✨ The Mission
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Our goal: connect entrepreneurial students with public-sector organisations to prototypes that can spark long-term change in the public sector—and form the basis of your own startup.
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⚡ How it works
- You can apply solo or with a co-founder/friend—we’ll match you with others to build a strong, balanced team across disciplines like software, AI, product, and design.
- You’ll join an interdisciplinary team of entrepneurial students, that are as crazy as you. For an 8-week sprint to build a solution for a public-sector challenge. You’ll work closely with your challenge partner to iterate fast.
- There will be no annoying workshops, lectures, or all-hands meetings—this program is 99% building and talking to users or potential customers.
| Onboarding Day (May 9) |
Meet your partner, understand the challenge, define success criteria |
| Week 2 (May 22) |
First expert feedback session (Expert Night #1) |
| Week 4 (June 6) |
Midterm pitch |
| Week 6 (June 19) |
Second expert feedback session (Expert Night #2) |
| Finale (July 4) |
Final Pitch & Networking event |
💪 The Challenges
Data Nexus
Partner: City of Traunstein
Mission: Centralize and Analyze Data Effectively.
Collaborate with the city of Traunstein to create a t central hub integrating various data sources enabling comprehensive analyses and informed decision-making.
Digital Dividend
Partner: Municipality association BayKommun
Mission: Make the impact of digitalization visible.
Together with BayKommun you will develope a tool, showcasing the savings possible, if an entity would invest in digitalization.
Digital Letter-Inbox
Partner: City of Landshut
Mission: Connect the paper to the digital record.
Together with Landshut help reduce the overhead of finding the correct person for every incoming letter and automate this process.
👩💻 When You Should Apply
Apply if:
- You want to build a real project instead of just talking about one.
- You thrive in team settings and enjoy learning from others with different skills.
- You’re curious about public innovation, startups, or tech-for-good.
🧠 Who We're Looking For
🙅♂️ When You Should Reconsider
This might not be for you if:
- You’re already fully booked and can’t realistically make time (~20 hrs/week).
- You’re looking for a passive experience with lots of lectures.
- You don’t enjoy working on open-ended, real-world problems.
We’re building interdisciplinary teams, so we’re looking for a mix of perspectives and skills.
We absolutely need:
- Tech talent (engineering, data, product)
- Design minds (UX, UI, research, storytelling)
- People with sales or communication skills
- Public-sector experience (maybe you’ve worked in or with government)