
Apply for our Prototyping Grant and get access to up to 54.000€ for your AI Prototype, equity free!
Application for Batch #13 will be open September 29 - October 19
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AI NATION supports talents and startups that have not yet secured financial backing, with up to € 54k.
We provide entrepreneurial AI projects with the financial means for the further development of a business idea, such as an AI specialist scholarship, an expert consultation, an expert pool or classic prototype funding.
We support early-phase as well as late-phase teams. It is a plus if you have diverse knowledge and experience in your team or if you have already participated in AI-related competitions and won prizes.
If you contribute to innovation density in AI in Bavaria, whether you’re a startup, a talent, an established corporation, or an institution, get in touch. Together we’ll build on Munich's blooming AI ecosystem.
Country in AI is Germany
Artificial Intelligence startups in Munich already
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Get access to the Munich AI community and position yourself in the ecosystem.
Find new recruitment opportunities and potential business partners.
Get access to existing networking events.
Meet up with decision makers in a collaborative environment.
Get funding for your startup.
Get access to AI and Entrepreneurship expertise.
Become part of Munich’s AI technology hub and get in touch with high-level representatives from science and academia.
Collaborate with top industry players.
Meet other high potential startups at an early stage.
Get access to co-creation partners to develop responsible and sustainable uses of AI.
Shape the role of AI through the implementation of innovative business models.
Do business with entrepreneurs, industry leaders, innovators, and investors.
Tackle the biggest challenges of society.
We:
Improve understanding of AI technology through outreach and education.
Foster systemic innovations for societal challenges.
Drive the rapid development of Munich as an AI location of global significance.
Build on the early success of startups emerging from the pilot project.
Enable cross-ecosystem exchange and networking as well as co-creation.
Expand the startup-driven entrepreneurial ecosystem in Munich.
Fast support for early stage AI startups!
AI NATION accelerates AI projects with up to 54.000,- € for experts, prototyping and your AI needs. Get access to AI stipends, experts, and material allocation in prototype grants. Create, test and validate your Minimum Viable Product.
Participate in Funding Pitch with corporates and institutions and meet co-creation partners to scale your business model. Get access to data from co-creation partners.
We’ve seen big vision that just needed a helping hand. Here’s a taste of what we’ve seen to date.

AI-RE is an AI-powered SaaS platform designed for Real Estate Developers, revolutionizing data management and document handling in seconds.
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AICU maximises medical research impact by delivering automated and data-driven insights in medical studies. The platform enables multimodal data analysis using XAI.
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Abnoba is driving the transition to a circular economy by creating AI-powered solutions for the timber recycling industry to optimize material reuse.
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AccelionTech builds the only AI system engineered with battery manufacturing knowledge to help cell producers cut scrap, boost yield, and make sense of their production data.
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Buy real estate intelligently. Adjust the market to your personal needs, not your needs to the market.
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Healthcare should be about people, not paperwork. The first AI platform that helps doctors focus on patients while helping patients understand their care.
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Aiina Robotics offers an autonomous and modular construction robot capable of addressing the skilled worker shortage.
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Airgonomics.ai combines real-time ergonomic assessments with AI-driven insights. By analyzing work environments and employee posture, we pinpoint ergonomic risks. Our software then delivers actionable solutions to boost productivity, prevent musculoskeletal issues, and elevate workplace well-being.
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A modern learning platform for computer science. Solve online practice tasks on a variety of topics at any time. Without installation. On every device.
Learn moreampway offers an advanced, AI-powered Charge Point Management Platform that empowers site owners to automate EV workplace and fleet charging intelligently, optimize energy costs, and ensure grid-friendly operations – built on scalable software architecture and adaptive scheduling algorithms.
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The central energy nervous system - artificial intelligence takes into account all components (heating, air conditioning, ventilation, lighting, IoT-enabled devices) of a building across all sectors and develops a highly efficient strategy to minimize energy consumption.
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At Brakeable, we are dedicated to revolutionizing the way brands approach product durability and sustainability. Our comprehensive suite of solutions empowers businesses to not only create high-quality products but also establish lasting relationships with their customers.
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AI-based innovative solutions to alleviate the burden of exercise and breathing coaching, thus providing efficient and sustainable therapy processes.
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COBY "the coping buddy" is an AI-powered tech plush toy and digital support platform designed to provide support for children with chronic illnesses
Learn moreCaire extracts vital signs and other health diagnostics from a video of a patients face
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Cancelight develops biomedical instruments together with AI driven prediction models for personalized cancer treatment enabling faster & more precise tumor characterization to help patients and pharma companies select the right therapies.
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Celsio is the pioneering electricity provider for sustainable and economical process heat. Our AI-based algorithm optimises the control of heat generation and markets its flexibility on volatile electricity markets.
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CertHub accelerates the delivery of medical products by automating regulatory processes of medical device companies.
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Certum.ai is a dynamic ESG data provider for financial institutions, with a focus on their SME clientele.
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Cleverwatt is the AI-enabled Co-Pilot for small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) that want to reduce their energy costs and achieve sustainable business operations.
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CliniCase helps medical students and young doctors building their clinical sense by turning exam prep into interactive patient cases through AI powered virtual patients.
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Codyco empowers hotels to capture 100% of call-in revenue by deploying a 24/7 AI voice agent that automates bookings and delights guests over the phone.
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The new age of wound analysis. Fully automatic & exact wound analysis in seconds.
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With the power of AI, CyberDesk detects and remediates data security risks across your multi-cloud architecture.
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Effective data management by involving people who don't have "data" in their job titles.
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dacl.ai is a platform for damage recognition enthusiasts who want to compare and share their models with the dacl community.
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Founded by robotics pioneer Rafael Hostettler, Devanthro’s vision is to build robodies as agile, dexterous and elegant as the human body, but without its fragility – so that one day, we can live as these robodies and stay curious indefinitely.
Learn moreWe offer a computer vision-based application with a dental camera that enables regular check-ups of the teeth of dogs and finally humans to improve dental health.
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DokTerm uses AI and NLP to turn spoken notes of dental professionals into clear summaries for clinical records and understandable explanations for patients.
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ESG-X automatizes the mandatory, burdensome ESG-Reporting for ~200.000 affected EU-companies through its AI-based B2B Software
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We are building a software platform to find better and more sustainable materials faster.
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FAST AI Movies develops a software that uses AI to generate videos. Currently, our focus mainly lies on (internal) training videos.
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familymind.ai revolutionizes family management with AI technology, offering tailored solutions to optimize family life.
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Flowsight uses the latest methods from AI research to precisely identify when wear parts need to be replaced from process sensor data.
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forml develops software for a new generation of AI-assisted workflows to transform public administrations
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A bio signal platform that visualizes the current status and progress of the motor rehabilitation of stroke patients without dedicated assessments.
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At Hammer Robotics, we're building robots to do the jobs nobody wants to do, making work safer and more productive for everyone. We believe robots should handle the dull, dirty, and dangerous tasks, freeing up people to focus on more meaningful and engaging work.
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AI-driven labeling from one example. Label your object detection dataset in an afternoon.
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Helmit is an AI-powered guardian that protects children from digital threats like grooming and cyberbullying on social media.
Learn moreWe leverage IoT sensors and satellite data for environmental monitoring to measure impact on biodiversity and sustainable ecosystems.
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Our AI Energy Assistant helps energy managers to identify anomalous events in real time and cut utility bills.
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iako develops a modular sensor which is customisable to the users disability. A self-developed AI translates the data into insights. An App allows real-time feedback and long-term tracking. This allows users to objectively track their progress.
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ikigai automates headhunting to break the quality-money-time recruiting tradeoff for scale-ups.
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Infinimol's AI drug discovery platform accelerates your early-stage research journey by harnessing the power of advanced generative AI.
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Interstitial is a SaaS plugin for CAD software that instantly provides high-quality architectural visualizations using AI, redefining the design process for architects, creatives, and real estate by eliminating the time, cost, and complexity of traditional rendering, and enabling real-time, sophisticated design decision-making like never before.
Learn moreJust 4 Noise creates a sample generation tool that allows users to produce unique one-shot audio samples from a simple line of text, streamlining the music production process and enabling artists to quickly find and integrate the exact sounds they need into their tracks.
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Karevo is an affordable automated potato grading and sorting system for small and medium scale farms.
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LoopID is an AI-supported circularity platform which enables brands to measure and improve the circularity of their products with innovative digital product passports.
Learn moreWe provide AI voice support for electric vehicle charging – improving the driver experience & reducing costs for operators.
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An handwriting based software that provides individual help during math school lessons.
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Lunavo helps mid-sized freight forwarders automate dispatcher workflows in Outlook, cutting manual work and errors - so that the business can reduce costs, handle more shipments without extra staff, and protect margins.
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MarketVista is a platform for retailers and suppliers that offers remote shelf audits to boost revenues by achieving higher compliance rates and shorter out-of-shelf times.
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Modalic challenges the paradigm of raw data aggregation by bringing on edge Machine Learning into production. Modalic develops a Federated Learning Operations Platform which supports the whole lifecycle of distributed Machine Learning.
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We make interactive 3D platform for construction managers to remotely monitor the progress of their construction with the same benefits as if they were physically present on site.
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Process automation interface for medical practices to give doctors their time back for patient care - starting with AI-automated documentation tailored to each medical specialty.
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Early warning and monitoring system for detecting forest damage using satellite data and artificial intelligence.
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Navel is a social robot, helping humans live well longer through social activation fueled by AI
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NeoSoma develops data-driven psychotherapy with initial application in the field of addiction.
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We help individuals, who feel overwhelmed by financial management, to automatically optimize their finances and stop losing money through a transparent, AI-driven platform built on trust.
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Combining intelligent smartwatch data analytics with simplified nutrition tracking to address the desire of mobile health users for feedback on daily health decisions to improve their vitality and wellbeing.
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OMIND platform is a digital platform that establishes an OPEN INNOVATION mindset between employees and enables companies to share knowledge and collaborate with other organizations.
Learn moreWe create interoperable AI-enabled robot components, and plug & play smart robot modules that are quick and easy to assemble. In addition to this, we also provide ready-to-use trained AI models for robotics and automation applications on our AI and robotics app store, which can be run on the standardized hardware modules.
Learn moreOmega's non-invasive, cost-effective spectral analysis detects chicken embryo sex pre-7th day (pain-free), reducing 400M male chick culling in Europe, sustaining German layer industry and production in Germany.
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Opterra.ai is a platform that helps farmers discover, get and manage the ideal financing options fast and easy.
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AI-driven supply chain planning for the food and beverage industry for a sustainable future without food waste and stock-out situations
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Our goal is to help companies save energy costs and earn more money from their photovoltaic plant. Our software is one of the first to integrate Smart Storage Control and Energy Trading into one Intelligent Energy Management system.
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At PULSETRAIN, we're redefining electric mobility. Our technology extends EV battery life by up to 80%, enhancing efficiency, safety and sustainability. Using AI and real-time data, we enable battery reuse through seamless and simple software updates, paving the way for a circular future. Safety is our priority - our system minimises the risk of thermal events while accelerating charging times.
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ProxDeal automates and improves the tedious and time-consuming process of generating buyer longlists, a crucial step in M&A transactions.
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We make AI accessible & sustainable by building deeptech that makes any AI 2-10x cheaper, faster and greener. In one line of code our adaptive tech locally optimizes and compresses any AI model on any infrastructure to get maximum gains while maintaining the AI's performance.
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Our Semantic Search Engine for unlabeled image and video data helps you understand and improve your data in minutes instead of weeks.
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With the AI+MUNICH Prototype Funding, we want to enhance our current legal provision offerings by introducing the Regle Deinen Kram assistant, an AI-powered app designed for users aged 18 to 30.
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Research-driven AI for climate risk management and compliance. The software helps to identify, manage, and communicate climate risks.
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RoboTUM is a student initiative at TUM focused on robotics, aiming to build the world's fastest humanoid robot. The AcTUMator Project focuses on developing high-performance actuators in-house to advance robotic capabilities and foster innovation.
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No more tedious searching for tasks! Here is your individual learning plan: Our AI tutor will find the right ABI tasks for you: He makes sure that you have practiced all topics relevant for the Abitur OR your next exam in Q11/Q12 until the exam.
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AI based cognitive robotics. We free humans from dull, harmful and repetitive work.
Learn moreWe make 3D computer vision easy to use, which empowers SW-Engineers/Data Scientist/AI-Engineers to build 3D-enabled products quicker, more reliable and with less pain.
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Our collaborative robotics solution enables dock workers to secure freight containers faster, safer and fully traceable, overcoming labor shortage and addressing loss of containers at sea!
Learn moreSOLO revolutionizes healthcare with a unique blend of hardware and AI, enabling precise single-cell analysis for advanced diagnostics and therapy development.
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SPACE-SHIP aims to bring technical innovation to the maritime industry and challenge the status quo. Our first software product helps ports in efficient planning and resource allocation resulting in significant cost savings and fewer emissions
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We help hospitals reduce avoidable costs and improve surgical outcomes by using a multi-modal AI-powered platform to deliver personalized, proactive, and connected care for patients.
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Schneider AI provides companies with the ability to use AI solutions locally to preserve data privacy.
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