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Bits & Pretzels Founders Festival 2026

Bits & Pretzels Founders Festival is a three-day event bringing together 7,500 founders, investors, and industry leaders for networking, learning, and business development at the heart of the Munich startup and tech ecosystem. The festival combines masterclasses, matchmaking, startup exhibitions, and unique networking experiences at Oktoberfest. Renowned for…

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40Speakers
7Sponsors
25Exhibitors
16On the bill · sessions
42Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Bits, in alphabetical order.
Aljoscha Niazi-Shahabi
Andrei Danescu
Andy Bruckschloegl
Antoine Fabre
Bastian Hasslinger
Charles Guillemet
David Reger
Dr. Jan Goetz
Ekaterina Zaharieva
Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation · European Commission
Fredrik Strömsten
George Robson
Partner · Sequoia Capital
Harry Nelis
Partner · Accel
Jan-Hendrik Boelens
Jan Oberhauser
Founder & CEO · n8n
Jeannette zu Fürstenberg
President & Managing Director · General Catalyst
Jonas Deichmann
Jonathan Widawski
Judith Dada
Co-CEO & Senior Partner · Langdock & Visionaries
Julia Salasky
Katharina Wilhelm
Katherina Reiche
Klaus Hommels
Founder & Chairman · Lakestar
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
BMW
Google Cloud
Microsoft
Mistral
SAP
Telefonica
Telefónica
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Agenda

Selected from 16 sessions on the bill.
  • 10:15AM - 10:45AM

    The End of Software as we know it

  • 11:05AM - 11:55AM

    Security, Sovereignty & Dual-Use

  • 11:25AM - 11:55AM

    Build Your AI Dream Team and Scale Fast

  • 11:42AM - 12:12PM

    Beyond the Vibe: Building Unicorns with Agentic AI

  • 11:55AM - 12:45PM

    Deep Tech & Frontier Breakthroughs

  • 1:30PM - 2:00PM

    Born Global - How Europe’s Best Win in the US

  • 2:02PM - 2:27PM

    The limit is just me!

  • 2:05PM - 2:35PM

    Leading at the Speed of Innovation

  • 2:15PM - 3:05PM

    AI & Future Intelligence

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 42 companies, parsed from the program.

42 companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
7Sponsoringsponsor only
24Exhibitingexhibitor only
11Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

28% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite513%
  • Founder / Owner513%
  • Director / Head of13%
  • Research / Science13%
  • Other roles2870%

Of 40 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01BMWSp
  2. 02Google CloudSp
  3. 03MicrosoftSp
  4. 04MistralSp
  5. 05SAPSp
  6. 06TelefonicaSp
  7. 07TelefónicaSp
  8. 08241.travelEx
  9. 09ADGENTICAIEx
  10. 10Alpcrun.chEx
  11. 11Alpin InsightsEx
  12. 12Amaiko.aiEx
  13. 13Ampli ForgeEx
  14. 14AnytaxEx
Sponsors by tier
unspecified7
100% of 7
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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