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⚖️ TUM.ai E-Lab 5.0 Midterm Pitch: Meet the JuryAfter 7 weeks of building, validating, and iterating, our founders are r...
04/06/2026

⚖️ TUM.ai E-Lab 5.0 Midterm Pitch: Meet the Jury

After 7 weeks of building, validating, and iterating, our founders are ready to take the stage and showcase what they’ve been working on so far.

We’re excited to welcome an outstanding jury of investors, operators, and startup experts who will challenge our teams with valuable feedback and insights:

• David Hamala (Osborne Clarke)
• Sahbi Faidi (10x Founders)
• Dr. Haochun Ma
• Begüm Abbak (Id4 ventures)
• Tobias Graf (Hitachi Ventures)

A special thank you to Paolo Oppelt and Phillip Weinmann UnternehmerTUM for supporting this event and helping us empower the next generation of founders and entrepreneurs 🚀

❌ No ticket left for today’s Midterm Pitch at Cafe Luitpold?

✅ Secure your spot for the TUM.ai E-Lab 5.0 Final Pitch on July 10 and see the teams present the results of 12 weeks of building, learning, and ex*****on.

⬇️ Get your Final Pitch ticket here ⬇️
https://lnkd.in/d8quAaNJ

⚖️ TUM.ai E-Lab 5.0 MIDTERM PITCH: Meet the JuryAfter 7 weeks of building, validating, and iterating, our founders are r...
04/06/2026

⚖️ TUM.ai E-Lab 5.0 MIDTERM PITCH: Meet the Jury

After 7 weeks of building, validating, and iterating, our founders are ready to take the stage and share their progress so far.

We’re excited to welcome an outstanding jury of investors, operators, and startup experts who will challenge our teams with valuable feedback and insights:

- David Hamala (Osborne Clarke)
- Sahbi Faidi (10x Founders)
- Dr. Haochun Ma
- Begüm Abbak (id4 Ventures)
- Thobias Graf (Hitachi Ventures)

A special thank you to UnternehmerTUM for supporting this event and helping us empower the next generation of founders and entrepreneurs 🚀

All tickets for today’s Midterm Pitch at Cafe Luitpold are already gone! 🎟️

❌ No ticket for the Midterm Pitch?

✅ Secure your spot for the TUM.ai E-Lab 5.0 Final Pitch on July 10 and see what our teams can achieve after 12 weeks of building, learning, and ex*****on.

⬇️ Get your Final Pitch ticket here ⬇️
https://lnkd.in/d8quAaNJ

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀! 🚀Last Tuesday, TUM.ai teamed up with Earlybird for „Gradient Descend...
01/06/2026

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀! 🚀

Last Tuesday, TUM.ai teamed up with Earlybird for „Gradient Descending,“ an interactive roundtable diving into the big question on everyone’s mind: how do you actually launch a successful AI company in 2026? 🤖

- The conversation was packed with sharp insights, honest takes, and real talk about what it takes to go from idea to startup in today’s fast moving AI landscape💡
- Huge thanks to the Earlybird team for hosting us at their Munich office and keeping everyone fueled with great food and drinks 🍻
- Nights like these are exactly why we love building this community. Connecting curious minds, ambitious founders, and people who genuinely want to shape the future of AI🌍

Already looking forward to the next one! 🙌

GradientDescending

🎤 TUM.ai E-Lab 5.0 MIDTERM PITCH 7 out of 12 weeks of building, learning, and iterating: now it’s time to pitch.Join us ...
15/05/2026

🎤 TUM.ai E-Lab 5.0 MIDTERM PITCH

7 out of 12 weeks of building, learning, and iterating: now it’s time to pitch.

Join us for the TUM.ai E-Lab 5.0 Midterm Pitch and get an inside look at what our newest batch of startups has been working on so far. From early validation to evolving go-to-market strategies, expect ambitious teams, exciting ideas, and real startup energy.

The event will take place at the beautiful Cafe Luitpold in Munich, with food included and plenty of opportunities to connect with founders, investors, and the startup community 🥂

⬇️ Secure free limited tickets ⬇️
https://lnkd.in/d8quAaNJ

🦄 Unicorns are not built on ideas aloneAt the workshop on Competitor Analysis in the Age of AI led by Dr. Haochun Ma fro...
13/05/2026

🦄 Unicorns are not built on ideas alone

At the workshop on Competitor Analysis in the Age of AI led by Dr. Haochun Ma from .tech, we explored how AI is changing the way startups approach market analysis, competition and defensibility.

Some of the key ideas discussed:
- Why features alone are no longer enough
- Why competitor analysis should focus on positioning, distribution and workflow depth
- How AI can be used to challenge assumptions and stress-test strategy
- Why good analysis should create sharper questions, not fake certainty

E-Lab startups also worked on competitor analyses for their own startup ideas and got the chance to present their thinking, challenge assumptions and receive direct feedback on strategy and positioning.

Big thanks to Dr. Haochun Ma for the sharp insights, honest discussions and thought-provoking workshop 🙌

🌐 Interested in watching our most promising E-Lab 5.0 Startups pitch in front of top tier VC’s? Join us at the Midterm Pitch: https://luma.com/3l9hpjws?tk=WvTYxB

24 hours. ~100 builders. Countless ideas turned into reality. 🚀Last week, together with Project A, Yellow, and Lovable, ...
09/05/2026

24 hours. ~100 builders. Countless ideas turned into reality. 🚀

Last week, together with Project A, Yellow, and Lovable, we hosted an intense hackathon at the TUM.ai Homebase in Munich: bringing together ambitious founders, developers, designers, and AI enthusiasts to build fast and think big.

From AI tools for VCs to completely open MVPs, teams spent an entire day (and night) turning ideas into working products, validating concepts, and pitching in front of experienced founders and investors.

One thing became very clear:
Munich’s builder scene is thriving. 🧠⚡

The combination of exceptional technical talent and today’s AI-powered building tools means that small teams can now go from idea to MVP in less than 24 hours and the projects we saw proved exactly that.

Huge congratulations to all participating teams and especially to our winners 🏆

A big thank you to everyone who joined, built, mentored, and supported the event, especially to Omar Hedeya (Project A), Victor Navarro Garcia (Yellow), Constantin (Tino) Weberpals and Sophia Nabil Gustafsson (Lovable) for making this possible. 🙌

This was only the beginning. 👀

🚀 From First Pitch to Real Investor ConversationsWe hosted a hands-on Pitch Training Workshop with Omar Hedeya (VC at Pr...
07/05/2026

🚀 From First Pitch to Real Investor Conversations

We hosted a hands-on Pitch Training Workshop with Omar Hedeya (VC at Project A) for our TUM.ai E-Lab 5.0 founders 💡

Instead of theory, Omar shared what fundraising actually looks like in practice:
🎯 how to approach VCs strategically
⚡ what really matters (and what doesn’t) in investor conversations
📊 common mistakes founders should avoid
📈 how things play out in real-life fundraising

To wrap it up, founders pitched their ideas and received direct, no-BS feedback: exactly what you need to sharpen your story and delivery.

🎤 Coming up: Midterm Pitch

After weeks of building, our most promising startups are getting ready to take the stage and present their progress in front of a top-tier jury.

If you want to see the next generation of startups in action, don’t miss it 👇
https://luma.com/3l9hpjws

🚀 Great energy, sharp ideas, and lots of hands-on learning at our Design Thinking workshop!A big thank you to our guest ...
06/05/2026

🚀 Great energy, sharp ideas, and lots of hands-on learning at our Design Thinking workshop!

A big thank you to our guest speaker Sahbi Faidi (VC at 10x Founders) for sharing valuable insights on how venture capitalists evaluate ideas and what truly makes solutions stand out.

From identifying real user needs to rapid prototyping and testing, it was inspiring to see so many innovative approaches come to life.

🎤 Next up: Midterm Pitch
After 7 intense weeks, our most promising startups will take the stage to present their progress, insights, and bold visions in front of a top-tier jury.

Don’t miss the chance to see early-stage ideas turn into real ventures 👇
https://luma.com/3l9hpjws

TUM.ai goes Rio 🇧🇷 – ICLR 2026From presenting at the AI4Mat workshop to discussing our work directly at the poster with ...
04/05/2026

TUM.ai goes Rio 🇧🇷 – ICLR 2026
From presenting at the AI4Mat workshop to discussing our work directly at the poster with researchers in materials science and machine learning, ICLR was a unique opportunity to test ideas, get challenged, and exchange perspectives across disciplines at International Conference on Learning Representations 2026.

Our work benchmarks augmentation strategies to improve LLM performance in scientific domains.

We evaluated approaches for solid-state synthesis prediction such as retrieval, tools and multi-agent workflows. Our work shows that grounding models with domain knowledge (e.g., via retrieval) matters more than adding orchestration complexity for predicting organic materials synthesis.

We’re really excited about where AI for Science is heading and are grateful we got to contribute to materials discovery through this workshop.

Link to Paper: https://openreview.net/pdf?id=owHG8mKqs5

Welcoming the new TUM.ai E-Lab 5.0 batch ✨Congratulations to everyone who made it in! This was our most competitive sele...
28/04/2026

Welcoming the new TUM.ai E-Lab 5.0 batch ✨

Congratulations to everyone who made it in! This was our most competitive selection yet, with 530+ applications. 🚀

This weekend marked the official start of the journey. From day one, participants jumped straight into action: meeting their peers, exploring ideas, and building the foundation for what’s ahead.

A highlight of the onboarding was our mini hackathon, designed for co-founder matching and early idea validation. Teams didn’t just build, they pitched their ideas directly in front of Alberto Giovannetti Utrera from Senovo and received immediate, hands-on feedback.

We were also excited to have the co-founder of Invertix from our last batch join us to share his experience and answer questions firsthand.

Over the next weeks, they can look forward to intensive workshops, mentorship, and a highly driven community: all focused on turning ideas into real ventures.

Excited to see what this batch will build. 💡

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