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AI and automation
Where AI agents and automation pay off, how they work inside the tools you already use, and what to leave alone.
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- AI in the systems you already use: where it saves time and moneyWhere the hours go today, which tasks to hand to AI and which to keep, use cases by department, a worked business case with its assumptions on the table, and how to start without regretting it.
- AI agents in customer service: a practical guide for German companiesWhat an AI agent can safely take off your support team, where it gets its answers, how to measure it without fooling yourself, and how to run it under the GDPR and the AI Act.
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Startups and funding
Building a first version that survives real users, investors and the months after launch.
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- From idea to prototype: concept, proof of concept and MVP explainedA practical guide for founders: validate the problem, scope a prototype in days, test it with five users, check technical and AI feasibility, and decide what happens to it next.
- How to raise money for a startup in Germany: stages, programmes and the processMost German startups combine public money with private capital. This guide covers which money fits which stage, what investors check, the documents to prepare and how to run the process.
- How to build an MVP that still works in month nineMonth nine is when you have real users, a second engineer and a roadmap. The decisions that decide whether your first version copes are made in week one.
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Software development
Web and mobile apps, customer portals and internal tools: how to plan them, what they cost and who runs them.
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Hiring and teams
Adding senior engineers to your team: the models, the contracts and the rules in Germany.
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- How to assess senior software engineers: competence, evidence and a fair processYears on a CV predict very little. Structured interviews and realistic work samples predict far more. Here is what competence means for a senior engineer, what the evidence says, and a process that is fair to candidates and hard to fool.
- IT staff augmentation in Germany: contracts, the AÜG and onboardingThree legal routes bring an external engineer into your team in Germany. Which one you are actually using depends on who directs the work, not on the contract title, and the wrong answer can make the engineer your employee by law.
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Compliance
E-invoicing, the EU AI Act, GDPR and hosting: what the rules mean for your systems, with the sources linked.
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- E-invoicing in Germany: what finance teams must do by 2027 and 2028Since 1 January 2025 every German business must be able to receive structured e-invoices. Issuing becomes mandatory in two steps, and the finance teams that automate intake now get the most out of it.
- The EU AI Act for companies that deploy AI agents and chatbotsWhat the AI Act actually asks of a company that uses AI agents rather than builds models, what the Digital Omnibus changed in July 2026, and what applies to you right now.
- GDPR compliant AI: where your data goes and how to keep it in the EUWhat happens to personal data when an employee or an AI agent calls a model, what the law and the German regulators require, and which hosting setup fits which data.
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