Accelerator RISING
Gives German AI startups a four-month scale-up sprint with 10,000€ per team and a trip to Slush Helsinki.
Accelerator RISING is hessian.AI's four-month scale-up sprint for advanced AI startups based in Germany that build their own AI models and are ready to move from startup to scale-up, focused on sales scaling and internationalization rather than early-stage product development, with 10,000€ per team and a trip to Slush Helsinki. A team of one to four people submits startup and contact details, then…
Accelerator RISING is for advanced AI startups based in Germany that build their own AI models and are ready to move from startup to scale-up. It focuses specifically on sales scaling and internationalization rather than early-stage product development.
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