It is the most important award for founders from the federal state of Bremen: start-up, WasteAnt, was awarded the “Gründerpreis 2023”, a prize for young businesses, for its AI-based technology that helps to recycle waste most efficiently. The prize is granted every year by Starthaus Bremen & Bremerhaven and Sparkasse Bremen and is endowed with 7,000 Euros. WasteAnt received the award during the Bremen start-up summit on June 22nd.
"We are very happy about this award and will continue to go full throttle to contribute to a more circular economy with waste quality analysis," was the first reaction from the team. Three of the founders, scientists Dr. Szymon Krupinski, Dr. Christian Müller and Dr. Arturo Gomez Chavez, met while studying at Constructor University in Bremen. WasteAnt also has its offices on the campus of the international university.
The start-up, founded in 2021, has developed a technology that is of particular interest to operators of waste incineration and sorting plants. A system of sensors, cameras and software based on artificial intelligence captures, verifies and characterizes waste streams around the clock. This enables greater efficiency in plant operations, improves incineration and thus electricity generation, and reduces emissions.
WasteAnt's pilot partner is local utility provider swb AG, which enables the team to conduct research under real-world conditions. Bremen's Aufbau-Bank provided funding for the team, which has already grown to 12 employees. As of late, WasteAnt is active beyond the Bremen area.
More information:
https://wasteant.com/de/startseite/
About Constructor University:
An international community, vibrant and diverse. Offering academic excellence, ensuring the highest standards in research and teaching. Empowering students to solve the world's pressing challenges through knowledge and science: Constructor University is a top-ranked, English-speaking, private university. Founded in 2001, it provides a wide range of 25+ academic programs and PhD. The Constructor ecosystem comprises the University, located in Bremen, Germany, and an institute in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.
Over 1.800 students from more than 110 nations on campus benefit from a unique interdisciplinary, foundational theoretical and practical education. Enriched with a buzzing entrepreneurial culture that prepares young professionals to thrive in the job market. With 6.000+ alumni worldwide, our community keeps growing – with our highest cohort ever registered in 2022.
The research-centric faculty projects are funded by the German Research Foundation and the European Union's Framework Program for Research and Innovation as well as by globally leading companies.
The Constructor ecosystem benefits from partnerships with high-ranked universities such as Carnegie Mellon, the University of Geneva or the National University of Singapore School of Computing, and technology companies such as Anisoprint, JetBrains and ChemDiv.
Constructor is a global institution dedicated to addressing the main challenges of the world through science, education, and technology. Apart from the University in Bremen, the ecosystem comprises an Institute in Schaffhausen (Switzerland) and several for-profit entities that provide technology infrastructures and solutions, life-long education programs, consulting services, and funding.