Stripe is building programmable financial services for millions of businesses globally. Millions of companies use Stripe to accept payments online and in person, embed financial services, power custom revenue models, and build a more profitable business.

Headquartered in San Francisco and Dublin, Stripe processes over $1.4 trillion of payments annually, equivalent to 1.3% of global GDP. Stripe users include half of the Fortune 100, 80% of the Forbes Cloud 100 and every single company on the Forbes AI 50 that accepts online payments does so with Stripe.

Through its scale and investments in R&D - particularly artificial intelligence and stablecoins - Stripe accelerates the utility of frontier technology in the global economy.

IBM is a leading provider of global hybrid cloud and AI, and consulting expertise. We help clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs, and gain a competitive edge in their industries. Thousands of governments and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM's hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently, and securely. IBM's breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and consulting deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM's long-standing commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity, and service. Visit www.ibm.com for more information.

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Build, integrate and manage systems of powerful AI agents and assistants to augment key roles, workflows, and operations.

Auth0 takes a modern approach to identity, enabling organizations to provide secure access to any application, for any user. As the landscape evolves, Auth0 extends this trust to the next generation of digital workers, providing robust identity frameworks designed specifically for AI agents and autonomous workflows. Auth0 is a highly customizable product that is as simple as development teams want, and as flexible as they need. Safeguarding billions of login transactions each month, Auth0 delivers convenience, privacy, and security so customers can focus on innovation. Auth0 is a part of Okta, Inc., The World’s Identity Company™

ElevenLabs is a research-driven AI company creating the most realistic, versatile, and contextually aware voices in the world. Our technology generates speech that feels natural, unlocking new possibilities for human-computer interaction across entertainment, education, accessibility, and customer experience.

PIABO is the leading full service agency for the digital industry, headquartered in Berlin. For its tech-driven clients from areas such as internet, mobile, e-commerce, consumer electronics, IoT/robotic/security, venture capital, Fintech, SaaS/Cloud, Blockchain, Big Data and AI/VR/AR, we achieve outstanding media presence. In the past, we have helped clients such as Google, wework, Tinder, Stripe, GitHub or Silicon Valley Bank to achieve their local and global growth targets. When it comes to communcation about revolutionary tech business models, we know how to proceed successfully. As an investor in several venture capital companies I actively support upcoming business models and am experienced in evaluating future technologies.

sipgate provides cloud telephony and AI-powered communication solutions for sales and service teams. Our products connect employees intelligently, automate routine tasks, and make customer relationships more efficient and more personal.

For over 20 years, we’ve been combining innovation with proven quality, developing VoIP technology trusted by more than 40,000 companies.

Arato is the first AI Agent Simulation Platform, and we're on a mission to create assurance and validation with every deployment of agentic AI system. Unlike traditional deterministic software, AI is non-deterministic by nature - same input, different output, every time. Behavior changes with context. Traditional testing can't keep up, leaving teams exposed to costly mistakes, data leaks, bias, and compliance violations. With Arato, teams know exactly how their AI apps will work in production, with Arato Simulate, Obsreve and Studio - a full suite of tools for user simulation, observability and testing. Teams use Arato to ship confidently, avoid incidents, meet regulatory standards, and prove their AI delivers real business value, every time.

Rooted in deep expertise and a global network of over one million community members, Applause provides the human intelligence necessary to build safe, reliable and high-performing AI. We move beyond automated platforms to offer a fully managed partnership that stewards your team through every stage—from sourcing diverse datasets and model fine-tuning to expert-led red teaming and real-world evaluation.
By solving the challenges of non-deterministic behavior through human-in-the-loop validation, we help you strengthen the accuracy, relevance and safety of your generative and agentic systems. Whether you are tuning models for better relevance or ensuring autonomous agents perform flawlessly in the wild, Applause provides the authentic perspective needed to release with unparalleled confidence. We seamlessly supplement your teams to ensure your AI technology works beautifully for everyone, everywhere.

Avon AI is the management platform for the AI workforce. We help enterprises keep their GenAI agents compliant, accurate, and aligned to business goals, especially in regulated industries like banking, insurance, and healthcare.
Deployed in your private or hybrid cloud, Avon gives business and compliance teams continuous visibility and control after deployment.
With four core capabilities, Visibility, Feedback, Knowledge Management, and Change Management, Avon turns GenAI pilots into reliable, scalable operations. Already trusted by leading banks and insurers, analyzing thousands of live conversations daily.

Giskard helps you secure your AI agents through our comprehensive testing system that combines hallucination detection, security scanning, and cybersecurity watch. Our platform ensures continuous protection by adapting to emerging threats, alerting you instantly when new AI vulnerabilities arise. We enable collaboration between technical and business teams and provide independent, expert validation for confident AI deployment.

Execuro UG is a Technology Advisory and Fractional CTO partner for E-Commerce leaders in D2C Manufacturing and Retail, marketplaces, industrial goods, and automotive. We help teams convert complex product discovery and returns into measurable outcomes, typically +15% AOV growth and ~60% fewer support tickets.

Founded by Denis Turkov (ex–Chief Architect at Spryker), Execuro brings 15+ years of hands-on commerce experience across 30+ e-commerce teams, including enterprises such as ALDI, Hornbach, Meusburger, Lekkerland, and Certeo, supporting launches in 16 countries and scaling platforms up to 50,000 orders per minute and 300M–3B EUR GMV each.

Execuro specializes in AI and agentic commerce rollouts, architecture deep-dives, data and integration architecture, performance and scalability optimization, and engineering leadership advisory with clear metrics, guardrails, and execution discipline.

Tedix is building an Agentic Engine to power the e-commerce industry. As technology evolves at an unprecedented speed, many companies struggle to keep up with emerging AI systems and new digital channels. Tedix is creating the next generation of AI workforce — digital workers that allow companies to test new technologies quickly, learn from them, and deploy new capabilities without heavy engineering investment. By enabling fast, lightweight experimentation, Tedix helps organizations stay ahead of market shifts, reduce risk, and understand how customers interact in the new era of AI-driven commerce.

Sunrize Digital helps brands, technology leaders, and startups accelerated the advancement of Conversational A.I. enabling Brands and Consumer interact using human natural language.
Our signature service is Chatbot Summit, the world's leading international event series connecting the eminent professionals and organizations who believe natural language will be the next curve in digital experiences.
We also conduct a series of exclusive "State of the Bots" round-table events, strategic consulting M&A Advisory and private workshops.

etailment.de is the digital commerce magazine of Der Handel and a trusted destination for e-commerce professionals and aspiring entrepreneurs alike.

With a strong focus on the German Mittelstand, etailment.de supports companies in both their operational and strategic decision-making through industry-relevant insights, practical guidance, trend analysis, and data-driven perspectives.

The publication delivers daily, highly targeted content for e-commerce businesses, digital leaders in retail and industry, service providers, and newcomers navigating the evolving digital commerce landscape.

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