Launch of aigude.ai: Two live webinars on the new platform for Hesse’s AI ecosystem
With aigude.ai, hessian.AI is developing the AI Startup Landscape Hessen into a continuously updated platform. In two webinars on 26 November and 3 December 2026, project lead Tobias Kehl will show how policymakers, the media, ecosystem partners and AI startups can use it.
Which AI startups are based in Hesse? Who is researching which topics? And where are the starting points for collaboration? Until now, this information was spread across many sources or known only to a few people. aigude.ai brings it together in one place.
From landscape to platform
With the AI Startup Landscape Hessen, hessian.AI published comparable snapshots of the Hessian AI startup ecosystem in 2024 and 2025. From the outset, the aim was to map this dynamic ecosystem in a more automated and timely way. aigude is the next step: the annual snapshot is becoming a continuously updated register of Hesse’s research-based AI ecosystem.
What aigude offers today
- Startup register: AI startups from Hesse, their solutions and expertise
- Landscape view: Hesse’s AI startup ecosystem at a glance
- Research section: publications, topics and researchers from hessian.AI’s 13 member universities. Publications from 11 of them are already included, with more to follow.
- Job board: open positions at listed startups
Where the information comes from
aigude combines publicly available sources with information submitted by startups and researchers themselves. Startup profiles draw on sources such as Dealroom and company websites; research data comes from the OpenAlex and DBLP databases. The hessian.AI team reviews new submissions before they go live. Personal contact details are not displayed publicly.
In future, aigude will also include talent and use cases from companies alongside startups and research. Companies can already submit use cases via the AI Startup Rising team, who then search the register for suitable startups and put them in touch for potential pilot projects.
Tested in practice
aigude builds on hands-on experience: the platform already supports the application and selection processes of the AI Startup Rising programmes LAISF (Lean AI Startup Funding) and RISING. Confidential application and evaluation data remains with hessian.AI and is not part of the public register.
Webinar 1: Who is developing AI in Hesse?
For policymakers, the media, funding bodies, networks and other ecosystem stakeholders
📅 Thursday, 26 November 2026 | 12:00–12:45 CET | online | in German
Tobias Kehl, project lead and developer of aigude and Co-Lead of AI Startup Rising, will present the platform, how it came about and the vision behind it. In a live deep dive, he will show how aigude can be used to research AI startups and fields of application, find the right contacts and get an overview of regional expertise. There will be time for questions and feedback afterwards.
Registration: https://aigudeai261126.eventbrite.de/
Webinar 2: Your startup on aigude.ai
For AI startups and founding teams
📅 Thursday, 3 December 2026 | 12:00–12:45 CET | online | in English
In the second webinar, Tobias Kehl will walk startups through the platform step by step: from claiming an existing profile or registering a new startup to updating information on their AI solution and posting job openings free of charge. He will also explain how up-to-date profiles help startups get found for suitable use cases from companies, and which features are planned next.
Registration: https://aigudeai031226.eventbrite.de/
Built in public
aigude launches as a prototype and will be developed step by step together with the ecosystem. Questions, experiences and ideas are very welcome, both during the webinars and by email to .
Useful links for Start-ups
Find and claim your profile: http://aigude.ai/startups
Add your startup: http://aigude.ai/register
Post an open role: http://aigude.ai/jobs/post
