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Application examples of AI in Cologne
This page provides an overview of industry-specific applications of AI in Cologne-based companies. The selection of exemplary use cases is intended to provide a first insight into the broad field of application of AI in large companies in Cologne.
Production
Senseering GmbH develops IoT solutions for data-driven efficiency improvements in companies. Data cleansing, modelling and analysis reveal optimisation potential in products and processes. Software solutions such as the data room product MyDataEconomy can realise this potential. Senseering takes care of all steps from consulting and analysis to implementation.
Deutz AG is a manufacturer of diesel, gas, hydrogen and electric engines. Since 2018, the machine manufacturer has been installing AI systems as standard in all its engines, for example to control individual components such as the exhaust flap. Deutz also uses AI applications in product development.
Business City
NAIX GmbH focuses on the application of AI to anonymise and pseudonymise personal information in documents. With a strong focus on data protection and AI-driven solutions, NAIX offers innovative approaches to the challenges of digitalisation and data protection requirements.
The AXA Group uses AI in many ways, for example in the Data Innovation Lab or to automate internal processes. AXA has also been running a "symptom check", a digital medical assistant, for several years. The AI application analyses the questions answered by customers and provides information on any symptoms that have occurred.
Health & Life Sciences
Damedic GmbH supports hospitals in providing the best possible care for their patients. Using AI-based software, damedic focuses on the creation and quality assurance of service invoices. The use of AI enables damedic to optimise the revenue management process in hospitals.
The University Hospital of Cologne plays a key role in research and science and, with almost 10,000 employees, is a major employer in the region. The hospital is successfully using AI in ophthalmology, for example. Staff use AI tools for diagnosis, segmentation and surgical methods to optimise patient care and develop innovative approaches to medicine.
Logistics & Wholesale
Motesque GmbH & Co. KG specialises in deep-tech solutions in the fields of biomechanics and computer vision. The company has interdisciplinary expertise in biomechanics and software development and uses AI to capture physical movements and generate customised 3D body models. This technology can be used, for example, to reduce return rates in e-commerce with the help of 3D models.
Cologne-based REWE Group has been using AI tools for many years to improve its logistics processes, automate its warehouses and optimise the online ordering process via its technology subsidiary Fulfilmenttools. REWE is also testing automated supermarkets in the Cologne area via the Pick&Go system.
Destination Cologne
Foodforecast Technologies GmbH offers AI-based software for food companies that combines historical sales data with influencing factors such as weather and holidays. On this basis, the software generates accurate sales forecasts and order suggestions. This solution minimises labour costs, increases sales and reduces food waste. The AI software integrates seamlessly with the customer's existing IT infrastructure and uses both internal and external data sources.
Travel group DER Touristik Deutschland GmbH uses AI solutions primarily in the area of customer service. For example, speech technologies help employees to answer standardised questions and optimise customer contact. AI also creates personalised offers for customers and generates bookings.
Culture & Creative Industries
Ella Lab develops AI-based language models and software products that generate content for the news, media and entertainment industries. The Re.write and Re.lease tools automatically rewrite existing text. This reduces the workload for newsrooms and journalists, as well as for authors and content creators.
Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland GmbH plays a key role in the lead market of the cultural and creative industries. The use of AI includes applications in recommendation systems and personalised decision-support advertising in the broadcaster's streaming services. RTL also uses AI applications in youth protection, programme planning and the creation of synthetic voices.
Information & Communication Technology
DIVISIO GmbH offers consulting and development for machine learning and AI. It supports customers from brainstorming to implementation of AI software. DIVISIO GmbH focuses on products in the areas of text and image recognition and generation.
NetCologne Gesellschaft für Telekommunikation GmbH is a leading telecommunications provider in Germany, based in Cologne. The company uses AI to continuously expand and optimise its fibre-optic network, thereby increasing quality and reliability in the long term.
Research & Science
PlagScan provides online plagiarism software used by academic institutions and commercial organisations alike. Using computational linguistics, the software compares the submitted text with an extensive collection of text documents from the internet and other databases to identify plagiarism.
As a research centre in the fields of aeronautics, space, energy and transport, as well as security and digitalisation, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is working on various AI projects. For example, the DLR is using AI methods to analyse geo-information, advance automated driving and develop humanoid robots.
Public service
X-INTEGRATE Software & Consulting GmbH supports its customers in automating and optimising their processes, e.g. for water management associations, through automated image recognition of aerial photographs. These can be used to monitor and categorise the landscape, predict sealing and detect potential disasters at an early stage. The AI solution saves a significant amount of time compared to analogue methods.
Abfallwirtschaftsbetriebe Köln GmbH (AWB) is working on pilot projects to equip its fleet of municipal vehicles with intelligent cameras. The aim is to automatically detect, photograph and map road damage and blocked manhole covers. This can save human resources and improve service.
