Selected for the
AI NATION Accelerator

AI NATION grew out of AI+MUNICH and K.I.E.Z., the AI entrepreneurship centre in Berlin, and has funded almost 300 AI teams to date. The Accelerator is its programme for AI companies that are already incorporated and have their first customers, with hubs in Berlin and Munich.

AI NATION is run by Munich Innovation Ecosystem and Science & Startups, the startup centre of the Berlin universities. It is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy through exist and co-financed by the State of Berlin.

For the Fall Batch 2026, AI NATION received almost 500 applications for its Grant and Accelerator programmes. After a pre-selection by an expert jury and final pitches in September, 39 teams were admitted, 21 of them to the Accelerator.

For the Accelerator, AI NATION requires:

• AI at the core. AI delivers most of the product's value. Without it, the product would not be feasible in this form.
• Demonstrable traction. Paid pilots, recurring revenue or signed contracts.
• Growth potential. A market with room for two- to fivefold growth per year in the medium term.
• Technical team. At least one founder with technical expertise in AI.

The organiser publishes the programme and its criteria: ai-nation.de

The programme started on 1 October 2026 and runs for six months. During that time, Webmetic has a place in the AI NATION office in Munich, weekly coaching and a €10,000 grant for which AI NATION takes no equity. It ends with a Demo Day in front of investors and industry partners.

The kick-off on 6 October in Berlin was about our assumptions about customers: which ones the business model rests on, and how well each is backed by evidence. An experiment on the most critical one has been running since.

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