Hamburg start-up Mindpeak receives funding of 2 million Euros. The Hamburg-based start-up Mindpeak has successfully raised grant funding totalling around 2 million euros. The funding comes from the EU Commission's Horizon 2020 program and the Profi Transfer funding pool of the Hamburg Investment and Development Bank.

Mindpeak sets standards: Together with a small group of entrepreneurs, experts and scientists as well as the Deutsche Institute für Normung e.V. DIN, Mindpeak is developing the future industry standards for deep learning image recognition systems.

Mindpeak is already one of the best startups in Germany: The Hamburg-based company made it into the top 10 at the German Founders' Award 2020. Every year, the most innovative and best start-up ideas in Germany are selected in five categories at the renowned competition. The top 3 will be nominated the following week and the winner will be announced in September.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare is expected to revolutionise the sector. Expectations are high and since 2015 the number of medical algorithms approved by the FDA has grown exponentially.

Anfang Oktober gab Wirtschaftssenator Michael Westhagemann den Startschuss für ein neues Kompetenzzentrum für künstliche Intelligenz (KI). Die branchenübergreifende Initiative aus Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Politik soll technisches Know-how bündeln und Unternehmen und Forschung besser vernetzen.

Gestalt Diagnostics and Mindpeak today announced their strategic relationship on the development of an integrated workflow for pathologists to instantaneously send regions of interest to Mindpeak. Mindpeak's Image Analysis services for digital images support ER, PR and Ki-67. The companies are providing a faster, more streamlined diagnostic process for breast cancer patients.