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Hello dear friends of the Thursday newsletter,

I hope you are handling the heat well? I am already dreading my long run this weekend.

Save the date: we will throw a small summer get-together party on the 17th of July together with Berlin Events Weekly. Limited tickets will be released on Monday.

In the meantime, if you work in design, don’t forget to register for the Everyday AI Club, this time again with amazing speakers and interesting table discussions.

📌 Pinned

I started to go back into the office daily (for the first time after 2019!) to work together with my intern RJ, and I really enjoy it. Have I lost my mind? Or is it just because of the AC? I also feel more productive. So I am sort of becoming a fan. Does this make me narcissistic? Because “new research reveals that the objection to any work from home is more likely to be driven by something else entirely: ego.” Not likely, because we both enjoy a nice environment and good coffee. But I am interested in your take:

👀 Jobs

This week's selection is sponsored by Helsing: "We are a defence AI company with a mission to protect our democracies. We believe we have a responsibility to be thoughtful about the development and deployment of powerful technologies like AI, and take this responsibility seriously." You can see their other positions here.

3 job highlights of the week

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💸 Funded in Germany

  1. STARK | Berlin | Unmanned defense systems | €500M Series C | Careers.

  2. VARM | Berlin | Fixed-price home insulation service | €17.5M Series A | Careers.

  3. Timefold | Berlin | Scheduling and routing optimization SDK | $13M Series A | Careers.

  4. Seqana | Berlin | Satellite-based carbon quantification | €3.2M | Careers.

  5. Kyrok | Berlin | AI supply chain OS for pharma | €3.1M pre-seed | Careers.

  6. Zelara | Berlin | AI for lifecycle marketing | €3M pre-seed | Careers.

  7. Jupus | Cologne | AI secretariat for law firms | €13M | Careers.

  8. QuantumDiamonds | Munich | Quantum sensor chip testing | €76M state funding | Careers.

  9. Mona AI | Saarbrücken | AI recruiting for staffing agencies | €3.8M seed extension | Careers.

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📅 Events

This week we reviewed 94 upcoming events and handpicked 13. Check all 42 events at luma.com/handpicked

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  • The world's biggest dev event is in your city. WeAreDevelopers World Congress, Berlin, 8–10 July: 15,000+ devs, 500+ speakers. Just weeks to go — 20% off with HANDPICKED_BERLIN.

  • Twilio is in town to host a relaxed evening to meet other builders, test new tools, and talk about the Future of AI + Communications. Space is limited, so register today to secure your spot. Wir freuen uns schon! | Wed, 08/07 17:30 | Design Offices Humboldthafen

  • 🎉 We have now announced all the speakers and table discussions for our Everyday AI Club. If you are working in design, you shouldn't miss it. This time also with pizza! Register here. Tue, 07/07 18:00 | Workish Berlin

This week's highlights

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☕️ Coffee Talk

Dennis Chuene is a fashion designer and a maker of dope sh*t. It's extremely rare to meet someone with such drive and inspiration to make something out of nothing. Truly inspiring. Can't wait to see what kind of pants he makes for me. Here is what he prepared for you:

  • Bagel Coffee Culture. It’s just recently expanded and moved to a bigger space next door to the old premises. It has the advantage of convenience it being around the corner from my store. Catches midday light, great for morning and midday coffee. Absolutely love the staff. I’m met with a smile without even having to take my headphones off, my regular cup of coffee is promptly made, and I’m off.

  • Le Black Sofa, hosted at Supermarque. Thoughtfully curated interview podcast. Happens once a month. Thought leaders and creative industry leaders. Encourages the very idea I have for my store, community and conversations with creatives.

  • The train. It’s a world of chaotic inspiration and entertainment. I don’t watch TV; I get enough thrills and dopamine being on the train. The teenagers who share the cologne bottle like they are fumigating virginity. The homeless aesthetics, cosplaying poverty. I mean, the list goes on. I was of the thought it’s only on the U8, but the U6 is impressively contending for first place. That’s what makes Berlin unpredictable.

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🌍 From the Community

  • Open Call: MediaTech Hub Accelerator. Applications are open for the MediaTech Hub Accelerator: 9 months of equity-free support for early-stage MediaTech startups. Apply by the 30th of June.

  • Last week, I asked you how good LLMs are in your area of expertise. Here are the results:

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🧭 Career compass

  1. Signals from Monday: n8n (Berlin) targeting a 200-person UK team by 2029 as it expands internationally [careers]; Auto1 (Berlin) signalling strong growth ambitions [careers]; Siemens Energy won a €2.5B offshore wind order, 500 new jobs in Rostock [careers]; DeepL (Cologne) acquired Mixhalo to expand into real-time audio translation [careers]; Salesforce signed a definitive agreement to acquire Fin (ex-Intercom, Berlin) [careers].

  2. Google has added salary ranges for their positions in Germany. Filtered for Berlin. Related, a joke script (?) on how things run in big companies after Noam Shazeer (a big AI star) quit Google. So much truth in it.

  3. What's the impact of AI on our skills? First results aren't really promising. "Highly skilled professionals might get worse at tasks that their job requires as they become more dependent on AI tools."

  4. AI Slop on Amazon: The 100,000 whys of AI with roaring T. rex on the covers, authored by ________ Bright. Crazy times.

  5. Last week Gründerszene published a leaked Antler document (€) that revealed a demanding in-office culture (9:00–19:30 hours, minimal home office, a "traffic light system" for sickness). A lawyer commented that parts are illegal under German labour law; Antler dismissed the document as informal notes and not a binding policy.

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