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Press Releases
Latest announcements
Award
2025
FOCUS Business Innovation Award 2025
ACCELERAID recognised by FOCUS Business as one of Germany’s most innovative companies for the second consecutive time — confirming sustained leadership in AI for financial services.
Award
2024
Deloitte Technology Fast 50 — Rising Star
ACCELERAID named a “Rising Star” by Deloitte for over 500% revenue growth — recognised as one of Germany’s fastest-growing technology companies in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 programme.
Publication
2025
Book chapter: Personalised Up- & Cross-Selling with AI
Michael Altendorf co-authored Chapter 20 in Customer Intelligence (Springer Gabler, 2025) — a 500-page handbook on AI-driven customer strategies in banking, retail and telco. Co-authored with Isabell Gollmer.
Publication
2024
Book chapter: AI in Banking — Why Chatbots Are Just the Beginning (in German)
Michael Altendorf wrote a chapter on why AI agents in banking go far beyond chatbots — covering predictive scoring, automated campaigns and the future of agentic AI in regulated financial services.
Media Coverage
ACCELERAID in the news
IT Finanzmagazin
Fewer Cancellations at Banks — Understanding and Retaining Existing Customers with AI (in German)
Feature on how ACCELERAID’s AI-driven approach is helping banks reduce churn and better understand and retain existing customers through transaction data and next best action scoring.
World Economic Forum
White Paper: Collaboration between Startups and Corporates
ACCELERAID featured in the WEF European Business Council white paper on collaboration between startups and corporates — as a case study in AI-driven innovation within regulated enterprise environments.
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Awards & Recognition
Industry recognition since 2009
2014 · World Economic Forum
Technology Pioneer
Joining the global elite alongside Google, Dropbox and Twitter.
2015 · Deloitte
Fast 50 — Rising Star
Over 500% growth recognised in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 programme.
2021 · Ministry of Economics BW
AI Champion BW 2021
Outstanding AI innovation from Baden-Württemberg.
2010 · Intel + UC Berkeley
3rd Place — IBTEC
Top 3 globally at the Intel + UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge.
Since 2013 · Federal Ministry of Economy
German Silicon Valley Accelerator
Selected for the programme supporting fast-growing German IT companies expanding globally.
2011 · Germany
German Prize for Online Communication
First version of the Personalisation & Targeting Engine wins the German Prize for Online Communication.
2016 · Germany
BEST OF Industry Prize
ACCELERAID Personalisation Platform wins BEST OF industry prize and leading IT innovation recognition.
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Industry Leadership
KI Bundesverband — Banking & Finance Working Group
ACCELERAID leads the Banking & Finance working group at the KI Bundesverband — Germany’s leading AI industry association. Together with banks, regulators and AI companies, we shape the regulatory and technological framework for AI in the German and European financial sector.
Banking & Finance Working Group
KI Bundesverband Deutschland
