Visibility in the TUM ecosystem

An important next step this year was the participation of several Collider teams in the TUM Entrepreneurship Day on 25 June 2026 at the main TUM campus in Munich. The event brought together the ecosystems of TUM, UnternehmerTUM, and the TUM Venture Labs, offering space for pitches, exchange, and networking around start-ups and innovation.

At the TUM Entrepreneurship Day, Obolos took the opportunity to join a pitch session and presented a solution that helps users focus on relevant online video content. Athena and Lexelligence also showcased their projects there: Athena is working on AI-supported knowledge maps that make complex dependencies in systems engineering visible and make the impact of changes easier to anticipate, while Lexelligence is developing a platform that supports organizations in implementing the EU AI Act through structured assessments and audit-ready reports.

Their presence at the Entrepreneurship Day showed how valuable such formats are after the Collider. They connect early ideas with feedback, new contacts, and possible development paths, while also creating additional visibility in the innovation landscape.

MIRA at the Naumburger Gespräch

Another strong example of the time after the finale is MIRA. The team had won the Collider locally at TUM and thereby qualified for the EuroTeQaThon in Copenhagen. Immediately afterwards, MIRA also presented its project at the 4th Naumburger Gespräch on 17 June 2026 at the Marienkirche at Naumburg Cathedral.

The specialist conference brought together representatives from politics, public authorities, municipalities, business, and science, giving MIRA an exceptionally visible platform for further exchange. It became clear how a Collider project can be carried forward across different formats and embedded in new professional contexts.

Impact beyond the program

These different pathways show that the Collider does not end with the finale. For some teams, it marks the beginning of a phase in which ideas are tested in new settings, sharpened, and developed further with relevant stakeholders.

Whether at a start-up event in the TUM ecosystem or in a policy-oriented industry dialogue such as the Naumburger Gespräch, the next steps after the Collider make clear how challenge-based learning can gradually translate into tangible impact.