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We are happy to introduce another new team member. Md Sajjad Hossain is now supporting us as an intern in the backend to build the foundation for our tool and to optimize our algorithms. Sajjad is currently pursuing an M.Sc. in Information and Communication Engineering at TU Darmstadt and holds a B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He is passionate about translating cutting-edge machine learning research into practical, real-world applications. He brings several years of experience in Software Engineering and aims to contribute to strengthening the core infrastructure of PHONT. #design #typography #typedesign #uxdesign #uidesign #uiux #entertainment #streaming  #InnovationInMedia #TechForGood #deafculture #hearingimpaired #Phont #ai #inclusion #impact #film #inclusion #accessabilty #artificialintelligence #socialimpact #entertainment #subtitles #creativecaptioning #ilovetypography #contemporarytype #aigaeyeondesign

This week was very insightful! Frederik followed Peter Effenberg's invitation to Potsdam to present PHONT at the MediaTech Hub Conference. This conference was definitely worth the trip, if that wasn't already clear with Studio Babelsberg AG as the location (many of our favorite movies were shot here). We took the opportunity to attend the MediaTech Sprint of Creative Europe Desks Deutschland the day before. Many thanks for the great organization by Susanne Schmitt, Juliane Schulze, and Josephine Meissner and to the mentors – among others Timor Kardum, Clarens Grollmann and Kristian Müller – for their input! On the same evening we got a glimpse behind the magic of the Studios and had a fun dinner with the other speakers. The conference was opened by a great keynote from Evan Shapīro presenting an overview of the media universe. We have enriched our vocabulary with terms such as »FOFO - the Fear of Finding out« and »Collabo-gators«. Frederik met many new and familiar faces from media companies and investors before taking the stage himself. After the pitch, he answered questions about the use of AI in post-production in his first panel together with Michael Cioni from Strada and Tobias Queisser from Cinelytic, Inc. Thank you for your great moderation Kate Bulkley. The evening was crowned by an exclusive up-close concert by the Film Orchestra of Babelsberg. The next day also had some great presentations to offer. We would love to come again. Pictures: © MediaTech Hub Conference, Lars Hübner #design #AI #entertainment #streaming  #AIFounders #InnovationInMedia #TechForGood #deafculture #hearingimpaired #AIRevolution #PHONT #sustainability #ai #inclusion #impact #film #inclusion #accessabilty #artificialintelligence #socialimpact #subtitles #creativecaptioning #uxdesign #uidesign #uiux

Meet me at #MTHCON24: After digging my head deep into product development for a while i'll be spreaking about PHONT again at MediaTech Hub Conference at the iconic Babelsberg Studios! The last time i was here was as a teenager and i loved looking at the historic film sets where some of my favorite movies were made (like Metropolis). Join me on Wednesday for my session “Practical AI Tools, PART 2: Cloud-based Workflows, Generative Editing and Production, AI-enhanced Programming”, where I'll be sharing insights alongside Tobias Queisser from Cinelytic, Inc and Michael Cioni from Strada. I'm looking forward to two enriching conference days exploring global #MediaTech trends and best practices in film, TV, and streaming. Hope to see some of you in Babelsberg for #MTHCON! #MTHCON24 #MTHCON #MediaTech #design #AI #entertainment #streaming #InnovationInMedia #PHONT #sustainability #ai #inclusion #impact #film #inclusion #accessabilty

Better late than never we announce a great signing for PHONT. Julia's expertise as a motion designer convinced us straight away when we first met her. In the past few months she has been integral in our further development, especially as lead for the motion design of our PHONT subtitles and for the user interface design of our webapp. We are very happy for her to be part of the team and are looking forward to continue this journey together. #hiree #design #AI #entertainment #streaming #InnovationInMedia #TechForGood #deafculture #hearingimpaired #AIRevolution #sustainability #ai #inclusion #impact #film #inclusion #accessabilty #artificialintelligence #socialimpact #subtitles #creativecaptioning #uxdesign #uidesign #uiux

Today we are reporting from beautiful Liège with good news. We were invited to travel to Belgium as finalists for the Cross-Fertalisation Prize and pitch against exciting start-ups. Creathriv-Eu strengthens the European Creative and Cultural Industries on behalf of the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) and awarded highly endowed prizes today. 🇪🇺 We can't believe that we were actually able to take first place against strong competition from GreenEyes Production, Daidream, Traptics, ArtCentrica and many more. 🥇 A big compliment to the other start-ups and a warm thank you to the organisers! Frederik is now staying on site for the Wallifornia Music + Tech Event and is looking forward to making further contacts within the creative industry. #design #AI #entertainment #streaming  #AIFounders #InnovationInMedia #TechForGood #deafculture #hearingimpaired #AIRevolution #PHONT #sustainability #ai #inclusion #impact #film #inclusion #accessabilty #artificialintelligence #socialimpact #subtitles #creativecaptioning #uxdesign #uidesign #uiux #creativeindustry

With summer the events come. Sometimes they all come at once, such as last week when Paul and Frederik were on the road to present PHONT. It started with Transforming Media in Würzburg, where Paul pitched in front of experts from academia and practice on one of the biggest screens so far. Definitely a highlight to see our subtitles there! In Munich on the Innovation Festival organized by Media Lab Bayern, we experienced two of days of exciting connections with the industry and of course exchange with the others fellow of MediaLabs program Footprint Intelligence, Atopia Space, Daidream.io, Maple Tales, Neuraforge AI, UNPREPARED & Valid 👏 and also the team at MediaLab especially Ronja and Linette! It is great to see each team moving forward step by step, helping each other and learning from each others successes as well as mistakes. Meanwhile, Frederik pitched at the Media Tasting in Stuttgart, where there were exciting keynotes, as the one on A.I. from Richard Gutjahr, as well as great formats like speed dating and fishbowl with Germany's top media experts. It was great for us to be part of this year's MediaTasting line-up as it is one of the most exciting media networking events in Germany. This great day was crowned by a wine tasting and we are grateful for the invitation Martin Fechner, Kerstin Grimm and Frank Apfel. In Wiesbaden at Heimathafen on Friday, Hessen Ideen celebrated it’s alumnis. Also here we saw many familiar faces such as MapleTales, MentalStark, Mietzy, MySympto, Felipe, but also were happy to make new connections such as Minister of Economy and Science Timon Gremmels. After an intense week networking and many new connections, we are now happy to do what we equally love - being back in the office building our product. (c) Hessen Ideen | Ulrich Schepp Fotorafie (c) Innovation Festival | Tills Studio #design #AI #entertainment #streaming #AIFounders #InnovationInMedia #TechForGood #deafculture #hearingimpaired #AIRevolution #PHONT #sustainability #ai #inclusion #impact #film #inclusion #accessabilty #artificialintelligence #socialimpact #subtitles #creativecaptioning #uxdesign #uidesign #uiux

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 🤖 KI gegen Hasskommentare, Content-Authentifizierung mit Web3-Tech und mehr Teilhabe dank XR – das sind nur drei Beispiele, was Medientechnologien zu unserer aller Zusammenleben beitragen können. Was Tech außerdem kann, erfährst du am 10. Juni bei der Transforming Media in Würzburg. Dort pitchen Sara Egetemeyr von PENEMUE, Hans Brorsen von Valid, Larissa Brübach und Franziska Westermeier vom HiAvA Projekt vom XR Hub Würzburg, Paul Leo Langendörfer von PHONT und Fabian Beuter von Background. Im Anschluss an die Pitches hast du die Möglichkeit, dich mit ihnen in der Expo zu den Best Cases auszutauschen. 💡Neugierig geworden? Dann melde dich kostenfrei an: https://lnkd.in/eiManC6U ℹ️ Bei Transforming Media erwarten dich Themen rund um aktuelle Medientechnologien und deren Einfluss auf die Gesellschaft. #Medienbranche #TransformingMedia #TFM24 #Demokratie #Technologie #Zukunft

Happy days in Munich! PHONT has won at the DDX Awards in Munich at this leading Digital Innovation & Design Conference. We were pitching our creative captioning technology which uses affective AI to enhance media engagement. Next to Suitcase and Swifty we were recognized among a jury of leading experts and investors from UnternehmerTUM, Google, Microsoft, Meta, TUM Venture Labs, Plug and Play Tech Center. A big thank you to the DDX Munich team, especially Sabine Gier, Sebastian Gier and Martin Tantow, for a fantastic conference and valuable insights. It was great to spend the day catching up and listening to many great minds in the digital innovation sphere, such as creaition's marco limm and share thoughts especially about how AI will transform the way we work and live. We are already excited to be back in Munich soon at the MediaLab Innovation festival. Find the whole article about the DDX award here: https://lnkd.in/eCTwg2nS #DDX24 #DDXMunich #Innovation #AI #immersion #PHONT #TechForGood #CreativeCaptioning

Big announcement! Last Saturday, the DDX Awards in collaboration with Pegasus Tech Ventures and Startup World Cup honored three remarkable startups for their outstanding achievements in digital innovation and user experience! 🚀 The three winners are: 🏅 PHONT 🏅 Suitcase 🏅 Swifty Pitching in front of a prestigious jury comprising investors and experts from UnternehmerTUM, Google, Microsoft, Meta, TUM Venture Labs, Plug and Play Tech Center, MUNICH INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM, and many others, they showcased their groundbreaking concepts and made a lasting impression with their commitment to innovation, design and positive impact. 🌐 A huge congratulations to our winners! Big applause to Suitcase, who won the entry to the Startup World Cup Grand Finale in Silicon Valley! 🎉 👏 We would also like to thank all the incredible nominees who have been selected from fierce competition and delivered amazing pitches in front of +300 people: Atopia Space HEIDI - Heimat Digital® creaition Raily flowrabbit.ai meetreet ZAUBAR Your work inspires us all and highlights the incredible talent and innovation in the startup ecosystem. 👥 Thanks a lot to our exceptional panel of jury members: Antoine Leboyer Jennifer Kaiser-Steiner Martin Tantow Philipp Steiner Mick Champayne Yasmin A. Layla Keramat Moritz Rodermund Jan-Erik Baars Catherine Nygaard Lea Bachmann Fabian Scheugenpflug Simon Kindler Casey Hudetz Paul Lafata Kiran Jainani Fabrice Pöhlmann Simon Ehses Angela Migliaccio Check the article in the comments to learn more 👇 #DDXAwards2024 #DigitalInnovation #UserExperience #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #Leadership

A few months ago, Frederik Merkel – alumni of RheinMain University of Applied Sciences – met with his former typography professor Christine Bernhardt and Klaus Bernsau, start-up consultant at RheinMain StartUpLabs. Frederik presented his recent Master's thesis and the startup that came out of it. At his side was Katharina Gresch, also a former student of Mrs. Bernhardt. 🔠 The idea quickly arose to give the young designers of their former program the opportunity to explore the topic of PHONT within the typography project: Using typography to express language characteristics, such as emotions. In the winter semester 23/24, the time had come and 10 students were able to tackle this challenge. The course was supervised by Prof. Christine Bernhardt, KLAUS E. ECKERT, Carina Höltge and PHONT. Here you can see some of the great work of Niklas Arzer, Chiara Boos, Felix Büttner, Marco Conte, Lisa Fehrmann, Mara Kawka, Jule Marie Koob, Phillipp Partsch, Thea Schmid, Lara Marie Walter. ✨ Many thanks to all who participated and share the passion for typography. As a startup, we were able to take away many exciting ideas, interesting discussions and good memories from the course and we hope it was a valuable experience for the students as well. Edit: Julia Wiese, Frederik Merkel Song: Movement by SoulProdMusic #design #typography #ilovetypography #contemporarytype #aigaeyeondesign #typedesign #typespire #uxdesign #uidesign #uiux #entertainment #streaming #365typefaces  #InnovationInMedia #TechForGood #deafculture #hearingimpaired #Phont #sustainability #ai #inclusion #impact #film #inclusion #accessabilty #artificialintelligence #socialimpact #socialentrepeneuer #entertainment #subtitles