Six start-ups launch in the batch of "K.I.E.Z."

The accelerator program is intended to accompany the start-ups in their development. These companies were able to prevail over the competitors.

The "Artificial Intelligence Entrepreneurship Center" has selected six startups that it intends to support with various funding programs in a first batch. The initiative, which aims to promote science-related companies in the field of artificial intelligence, is a model project for more startups in Germany and is funded with a total of almost seven million euros from the German Federal Ministry of Economics. In the accelerator program, the center wants to identify with the startups, among other things, what goals they want to pursue and then support them with "growth foundation" and "growth hacks." The initiative does not specify exactly what this means.

The center's experts have now selected six startups. They include Ai-coustics, which develops audio algorithms; Aivy, which is working on an HR solution; Cultway, which is designing a platform for audiovisual stories; Mastory, which is designing math games; Pantohealth, which is developing predictive maintenance for overhead lines; and Yoona, which wants to launch software for fashion designers.

Tina Klüwer, Director AI, of "K.I.E.Z" is pleased with the selection: "All six companies are using artificial intelligence methods in their products in innovative ways," she says.