AI & ML · Founders
Digitaler Salon: Out Front or Different – German AI Startups Between the Race and Their Own Path
Hosted by Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG)
Wednesday 25 November 2026 · 7:00pm · Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society · hosted by Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG)
- When
- Wednesday 25 November 2026
- 7:00pm – 8:00pm
- Where
- Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
- Französische Straße 9, 10117 Berlin · map
- Conducted in
- German
- Price
- free
- via hiig.de
about this room
The November edition of HIIG's Digitaler Salon asks which path German AI startups should take: join the race for their own data centres and models, or focus on AI that solves one task better than anyone else, handles data more selectively and uses less energy.
Felix Leitmeyer moderates; HIIG will name the guests shortly. It's a one-hour discussion with the audience at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society on Französische Straße. Doors 18:30, start 19:00. It's also livestreamed on hiig.de, but the room is the better place to be.
Free, no registration needed. The discussion is in German.
dependence on US models and clouds is a real question for every German AI startup, and this is an open room to argue it. Good for AI founders and anyone building or buying AI products for the Mittelstand.
Felix Leitmeyer · Moderator
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