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#AI22 is a series of articles highlighting what we believe to be 10 developments that will be impacting AI this year. Head over to our blog to read more.

Our venture SiaSearch has been acquired by the leading AI development platform Scale AI. The aim is weave SiaSearch’s tech into Nucleus to offer a full data engine that any AI developer can use — even outside of automotive or AV tech.

Business Insider featured our CFO and member of the board Janette Wiget in a lengthy article about the women driving the German Startup scene to success.

Forbes did a lengthy interview with our Founder Rasmus about our ambitions for AI in Europe, and listed us as well as our venture Vara as one of the Top 30 AI companies to look out for in 2021.

It is considered one of the most ambitious projects of the young European AI scene: the AI Campus, which two founders, Adrian Locher and Dr. Rasmus Rothe, are building in Berlin. They are planning a kind of showcase to get investors excited about artificial intelligence and want one thing above all: for Europe to become a leading AI powerhouse. In this in-depth article of the German news outlet WELT, they share insights into their ambitious plans.

Merantix Labs CEO Nicole Büttner has been selected as one of the Top 40 under 40 by the German Capital Magazin. Each year they select personalities out business, politics, science and social that are leaders in their respective fields.

The AI Canvas is a strategic toolkit developed by the business and engineering minds at Merantix Labs and University of St. Gallen to guide companies through AI project implementation and sustainable deployment. The novelty of many AI applications presents challenges to many companies who are not able to scale. With this comprehensive framework, you get a deep look into the topics of business, technology, organization, and AI Lifecycle.

Our synthetic biology venture Cambrium has went live with their new logo, branding and website. Find out more about their mission and possibilites to join their team on the website directly.

Rasmus Rothe and Adrian Locher are building a series of startups around artificial intelligence. Now they want to create a place where the Berlin AI community can come and exchange, interact and collaborate.

Why is #AI development still lagging behind its true potential? We have been reflecting our own approach and wanted to share our insights and beliefs on AI venture building. In this first article of a series to come we outline the factors of which we believe that are currently still hindering the adoption of AI technology.

Our venture Vara has closed its $7M Series A funding round! Congratulations to the founders Jonas Muff, Stefan Bunk as well as the whole team. We can’t wait to share insights to their journey here soon! Be sure to check in on our careers page if you are up for joining our mission to create AI ventures that change the world for good.

German #AI-Award 2020 for #Merantix in the category Special Prize! Our two founders Adrian & Rasmus were honoured to receive this award on behalf of all of us here at Merantix as well as our ventures Merantix Labs, Vara, SiaSearch, Cambrium and Kausa.