Description: Talk-A-Bot offers internal (for communication within companies, i.e. queries more specific/ predictable) & external (for communication with clients; queries more complex) chatbots. The Budapest-startup was founded in 2016 by Akos Deliaga (CEO), Peter Fehervari (CTO), Peter Harcsa (CRO) & Gergely Kalydi (COO). The service is used by clients such as UniCredit Bank Hungary, Erste Bank Hungary, Bosch, Nestle, Rossmann, Auchan, Burger King & currently available in ten European & Asian languages. In terms of competitors, Talk-A-Bot claims its chatbots target the physical workers in manufacturing & service sectors (vs. retail & hospitality). What about ChatGPT? The CEO believes ChatGPT “doesn’t prioritize consistency of results (for now) & that hence, corporate, niche-specific solutions, custom-build according...

Germany-based Ineratec designs & operates chemical plants for power-to-X & gas-to-liquid applications. The firm uses hydrogen (from renewable electricity) & CO2 to produce e-kerosene, CO2-neutral gasoline, diesel, synthetic waxes, methanol & SNG. Its chemical reactors provide high load flexibility as well as quick start-up & shut-down times, "making a modular numbering approach possible". Founded in 2016 by Tim Böltken (CEO), Philipp Engelkamp (COO), Dr Paolo Piermartini (Head of Plant Operations) & Dr Peter Pfeifer (Advisor), Ineratec in 2021 opened a pilot plant in the Emsland region (Lower-Saxony). With the recent funding, the company plans a new industrial plant close to the Frankfurt airport, said to be operational by 2023 with annual production up to 4.6m...