matcha the natural alternative to coffee and energy drinks, yet high-quality products for on-the-go are still rare. With Prinzz Matcha, founder Sophie Prinz wants to change that. She talks with us about building a pure matcha brand, the upcoming national Edeka distribution, and the question of how a trend becomes a new beverage category.

Analyze video material, edit it, and compile it into first rough cuts—all fully automated with AI. Ontoworks develops software solutions for media professionals and broadcasters. CEO and co-founder Sean McFadden explains how an idea at the intersection of music and technology became a startup for the future of media production.

Weeks of market research should be a thing of the past: The Consumer AI, founded in 2025, develops digital twins of real consumers that companies can query in real time on product, marketing, or packaging decisions. Co-founder Fabian Roschig explains why consumer perspective should flow into innovation processes much earlier and how AI is changing market research.

Photovoltaics, battery storage, and intelligent power procurement can turn commercial real estate into active participants in the energy transition. Moverloop develops integrated energy concepts for multi-tenant properties. Co-founder Valerie Laubsch explains in an interview why energy will become part of a property’s infrastructure in the future and how owners can directly benefit from the energy transition.

Myriameat develops a platform for producing real animal muscle tissue from stem cells – without animal farming and slaughter. The biotech startup has already integrated cultivated pork muscle into food products and recently achieved another scientific milestone: successful development of deer muscle cells. In the interview, co-founder Florian Hüttner explains why the future of meat production could lie in automated biological processes.

Location decisions are becoming increasingly complex: companies, investors and municipalities must recognize developments early to seize opportunities and avoid risks. Octoscreen analyzes millions of municipal documents and condenses the information into concrete recommendations for action. In the interview, CEO and co-founder Julian Freese explains how this becomes an early warning system for location and investment decisions.