Companies

Precise chemical analysis is essential for ensuring food quality and pharmaceutical safety, or for detecting environmental pollution. WALS Analytic Lab Services GmbH has been offering flexible analytical services backed by scientific expertise since 2025. Founder Dr Peter Werner on the importance of analytical methods, their scientific foundation and why the young company aims to grow…

Everyone experiences stress and worries in their daily lives. The AI-based app Aury helps people find ways to cope. The development team is working to get it certified as a medical device so that it can offer digital support for serious mental health issues such as depression as well. Aury CEO Maximilian Rank talks about…

Digitalisation is a key driver of innovation. But automation, networked working and AI applications also create new risks. It is challenging for companies to adequately protect themselves against potential threats in cyberspace. The Potsdam-based start-up NeoMINT offers clear, practical solutions for integrating cybersecurity into all business processes. For co-founder Marie-Luise Wegg, security is a path…

After giving birth or as they get older, many women are affected by a weak pelvic floor. This condition can can cause a lot of stress in their daily life because it often leads to incontinence. The start-up Yeda is working on an innovative solution to give affected women back some of their former ease….

Therapeutic molecules from approved drugs are essential for the development of new therapies and inexpensive generics. However, it is difficult for researchers to obtain them. Christian Schmitz founded the biotech company Evidentic to change this. His team procures the exact molecules that drug developers require in a quick and cost-effective manner. In this interview, Christian…

Artificial intelligence is omnipresent. Current systems such as ChatGTP are based on language models that analyse large volumes of text. The Potsdam-based company Potassco Solutions, a spin-off of the Institute of Informatics and Computational Science at the University of Potsdam, has developed a programme that solves complex problems on the basis of focused knowledge. This…