Research and development Berlin
Tekh Institute is a research and development hub for emerging technologies. We push the boundaries of AI, quantum computing, and sustainable engineering.
The institute building in Berlin Mitte, home to our four research laboratories.
01 About the institute
Tekh Institute was founded on a simple conviction: the technologies that will define the coming decades are too consequential to be developed in isolation. We work at the intersection of fundamental science and practical engineering, translating laboratory results into systems that industry and government can actually deploy.
Our researchers hold joint appointments with universities across Germany, the Netherlands, and Singapore. That structure keeps our work anchored in academic rigour while giving our partners direct access to findings long before they reach publication. Every programme we run is reviewed by an independent scientific council.
Beyond the laboratory, we advise regulators and standards bodies on the governance of autonomous systems and data infrastructure. We believe technical expertise carries an obligation to inform the people who write the rules, and we publish our policy submissions openly.
Französische Straße 9, Berlin
Independent, publicly and privately funded
84 full time scientists and engineers
Independent scientific advisory council
“We believe that responsible innovation requires deep collaboration between academia, industry, and policymakers.”
02 Core focus areas
Each division runs its own laboratory and publication programme, yet shares methodology, instrumentation, and review. The overlap is where most of our results come from.
Fundamental and applied research in autonomous systems, spanning representation learning, model interpretability, and the safety of agents that act in the physical world.
Developing algorithms for next generation computation, with a working emphasis on error correction, hybrid classical routines, and problems that resist conventional hardware.
Green technology for energy efficiency, from grid scale storage chemistry to the control software that decides when a building draws power and when it gives it back.
03 Impact
Published in reviewed journals
Held across three jurisdictions
Universities, industry, and agencies
Verified on independent test sets
Plate 01 Clinical imaging suite
A five year collaboration with two university hospitals to build predictive models that read imaging and laboratory data together rather than separately. The system flags likely deterioration days before conventional thresholds trigger, giving clinical teams a wider window to intervene.
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Plate 02 Cryogenic control stack
Our quantum group designs circuits for problems that classical machines handle poorly, chiefly molecular simulation and large scale logistics optimisation. Much of the work is unglamorous error correction, because an algorithm that cannot survive real hardware noise is of no use to anyone.
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Plate 03 Rooftop generation array
We build the control intelligence that sits between renewable generation and the buildings that consume it. The current pilot spans eleven commercial sites in Berlin and Rotterdam, where adaptive scheduling has cut peak load without any change to how the buildings are actually used.
Read more05 Leadership
Each division is led by a researcher who still publishes. We consider that non negotiable.
Director of AI Research
Leads the machine intelligence division and chairs our internal review board for model safety.
Machine learning, clinical AI
Head of Quantum Computing
Directs the quantum laboratory and holds a joint chair in theoretical physics in Munich.
Quantum algorithms, cryptography
Lead, Sustainable Engineering
Runs the energy systems pilot and advises two European working groups on grid resilience.
Energy systems, control theoryDr. Markus Weber TechVision Group“Tekh's research on neural networks has set a new standard in the industry. Their work is shaping the future of healthcare diagnostics.”
06 Insights and news
Our diagnostics group reached 99 percent accuracy in predictive diagnostics across a blind validation set drawn from two partner hospitals. The full methodology, including the cases where the model failed, will appear in the winter publication.
Read the summaryThe Berlin lab receives new funding to double its cryogenic capacity and add a dedicated fabrication space. Construction begins in the first quarter, with the extended facility scheduled to open to visiting researchers before the summer.
Read the summaryTekh hosts its annual conference in December 2026, bringing together researchers, regulators, and industry engineers for three days of sessions on applied intelligence and energy. Registration opens to partner institutions first.
Read the summaryWe seek researchers, software architects, and policy analysts. If you are obsessed with the future of tech, reach out.
07 Contact
For research collaboration, media enquiries, or partnership proposals, write to us directly. We answer every serious enquiry within two working days.
Französische Straße 9, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Reception is open Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 18:00 Central European Time. Visits to the laboratories are arranged by appointment.
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