The new edition of the foundersXchange starts with Mentoring Matters - Benefiting from experience and focuses on a topic that is crucial for start-ups and founders: #mentoring.   💡 Whether at the beginning or already growing: #experience, honest #feedback and the right #exchange can make the difference in every phase of a company. This is […]

📅 Monday, 13 April 2026, 08:30-18:00 📍 hessian.AI, Landwehrstrasse 50a, 64293 Darmstadt Join us for a full day of open-source hacking, learning, and collaboration! The sprints take place Monday, April 13th, 2026 — the day before PyCon DE & PyData 2026 kicks off. The sprints team provides lunch and Coffee/Mate/Diet-Coke— you bring the energy, ideas, […]

Before new technologies transform our world, they often appear first in fiction. Films allow us to imagine futures, test ideas and ask questions long before real systems exist. The new film series “AI in Cinema – Between Fiction and Research” at Programmkino Rex in Darmstadt invites us to look at artificial intelligence through this cultural […]

Welcome to hessian.AI, the Hessian Center for Artificial Intelligence! We are a research and innovation center with over 80 professors conducting research on a wide range of topics related to artificial intelligence. But research should not remain in an ivory tower. We bring AI into application and society and accompany ideas from the initial vision […]

Join us for a 24+ hour hackathon featuring challenges from Wasteer: 📅 Date & Time: Thursday & Friday, 21-22 May 2026, 09:30-16:00 💡 The Industry Challenge 2026 (Applications Closed) Ready to make waste-to-energy operations smarter, more data-driven, and greener? This is exactly what our industry partner, Wasteer, aims for. In 2026, efficient waste incineration is […]

The next foundersXchange is coming up—this time at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences! On June 3, the focus will be on the opportunities that virtual and augmented reality technologies offer for startups. There will be keynote presentations from both an academic perspective and based on startup experience: Prof. Philip Hausmeier, coordinator of the “Augmented and […]

An event organized by the Protestant Academy Frankfurt in cooperation with hessian.AI   Lecture and discussion The use of artificial intelligence is profoundly transforming everyday medical practice. From diagnostic imaging to robotic assistance and treatment documentation—AI can be applied in nearly every field. This raises important questions: How does the interaction between humans and machines […]

Two days dedicated to the future of computation: The Analog Computing Days 2026 will feature a rich program of presentations, discussions, and a hands-on hackathon — bringing together researchers, practitioners, and investors from across disciplines. Admission is free and open to anyone interested in next-generation computing paradigms. About the Event As digital computers increasingly reach […]

Let’s enjoy the summer together! ☀️ Together with the StartHub Hessen, we cordially invite you to our summer party—on August 12, 2026, starting at 5:00 p.m. at the Weststadtcafé in Darmstadt. What to expect: Meet founders, aspiring entrepreneurs, and startup enthusiasts in a relaxed summer atmosphere—with a barbecue, drinks, a great vibe, and inspiring conversations. […]

Over a decade of growth, innovation, and support for the startup scene in Frankfurt and the Rhine-Main region—that’s the Pitch Club. What began as a response to the challenges of a fragmented startup scene has evolved into a cornerstone of the regional ecosystem. Since our founding, we have supported 346 exciting startups on their journey […]

In this fXc, we’ll be focusing entirely on the question of how effective networking actually works. We’ve organized a variety of perspectives on the topic for you: Sascha Heising from CESAH will kick things off. He leads innovation projects at CESAH, draws on his own startup experience, and has been organizing networking-focused events for years. […]