00:00Of course, English is spoken at Noah Labs.
00:05The team around co-founder Markus Hott has developed an AI-supported remote diagnostic tool.
00:11Voice analysis of patients living with heart failure.
00:15The voice samples reveal something about her condition.
00:19They complement the other measurement data that Noah retrieves daily.
00:23The advantage is that patients can do it themselves at home, meaning they need to go to the doctor or hospital much less often.
00:28This data is then simply aggregated and displayed to the cardiologist in private practice.
00:33And so that the doctor doesn't actually have to look at data points every day,
00:38This is where AI and analysis come into play.
00:41In other words, we analyze the data and only raise the alarm when it is truly necessary.
00:45At least 70 practices are already connected, but the problem is much bigger.
00:49More than two million Germans suffer from heart failure and require care.
00:54AI can help her.
00:55Noah Lapps is an example of the growing German AI scene.
01:00If you count all startups, Germany is in 3rd place after the USA and China.
01:05Just under a third of the founders chose Berlin, but Munich was closely followed.
01:10Because even the Bavarians want to be part of the boom.
01:13What Berlin's AI scene has been lacking until now was unveiled today.
01:16An AI hub, Artificial Intelligence, that's what they call it here, because like the staff, the competition has long been international.
01:25Established companies and startups can meet here.
01:27The goal is to create "Made in Berlin" using artificial intelligence.
01:31Our main focus is on administrative processes and production, that is, in B2B business, so to speak.
01:41And solutions are emerging from Berlin for Berlin's entrepreneurs, but also for the world.
01:46The hub includes a showroom, an exhibition space for startup ideas.
01:51This ranges from the analysis of autonomous driving data to intelligent district heating use and image-controlled preparation of surgical instruments.
01:59New ideas are coming onto the market every week, a pace that not everyone can keep up with.
02:05Especially when we work in the public sector, everything takes a very, very long time.
02:09And we would like the German administration to also say, hey, we have great companies here, we are working with them now and not relying on other international players.
02:20The hub is also a place for potential customers looking for a smart solution.
02:25When it comes to topics like heart problems, this is a good place to start a conversation.
02:32Well, what can Berlin do in this regard? We want to discuss that with Sven Ripsas.
02:35He is a professor at the Berlin School of Economics and Law and is responsible for entrepreneurship education.
02:40I translate the promotion of entrepreneurial thinking and action.
02:43Good evening.
02:43Good evening.
02:44In its public image, Berlin always pretends to be number one when it comes to start-ups.
02:47Is that true nationwide?
02:49Over the last two decades, definitely.
02:52Munich is very close to Berlin in the lead.
02:56It's also number one for hardware and for some technology-based startups.
03:01But overall, most start-ups are already founded in Berlin.
03:04We now have this new competence center.
03:06There are already other places where artificial intelligence is being promoted, researched and implemented.
03:11What can Berlin do with AI? Are we already noticing any effects?
03:14Absolutely. It's a topic everywhere.
03:16In recent years, it has been important to say in research at universities, in start-ups, and in discussions with investors,
03:23that efforts are being made to use AI to automate things and to be able to evaluate processes faster.
03:28What I would like to see in Berlin, and this is perhaps also true for this CEC where the new AI hub is being built, is a real pooling of resources.
03:38Where does this pooling of resources lead? To specialization and broadening of our scope?
03:42What does Berlin have to offer? Are there a particularly large number of start-ups here, for example in the fields of finance or pharmaceuticals?
03:47Yes, well, finance is certainly present in Berlin, but it's not the main focus.
03:53With N26, we obviously have one of the biggest start-ups from the region.
03:57Overall, it is primarily e-commerce, the entire social sector, i.e. social media, social commerce, and especially now all the technology based on AI-based startups.
04:10Do all these numerous newcomers who come to the start-ups, the high potentials, as they are so nicely called in German, also change the city?
04:18We just heard it, the scene speaks English.
04:21Absolutely. That's also because our universities offer Master's programs and incubator programs in English.
04:28We want to be attractive to these creative minds from all over the world. Berlin has a good reputation in that regard.
04:34It's become a bit more expensive here now. As a result, Berlin has also dropped a little in the international rankings.
04:40But I believe that's why they're pooling their resources again and saying, we need to invest.
04:44What I would like to see is that we also need to invest in the general public, in education for entrepreneurial thinking and action.
04:52not just for the English-speaking high-tech elite, but for the entire population.
04:56A welcoming culture is certainly part of it, including one free of envy.
04:59If you happen to become a unicorn, i.e., a billionaire, then you want to live in a society free of envy.
05:03Right now, the mood isn't quite so positive. Even the Chancellor has said that the cityscape is spoiled.
05:09What does something like that actually do to a start-up city?
05:12So I believe that the start-up city is not very strongly affected by this, because we work all over the world in multicultural contexts.
05:22I myself am allowed to work in Israel, and I also knew people from the incubator in Gaza City.
05:29Whether they are in New York, Shanghai or Berlin, the startup community has always been international.
05:36The caravan continues on its way, more or less.
05:38Yes, they know each other and they understand each other. It's independent of the cultural background I was born into.
05:44In one sentence, what do you wish for the city to truly become great in terms of start-ups?
05:48An enthusiasm for new ideas, for this culture that brings creative minds to Berlin.
05:53And that it spreads to all parts of the population, that we say we are a creative place.
05:58Thank you very much for the information you provided this evening on the evening news program.
06:00Professor Sven Rippers.
