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When OpenAI called a “red alert” internally in early December last year, it was more than just an industry headline. It’s a signal: the competition in the artificial intelligence market is more open than ever. Google has caught up significantly with its Gemini model and is putting pressure on the former market leader. What at first sounds like a two-way battle between tech giants actually opens up new possibilities for smaller players upon closer inspection. Now could be the right time especially for Munich AI startups. We spoke with AI expert Gitta Kutyniok from LMU and Branchly founder Sebastian Flick about this.

With the B2B startup Connect Hub AI, a platform is emerging that approaches recruiting and internal talent management in a data-driven, transparent, and human-centered way. Personality tests, matching logic, and a team-balance dashboard help companies fill roles with precision and make talent potential visible. Gabriela Galic, one of the two co-founders of the startup founded in 2025, in an interview.

Vera Meinert spent a long time working at the intersection of data and artificial intelligence in large corporations. Since 2025, with Diafania and co-founders Michael Brunzel and Johannes Peschko, she wants to tap into untapped potential and transform the real estate industry. In this Women in Tech interview, she speaks openly about what the first time as a founder felt like, how financing is shaping up at the beginning, and what good tools are for her.

The Munich AI startup Eventpage AI receives 320,000 euros in a pre-seed funding round. With the capital, the founders want to expand their platform for automated event planning and solidify market leadership in the German-speaking region.

Many mid-market companies develop top-notch products, but their process efficiency often leaves something to be desired. Munich-based startup Demi wants to change that – with an artificial intelligence (AI) based system that intelligently connects strategy, planning, and implementation, driving mid-market companies forward with data-driven insights. Our interview partner Philipp Munsch tells us, among other things, how the founding came about with Niklas Löckel and Tobias Wolff and gives insights into current challenges.

Huge amounts of data lie dormant in the real estate industry – costing time, money, and opportunities. The Munich startup Diafania transforms unstructured information into insights and demonstrates how artificial intelligence can create real added value for technical property and facility management.

The Munich startup Coby is developing more than just a high-tech cuddle toy: an AI-powered plush companion that listens to children with special challenges, gives tips, and relieves parents. Founded by David Cañadas Link (CEO/CPO), Philipp Steudle (CFO/CMO), and Reza Roustaei (CTO/COO), co-founder Cañadas Link gives us an insight into the plush toy that combines emotions, technology, and everyday support in this interview.

The Munich startup Vidlab7 automates sales demos with avatars. The goal is to qualify leads immediately and book appointments. According to its own statements, the Munich startup brings humanity to automated AI processes and makes sales processes more efficient, scalable, and predictable.

82 percent of German tech startups use artificial intelligence – often as a crucial success factor. A Bitkom survey shows: opportunities and skepticism lie close together.

Leadership responsibility for over 600 employees, part-time: The computer scientist with a doctorate, Stefanie Lämmle, heads customer management and the Data&Innovation team in the IT department of the Landeshauptstadt München. And she built an AI competence center. Startups can also benefit from her work.

The InnovationLab and AI Competence Center of the city of Munich are driving future topics such as artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things, and data analysis. What trends the team sees, what makes good startup collaborations, and how startups can get involved is explained by Stefanie Lämmle, head of the Data&Innovation department at the Landeshauptstadt München, in this interview.

How can you make physically demanding work healthier and thus more productive? The Munich startup Ease relies on intelligent exoskeletons specifically developed for logistics and production. Founded in 2021 by Christina Harbauer, Peter Schäfer, Martin Fleischer, and Noah Lars Gerullis, the startup aims to bridge the gap between humans and human-centric industry that uses artificial intelligence and exoskeletons.