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Focus areas

Bosch Digital

#01 Innovation based on Generative AI and Synthetic Data

Bosch Digital (BD) is a key driver of digital transformation at Bosch. We support and consult the entire Bosch Group with all its business units in implementing digital business and scalable solutions and invent, code and create digital products, services and solutions. We foster a customer-centric, agile software culture that attracts digital talents and gives people and ideas room to grow.

BD is looking for innovative ideas in the context of Generative AI and Synthetic Data with a strategic fit to Bosch. Recent breakthroughs in the field have the potential to drastically change the way content is created. This includes text, images, audio, video, and more. Further, such AI systems hold the potential to automate repetitive tasks, generate new ideas, and provide valuable insights for organizations. Please apply if your startup is creating next generation applications for the following use cases:

  • Predictive Maintenance and Quality Control with AI
  • Large Language Models / Foundation Models to power solutions boosting efficiency in areas like marketing, sales, engineering, production

We will connect you with experts from the Bosch Digital Business Division and the Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence, one of Europe’s leading industrial AI research labs. We will review and challenge your solution and business model. Ideally the collaboration results in a joint pilot project.

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Bosch IoT Campus

#02 Take compliance trainings to the next level with GenAI

The Bosch IoT Campus is one of Bosch´s office locations worldwide. More than 300 associates work at the Campus in Berlin Tempelhof – mainly on projects related to the Internet of Things and digital transformation. In the past years, we have repeatedly set standards in terms of inspiring working conditions, employee participation, smart learning, and connected office spaces.

We are looking for startups that leverage training content (e.g. compliance laws, policies and regulations) for their AI solution to extract the key learnings and generate new test examples for users to train with (while still being compliant with the law). You can choose to deliver content via games, videos, images, or other interactive formats, such as quizzes. If your startup is looking to balance applicable regulations (e.g. antitrust) with user´s needs in their daily business, this challenge is for you! Ideally, you bring deep technical expertise, experience in the learning environment, and passion for rapid implementation and testing.

We offer direct user feedback on your solution, support with test installation at the Bosch IoT Campus in Berlin (either on-site or remotely) and matchmaking with other Bosch units.

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Bosch automated driving (XC)

#03 Extended reality (XR) in automated driving software development

More than ever, innovations in the automotive sphere are coming about through bits and bytes. This will not only change the way we use and experience cars in the future, but also the way vehicle systems and technologies are developed and presented to customers. As the world's leading system and software supplier for the automotive industry, Bosch has great ambitions to include the integration of extended reality technologies (XR) in its automotive research and development process for automated driving technology.

Together with you and your startup, we would like to research and use extended reality technologies for the development of automated driving. We are looking for solutions for the real-time visualization of interpreted environmental sensor data, a new software developer experience and revolutionary concepts to make our data-driven applications more tangible for our B2B customers (e.g. car manufacturers) and our colleagues developing these applications.

We offer access to application-specific automated driving vehicle data and driving scenarios as well as access to real test vehicles for rapid prototyping and demonstration purposes on our test tracks in southern Germany. In addition, we can act as a challenger for technical requirements for automated driving applications and as a door opener for further use cases at Bosch Mobility.

Learn more about how Bosch is paving the way to a new era of automated mobility.

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Bosch Sensortec

#04 Metaverse-Human interaction supported by connected smart sensors

Bosch Sensortec is a world-leading smart sensor provider for consumer electronics (e.g. smartphones, wearables, hearables). Our MEMS-based acceleration, gyro, magnetic and pressure sensors are enabling use cases for sports, entertainment, navigation, and many more.

We are interested in collaborating with startups that connect the physical with the virtual world and leverage the power of wearable sensors to capture motions of humans. These smart sensors support the visualization of movements in a digital twin in metaverse applications. Startups need to bring deep expertise in the domains of medical technology, gaming, lifestyle, industrial technology or others.

We can support the selected team with a wireless solution for the capture of human movements that can be integrated in a cost efficient way. Furthermore, we will support with technical and business mentoring. If you are open to use the Bosch Sensortec portfolio as part of your solution, apply for this focus area!

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Bosch Rexroth

#05 Shaping the sustainable & digital revolution of industry

At Bosch Rexroth AG, we move industries to make the planet a better place. Being a leading drive technology provider in the industrial domain, we are involved in the sustainable & digital transformation of various branches, ranging from future factory automation, over electrification of mobile hydraulics to unlocking new fields of application for connected hydraulics.

We are looking for Startups developing innovative solutions

  • enabling Digital Product Twins to meet the Metaverse (e.g. use cases like service, sales or others),
  • taking Product Development and related Customer Services to a next level of efficiency & quality utilizing the power of generative AI,
  • helping robots to perceive the world,
  • creating a universal language to control robots.

We offer access to Bosch Rexroth AG business units for technical sparring & use/business case validation. We might be able to provide you with real-life case specific data to support activities in the areas of development and testing of new data-driven services. Furthermore, we have industrial-grade infrastructure at our fingertips to support proof-of-concepts.

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