Techstars Berlin

XGRIDS LiDAR x Gauzilla Pro I got my hands on an XGRIDS K1 LiDAR scanner in Berlin! For its technical details see my previous post (https://lnkd.in/daDk8tEe) or Ted Strazimiri's great review (https://lnkd.in/dzabMkEx). #GaussianSplatting #3DGS #SLAM #LIDAR #AI #NVIDIA Gaussian Splatting Radiance Fields (Gaussian Splatting and NeRFs) Michal Gula Mindy Li Aden Zhang Colt Chen Florian Wagner Manuel Allinger Tobias Steidle Fahd Bourara Apostolos Apostolakis Bela Wiertz Louis Buys Scott Chacon

Only 2 out of every 100 visitors convert on static e-commerce websites. Why? They treat everyone the same. No wonder sales slip away. Twini (Techstars ‘24) is now reimagining the face of e-commerce by building a personalized, AI-curated shopping experience that adapts to every single customer, supplies vendors with fresh insights into user interactions and, most crucially, drives up sales conversion rates. Less than a month after its launch, Twini already got 5 paying customers—million-dollar brands in Milan, Paris, and New York. “With just a brand’s URL, Twini turns static product catalogs into personalized experiences where product descriptions, reviews, and images adapt in real-time to every single visitor—boosting conversions and average order value.” We sat down with Twini (Techstars ‘24) co-founders and life-long friends Davide Roli and Andrea Vitali to learn more about their vision for e-commerce and what they’ve achieved during Techstars Berlin.

One of Techstars Berlin’s class of 2022, hexafarms uses AI and machine learning to help commercial food growers optimize their production facilities and minimize losses in real time. Having closed a €1.3 million pre-seed round in August last year, the team is already expanding the capabilities of their software—and the roster of crops for which commercial food producers can rely on their AI. As of about a month ago, hexafarms had tracked more than 𝟮𝟳 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘀 of strawberries, tomatoes, cucumbers, and salads in 2024 alone. With the world population projected to reach 10 billion by 2050 and farming conditions becoming ever more precarious worldwide, finding better ways to grow food at scale is essential to our collective future. 👇 Read more about how hexafarms is helping to safeguard the future of food security in our latest alumni profile.

Featured by NVIDIA and pilot with Tesla, the AI-Powered 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) Web Editor developed by Yoshiharu (Josh) and the team at Waldek Technologies are gaining recognition from industry giants. “Gauzilla Pro is an AI-powered, no-code web editor that enables you to generate a fully-interactive, photorealistic 3D or 4D digital twin from a short video captured on your phone.” We spoke to Yoshi about where this idea came from and how Gauzilla Pro stands to impact a wide range of industries, from construction to fashion. Check it out here.

Looking for a job can be repetitive and time-consuming for everyone involved. Luckily, the team at Reppls is building an AI platform to change all that. AI-assisted video screening enriches the process for both candidates and recruiters so talent gets the opportunity to shine and recruiters find better candidates for their roles quickly and easily. “𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐇𝐑 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐈-𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭.” We sat down with the Reppls team Kate, Maksim, and Valiantsin to learn more about where their idea came from and how they’re driving change in the hiring process. 👀

Riverse came through Techstars Berlin just two years ago. Already accredited according to rigorous international standards, the carbon crediting platform has made a huge positive impact in the European carbon credits market. Having raised €1.5 million in seed funding in summer 2023, we’re excited to see what the team has in store next. Want to learn more about how Riverse is elevating the offsets market? Check out our short profile, here 👇

NanoAPI | Techstars '24 from our current Cohort has taken their product to the next level through open-sourcing the tool. They believe that developers love transparency, and want to provide value Solution Architects and refactoring teams from day one. 👉 Check out their Github repo (https://lnkd.in/eS33psVD), which has received 40 stars already on day one of launch. Joel Milligan, Justus van Mil, Florian Bigot 🧑💻

With a global population of 8 billion and counting, waste management is an increasingly urgent problem. Landfill is unsustainable and waste-to-energy power plants are plagued by unplanned shutdowns and inefficiencies. “𝐉𝐚𝐢𝐩𝐮𝐫 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞’𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐈-𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲” Techstars Berlin spoke to their new cohort company Jaipur Robotics | Techstars '24 co-founders Nikhil Prakash and Ermes Zamboni whose new technology stands to completely revolutionize how the world manages its waste. Learn more about what Jaipur Robotics has in store here.

How much money, time, and energy could manufacturing save if teams could keep a proper eye on the factory floor? That’s what Prateek Tripathi and the AIRS ML | Techstars '24 team are setting out to prove with their new edge technology that uses AI to predict machine failures. “𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐒 𝐌𝐋 𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐀𝐈 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.” Learn more about this incredible tech and what AIRS ML | Techstars '24 is achieving with Techstars Berlin here.

Rasa was one of the first startups to attend Techstars Berlin in 2015. Now, they count Fortune 500 businesses among their clients and raised a $30 million Series C last February. Their conversational generative AI has enabled companies around the world to optimize their operations while meeting the needs of their customers in an engaging, personal way. Let’s take a closer look at Rasa’s success. 🚀 Since 2015, Techstars Berlin has seen a lot of incredible companies come through our doors. Over the next few weeks, we’re going to take you through just a few major success stories that got their start at our accelerator.