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Every year, CyberLab Karlsruhe, the IT accelerator of the state of Baden-Württemberg, presents the CyberChampions Award to the most innovative IT startups that were able to convince with their promising business model and their personalities. karlsruhe.digital visited the 2023 winners and portrayed them for our blog. COMPAILE has set itself the goal of revolutionizing the industry through innovative AI solutions. We spoke to founder Grischa Hauser about his startup, which won a CyberChampion Award.
We live in an age in which technological progress is essential and continuous innovation is a prerequisite for the success of companies – and this is exactly where COMPAILE comes in. The startup wants to establish artificial intelligence (AI) as a real problem solver. With products specifically tailored to the demanding needs of security authorities and industrial applications, COMPAILE strives to revolutionize classic methods.
Founder Grischa Hauser explains the core of the company’s approach as follows: “We want to use AI to develop tangible, effective products that particularly excel in object recognition on image and video data.” The key advantage of this technology lies in the content-based similarity comparison, which is a enables rapid and precise recognition without the need for constant retraining, as is otherwise the case with AI solutions.
This not only makes AI applications less cumbersome, but also more cost-effective and accessible for a variety of different scenarios.
It does not work? There isn’t!
The founding of COMPAILE was a direct response to the recurring challenges that Grischa Hauser encountered in his previous work as a freelance programmer. The frustration with the general acceptance of seemingly insurmountable technical problems and the oft-heard sentence, “that doesn’t work, the problem has always existed, it can’t be solved,” ultimately motivated Grischa to take a different path. He didn’t want to accept this limited way of thinking and began to explore the possibilities of AI as a solution tool.
“I thought, there has to be a better way, it can be solved,” explains Grischa. And it was precisely this conviction that became the catalyst for numerous AI experiments in his free time, which ultimately led to the creation of the first prototypes – and laid the foundation for COMPAILE.
BauIdent changes production monitoring
After Grischa developed the first AI-based prototypes and proved the feasibility of his ideas, one of COMPAILE’s core products was created: BauIdent. As mentioned at the beginning, this innovative system for component recognition does not require continuous retraining and can therefore be used in very different industrial contexts.
“BauIdent enables the recognition of any free-form parts based on content characteristics, which enables flexible adaptation to a wide range of application areas without prior specific training of the AI,” explains Grischa. The system can be used with both stationary cameras and mobile devices such as smartphones, whereby only the construction plan needs to be stored in the system to enable correct assignment and checking.
BauIdent is already being used successfully for quality assurance in production, where it improves the accuracy of production by comparing the actually manufactured parts with their digital construction plans, uncovers inconsistencies and thus contributes to increasing efficiency and reducing costs.
Customer relationships are very important
The feedback from the industry? Consistently positive. Above all, the feedback from key customers like TRUMPF has confirmed that COMPAILE’s AI solutions are not only innovative, but also extremely effective. “Our technology was specifically developed to integrate seamlessly into existing infrastructures and can be implemented quickly and without extensive adjustments,” says Grischa. This adaptability and ability to provide customized solutions directly tailored to customers’ specific needs and problems have made COMPAILE a preferred partner in the industry.
In addition to technical excellence, the startup places a high value on customer relationships and after-sales support. The company remains in close communication with its customers to ensure that its solutions are used optimally and continue to meet the needs of users. This ongoing dialogue not only helps to improve the products, but also promotes a sustainable relationship based on trust and mutual respect. “It is our goal to be perceived not just as a supplier, but as a partner in digital transformation,” adds Grischa. This philosophy has enabled COMPAILE to expand not only in Germany but also internationally, while always maintaining high standards of quality and customer satisfaction.
All of this ultimately earned COMPAILE the CyberChampions Award in 2023. “This award motivated our team enormously and is a confirmation of our innovative strength, especially with regard to the BauIdent solution.” The success at the CyberChampions Award also brought the startup attention – and thus opened the door for new business relationships.
COMPAILE has a promising future ahead of it
COMPAILE is optimistic about the future and plans to further expand its innovative component recognition technology, BauIdent. “We strive to advance the digitalization of German industry with advanced technology while always remaining at the forefront of AI development,” emphasizes Grischa. The focus is also on ethical AI solutions that ensure transparency and data protection to meet growing global requirements.
This article was published in cooperation with karlsruhe.digital.