We are looking for the next generation of entrepreneurs who are ready to leverage the long-term opportunities of emerging technologies and the disruptive edge of an AI-native future.
Become part of the class of 2026!
Class of 2026
Coworking Space
— Our AI Basecamp
The AI Basecamp is the physical home of the incubator: a shared workspace in the heart of Plagwitz that gives founders a stable, inspiring environment to build, experiment, and collaborate.
Designed for early-stage momentum, the Basecamp offers:
fast internet and essential technical infrastructure
meeting and breakout zones for collaboration
quiet areas for deep work
space for prototyping, testing, and rapid iteration
an environment where founders naturally learn from each other’s daily progress
It is more than a place to sit with a laptop — it is a living ecosystem where ideas move faster because people are in the same room.
To support this rhythm, the Basecamp includes daily check-ins and light-touch coaching for anything that comes up in the early stages:
administrative hurdles, organizational decisions, team dynamics, or simply a question that needs a quick answer before you can continue.
The goal is simple:
to create a workspace where founders feel supported, grounded, and able to focus fully on building — surrounded by people who push each other forward.
Our program:
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Class of 2026
At the heart of our program sits human-to-human collaboration.
In the weekly 2-hour intensive colloquium hosted by the incubator the class of 2026 focuses on the exchange of insights, testing assumptions, and future proofing each business model through guided iteration.
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Foresight Sessions
Intensive Zukunftswerkstädte facilitated for each founder team every 4 weeks in the ideation phase using tools from foresight, design thinking and future science.
Helps the founders clarify long-term problem solving, market trajectories, and AI-native positioning.
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One-on-one Mentoring
The incubator also offers on-demand mentorship sessions for technical, organizational, or strategic challenges.
Option to bring in external experts (AI engineers, designers, patent lawyer, investors) for topic specific advice.
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Coworking
Shared workspace (“AI Basecamp”) equipped with internet, meeting zones, and prototyping resources in the heart of Plagwitz, Leipzig.
Daily check-ins and light-touch coaching for administrative, organizational, or team challenges.
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Demo Day 2026
Formal pitch event co-hosted by the incubators main funding partner to conclude the yearly program.
Enables direct access to capital and visibility to accelerate the next steps towards the future for the graduates of the class of 2026.
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Industry Collaboration
We help facilitate pilot projects between founders and future-forwards regional actors and industry.
Organize small “problem labs” where founders propose AI-native solutions to public or industrial challenges.
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School Incubator
The incubator is building a talent-pipeline for future founders by offering an after-school AI incubator program at Ostwald Gymnasium starting 2026/27.
Students are enabled to explore original ideas in small teams and approach real-world challenges through AI-natives solutions.
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AI Fridays
Weekly open-door gatherings where anyone can drop in to explore what’s emerging in AI.
Including public events like resident speakers, hackathons, community dinners, and thematic workshops that bring together people from across disciplines to highlight new ideas and unexpected collisions.
Become AI Native
Sign in to our online leaning tracks to start becoming AI-native today: