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Lufthansa

Startup Gate

Berlin, Germany

About Lufthansa

Lufthansa Group: Europe’s largest airline group, spanning Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian, Brussels Airlines and Eurowings.

Source: lh-innovationhub.de

How Lufthansa works with startups

Startup Gate is the group’s venture clienting arm, launched 2024 out of the Lufthansa Innovation Hub in Berlin: 12-week, KPI-driven proof-of-concepts at a fraction of the cost of traditional implementation, drawing on a network of 3,000 startups. Four partnerships concluded since launch.

Source: lh-innovationhub.de

Reported program details

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How to approach the team

  1. Opportunity mapping
  2. Startup scouting
  3. 12-week PoC with clear KPIs
  4. Scale across the group

Source: lh-innovationhub.de

Areas of interest

Open calls

Applications open via the Startup Gate form

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Selected startup collaborations

Ottonomy

Robots serving Munich Airport T2

Autonomous robots deployed at Munich Airport Terminal 2 for gate and baggage-area passenger services.

Source: lh-innovationhub.de

Squake

Offsets 150000 tonnes of CO2 yearly

Lufthansa Group's three year Squake partnership compensates 150000 tonnes of CO2 annually via calculations, reports and certificates.

Source: www.squake.earth

3spin Learning

VR training raises pilot performance 15%

3spin Learning's VR platform helped Lufthansa Aviation Training raise student pilot performance by 15% in a University of Berlin evaluation.

Source: www.3spin-learning.com

Cognigy

AI handles 16 million annual conversations

Lufthansa Group's Cognigy AI platform handles over 16 million conversations a year, peaking at 375000 daily interactions, cutting handle time.

Source: www.cognigy.com

These are selected publicly described collaborations, not a complete procurement record or a measure of spending.

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