AI Startup Landscape Hessen 2024
Showcasing Hessen´s most innovative AI startups
Data accumulated from our programs, dealroom and LinkedIn for all 168 AI startups.
Welcome to the AI Startup Landscape Hessen 2024, a project driven by several Hessian startup support institutions and initiated by hessian.AI! Our aim is to enhance the visibility of Hesse’s growing AI startup ecosystem while creating more opportunities for partnerships and innovation. In this edition, we not only highlight established AI startups but also feature early-stage, pre-founding startups, emphasizing their future potential.
In collaboration with our partners from research, business, and government, hessian.AI | The Hessian Center for Artificial Intelligence and AI Startup Rising seek to strengthen and expand the existing AI competencies in Hessen. We also aim to establish an internationally recognized AI innovation ecosystem, leveraging the region’s leading AI research to support the development of sustainable, high-tech, and deep-tech startups. Our goal is to foster successful businesses, while attracting top talent, investors, and companies to the region.
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Our selection of the AI Startup Landscape Hessen 2024
By compiling a comprehensive database of high-quality AI startups, we facilitate access for companies, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), investors and government institutions to trustworthy AI partners.
We have analyzed over 150 AI startups in Hessen in collaboration with our partners, bmh, Starthub Hessen / HTAI, station, AI Hub FFM, Tech Quartier, Highest, German Entrepreneurship / Start2, EXIST / PTJ, StartMiUP, and Science Park Kassel. The selected startups were all founded in 2017 or later and are characterized by a primary business model based on AI.
CLUSTERING LOGIC
The AI Startup Landscape Hessen 2024 is organized into the following clusters:
Healthcare, Finance & Legal, Media & Consumer Application, Education & Sport, Logistics & Construction, Space & Envieronment, Security, Compliance & ESG Manufacturing, Engineering & Robotics, HR, Energy & Bio, Consulting & Services
Given the diversity of startups and projects, fitting them neatly into rigid industry and cluster categories is challenging. However, we have made an effort to do so in order to provide a convenient overview and to simplify navigation through the landscape. We welcome any comments or suggestions for improvement.
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Methodology
The AI Startup Landscape Hessen closely follows the methodological approach of the applied AI institute for Europe for the „AI Startup Landscape Germany.“
Together with its partners, hessian.AI | The Hessian Center for Artificial Intelligence screened the startup landscape in Hessen and nominated potential startups in a preselection process. In contrast to the AI Startup Landscape Germany, however, not only established but also pre-founding AI startups were considered for selection. We believe that in this crucial phase, it is especially important to draw potential investors‘ attention to the startups. In the future, startups can apply throughout the year to be included in the AI Startup Landscape Hessen.
Next, the nominated startups are evaluated based on data, talent, AI methods, scalability, and overall quality, and then clustered. The startups are assessed by our AI analysts („shortlisted“ or „rejected“) to create a shortlist. To enhance the validity of the results, all startups are evaluated by multiple experts, and inter-rater reliability is calculated. Unclear cases are individually assessed by a larger group of experts to reach a final decision on „shortlisted“ or „rejected.“
- Headquarters must be in Hesse, with exceptions possible only for very close relationships with the Hessian ecosystem.
- The startup must not be older than 10 years.
- AI must play a significant role in the company’s business model.
- Products must be developed, service providers are its own cluster
- Early-stage projects (pre-founding) are welcomed, but a certain level of development must be present, and founding must be foreseeable.
- The shortlist is independently evaluated and assessed by our partners. Finally, all feedback is summarized and analyzed by the experts at hessian.AI | The Hessian Center for Artificial Intelligence
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Use of the AI Startup Landscape Hessen
As a publicly funded service provider supported by the State of Hessen and the Federal Government, we aim to make information about the AI startup ecosystem freely available. The use of the AI Startup Landscape Hessen as part of a presentation, lecture, or project is expressly permitted and encouraged, provided that the visual representation is always used and appropriate reference is made to us. Changes to the AI Startup Landscape Hessen 2024 must be marked as your own modifications. The content of this insight is published under CC-BY 4.0.
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DISCLAIMER
The data used in the AI Startup Landscape Hessen 2024 was collected and evaluated to the best of our knowledge and belief at the time of creation. Although we strive to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the information provided, errors, omissions, or inaccuracies cannot be ruled out. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the completeness, accuracy, or timeliness of the information provided.
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