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🚀 Thank you for joining us at our AI Roundtable! We absolutely loved the vivid discussions and positive spirit! ❤️ For those who couldn't make it this time (little hint: yes, there will be a next time ;)) here are some of our key takeaways from last night!   👉 Thomas Andrae Current AI operations, like ChatGPT, are expensive and energy-intensive, highlighting the need for advancements in computing technology. In Thomas's view, the future lies in photonic computing, which operates at extremely low temperatures and promises a significant paradigm shift.   👉 Matthaus Krzykowski The European AI movement is gaining momentum and strongly focuses on collaboration and open-source initiatives. The future of AI lies in developing interconnected systems, with Europe playing a crucial role through platforms.   👉 Johannes Otterbach x Lisa Knab In the US, failure is often seen as a step towards success, and the good news is that this mindset is starting to spread to Germany. Embracing failure can lead to innovation and improvement. Johannes advises companies using GenAI to adopt the mantra "Perfect is the Enemy of Good." Start with small implementations, gather market feedback, and iterate quickly to allow for rapid learning and adaptation.   We hope you are as excited as we are about the future and the possibilities of AI. Thank you to everyone who took part in the event. We're already looking forward to the next AI roundtable!   PS: Stay tuned, we have a little after-movie waiting for you next week :) 📸 Dominik Tryba   #GenAI #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #LLMs

🎤 Get to know our speakers for our upcoming AI roundtable As promised, we would like to introduce you to our speakers for our AI event next Wednesday, November 27th in our Open Studios. Take a look at the slides to find out what our experts bring to the (round 😉)table. Our line-up: 💾 Thomas Andrae gives an insight into the world of data. He talks about how a powerful, efficient and scalable infrastructure is the technological foundation for a future with AI. 🗂️ Matthaus Krzykowski takes a closer look at intelligent data management and uses practical examples to show the challenges of working with data on a daily basis and how they can be solved. 🌏 In a fireside chat with Lisa Knab, Johannes Otterbach discusses the current state of AI and highlights the differences and similarities between the European and American AI ecosystems. Curious? Grab the last few spots. Link in the comments. 👇🔗 #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #KI #Data #Technology

Back on the road with Gen AI 🚆 Our AI experts Lisa Knab and Marius Bloch slipped back into the trainer role for yesterday’s upskilling session at SIGNAL IDUNA Gruppe in Dortmund. The workshop consisted of several micro sessions and reached more than 100 colleagues, helping them to polish their AI skills and to better understand how and when to implement it at work. This was yet another great moment of collaboration not only with our colleagues at SIGNAL IDUNA we have teamed up with (shout out to Sebastian Borowiak, Lea Berg, Christoph Grimm and Sandra Lepich) but also with our technology partner Google and trusted expert Knut Zengerling. Let’s keep learning! When not on the stage, Lisa and Marius recorded a few scenes - so here's what it looked like. 👇 #GenerativAI #AiinINsurance #insurtech #EmployeeExperience #GrowthMindset

🎤 Get to know our speakers for our upcoming AI roundtable As promised, we would like to introduce you to our speakers for our AI event next Wednesday, November 27th in our Open Studios. Take a look at the slides to find out what our experts bring to the (round 😉)table. Our line-up: 💾 Thomas Andrae gives an insight into the world of data. He talks about how a powerful, efficient and scalable infrastructure is the technological foundation for a future with AI. 🗂️ Matthaus Krzykowski takes a closer look at intelligent data management and uses practical examples to show the challenges of working with data on a daily basis and how they can be solved. 🌏 In a fireside chat with Lisa Knab, Johannes Otterbach discusses the current state of AI and highlights the differences and similarities between the European and American AI ecosystems. Curious? Grab the last few spots. Link in the comments. 👇🔗 #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #KI #Data #Technology

📢  You’re into AI? Join us at the AI Roundtable on the 27th of November at the signals Open Studios. Together, we will explore the opportunities and challenges in AI, such as infrastructure, data management and regional AI ecosystems.   🗓️ November 27th 🕖 7pm (Doors open at 6:30pm) 📍 signals Open Studios, am Nordbahnhof 3, 10115 Berlin 💬 GERMAN   What to expect: 🎤 Inspiring talks: We kick off the evening with two insightful keynotes, followed by a Q&A session and fireside chat. Thomas Andrae, Founder/Managing Partner at Linden Capital GmbH and supervisory board member at Merantix, will explore the role of high-performance, efficient and scalable infrastructure in the AI boom. Matthaus Krzykowski, Co-Founder/CEO at dltHub and Venture Partner at Angel Invest, will focus on intelligent data management, providing practical examples and solutions to everyday data challenges. Johannes Otterbach, innovation expert at SPRIND - Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen and former Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI, will discuss the current state of AI, comparing the European and American AI ecosystems. Stay tuned for more details about our speakers in an upcoming post! 💬 Networking: Meet the speakers, mingle with other AI enthusiasts, and build new connections. 🔗 👇  Sounds good? Save your seat using the link in the comments! 

📢  You’re into AI? Join us at the AI Roundtable on the 27th of November at the signals Open Studios. Together, we will explore the opportunities and challenges in AI, such as infrastructure, data management and regional AI ecosystems.   🗓️ November 27th 🕖 7pm (Doors open at 6:30pm) 📍 signals Open Studios, am Nordbahnhof 3, 10115 Berlin 💬 GERMAN   What to expect: 🎤 Inspiring talks: We kick off the evening with two insightful keynotes, followed by a Q&A session and fireside chat. Thomas Andrae, Founder/Managing Partner at Linden Capital GmbH and supervisory board member at Merantix, will explore the role of high-performance, efficient and scalable infrastructure in the AI boom. Matthaus Krzykowski, Co-Founder/CEO at dltHub and Venture Partner at Angel Invest, will focus on intelligent data management, providing practical examples and solutions to everyday data challenges. Johannes Otterbach, innovation expert at SPRIND - Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen and former Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI, will discuss the current state of AI, comparing the European and American AI ecosystems. Stay tuned for more details about our speakers in an upcoming post! 💬 Networking: Meet the speakers, mingle with other AI enthusiasts, and build new connections. 🔗 👇  Sounds good? Save your seat using the link in the comments! 

✨Thanks for having us ✨ One of our GenAI experts Lisa had the chance to speak at AI Week Mainfranken and share our experiences working with GenAI SIGNAL IDUNA Gruppe. The event program included more than 30 online and offline events covering the whole spectrum: From AI use cases in retail or legal, startup pitches by local entrepreneurs up to discussions on how to use AI responsibly. Shout out to the organizers Wuerzburg Web Week and Ute Muendlein for putting together an insightful 5-day program, the first of its kind in Bavaria. For those of you who couldn’t attend, here’s a quick wrap up of what Lisa (who in fact has roots in the region) shared with the audience. 👉  The potential of GenAI in insurance is huge. According to Accenture 62% of all tasks at an insurance company could be automated (by GenAI), BCG forecasts a 20-30% reduction in loss-adjustment expenses. But we’re past the peak of inflated expectations, to use Gartner’s words, and we are excited to see what innovations will hit the plateau. 👉 GenAI is powerful, but don’t start with a one-fits-all. At SIGNAL IDUNA we’ve been focusing on various specific use cases together with our partner Google. Partly highly specialized and usually piloted and tested with a small internal user base. We believe this is the right way, as it allows us to learn and adjust according to real needs. 👉 In AI, there’s a 10-20-70 rule which says it’s not all about the technology. Despite all technological breakthrough, only 10% of time is dedicated to new algorithms and the science behind it, another 20% is about implementing the technology in systems and integrating the right data. 70%, the biggest chunk, goes to enablement. This is why we are happy to work with and for SIGNAL IDUNA colleagues in a variety of workshops. Thanks to everyone who participated and for the incredibly insightful Q&A afterwards. #GenAI #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Insurtech

AI is not just changing our industry in unprecedented ways, but it’s transforming the world around us. As we've been diving deeper into its various facets and plan to share more of our observations as well as activities in this channel - we need your input. Help us shape the conversation by letting us know which topics interest you the most. We'll make sure to address them in our upcoming posts - we have a few events and insightful expert conversations lined up✨. Comment below or participate in our poll to share your thoughts!👇 #GenAI #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Insurance

🏆 Following our recent post about the IMPACT FESTIVAL, we are excited to announce that our colleagues at SIGNAL IDUNA Gruppe have been honored with the German Sustainability Award 2025 (Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis) in the category “Companies - Insurance Sector”!   A special shoutout to Dayane Kemmer Marquart and her team for their efforts and bold steps towards creating a sustainable insurance industry.   🌿 The German Sustainability Award is Europe’s leading award for ecological and social engagement. Established in 2008, it promotes sustainable development by recognizing and honoring outstanding efforts in various sectors.   #innovation #sustainability #nachhhaltigkeit #insurance #versicherung

How to make an impact in times when sustainability loses focus? 🌍 The challenge: Unfortunately, ongoing global conflicts have shifted the focus away from #sustainability in many areas, leading to a less optimistic outlook. According to Prof. Dirk Messner, 40% of Germans consider themselves economic losers of the climate transformation, despite generally supporting it. This makes it challenging to engage people effectively. In other words: We don’t have a competence or resource problem to solve the climate crisis, but we have an implementation problem. 🔍 To address these questions and challenges, Anatole von Tippelskirch and our colleagues Chiara Schneider and Dr. Jannis Andrae from SIGNAL IDUNA attended the #ImpactFestival in Frankfurt last week. The festival is recognized as Europe’s largest B2B event for sustainable innovations, bringing together a diverse mix of representatives from politics, venture capital, corporates, startups, and NGOs. Impact Festival covers a wide range of topics, including #mobility, urban living, #logistics, sustainable #finance, impact investing, #agriculture, #biodiversity, circular economy, clean #energy, water management, and organizational sustainability. The ultimate goal: foster collaboration and the exchange of ideas to accelerate sustainable transformation. 🏆 Our Personal Highlight: The SIGNAL IDUNA Gruppe Startup Challenge, which focused on quantifying client CO2 emissions and developing advisory concepts to minimize these emissions. The winner of the challenge, Circonomit, not only convinced our colleagues at SIGNAL IDUNA but also impressed the audience, earning the title of “Most Impactful Solution”. Circonomit's scalable SaaS solution helps companies build comprehensive environmental inventories, including materials, water, energy, waste and emissions. Congratulations to Chris Hahn and the Circonomit team, and a big thank you to TechQuartier for organizing the challenge! To close the circle: We met so many people and inspiring ideas at the festival that we remain optimistic and believe it is still possible (and, above all, necessary) to make an impact in terms of sustainability.