AI cybersecurity is no longer a niche in 2026 - it's the next infrastructure wave. Tomorrow at Adlershof Connect 2026 in Berlin, that's exactly what's on the table. We'll be there. Three observations from our pipeline: → Industry is buying now. Public transport operators in Germany and Brazil have stopped asking "can we do this?" and started asking "how fast?". → OEMs are engaging. Automotive manufacturers testing cryptographically verifiable vehicle data - because their AI pipelines need a signal they can actually trust. → The trust layer is becoming mandatory. Public-sector and enterprise procurement increasingly demand cryptographic data integrity. Whoever bakes it into the architecture wins the next round of tenders. Meet Ricardo M. at the event to connect and talk business - Physical AI infrastructure, how Staex sits beneath your existing AI stack, and partnership conversations. 📅 June 23, 2026 | 1–5 PM 📍 ST3AM working spaces -Adlershof 🎟️ Event page: https://lnkd.in/d743HS5h #AdlershofConnect #PhysicalAI #Cybersecurity #AI #DeepTech #Berlin #Staex Rawad Chammas Philip C. Toepffer Technologiepark Adlershof Wilhelm Prasser Prof. Dr. Alexandra K. Mikityuk
Staex
Software Development
Potsdam, Brandenburg 2,251 followers
Secure machine data and agentic AI for the systems you already run
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Staex - Instantly Extract, Automate, and Monetize Your Data Staex is a decentralized software that ensures secure connectivity for devices and machines. Developed originally at Deutsche Telekom’s R&D, Staex allows enterprises to build resilient networks in minutes—not months—across operations, partners, and customers. By providing near real-time access to trusted, verifiable data, Staex unlocks AI-driven insights and Web3 monetization. Bridging legacy infrastructure and enabling data automation turns fragmented machines into value-generating assets.
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https://staex.io/
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- Software Development
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- 2-10 employees
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- Potsdam, Brandenburg
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- Privately Held
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- 2021
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- network, web3, blockchain, and DePin
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Am Neuen Markt 9
Potsdam, Brandenburg 14467, DE
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Cybersecurity starts before the model - not inside the model. That’s exactly what Kevin Ehrentraut, Head of Customer Success at Staex, will be speaking about tomorrow at Adlershof Connect 2026 in the track “AI Meets Cybersecurity.” Trusted Data for Physical AI - Why Cybersecurity Starts Before the Model While most conversations about AI security focus on hardening models, we focus on the layer before them: the data that powers those models. Drones, vehicles, sensors, and robots make decisions in the physical world. Every one of those decisions is only as trustworthy as the data behind it. Three questions every Physical AI deployment should be able to answer: → Where did this data come from? → Has it been altered in transit? → Can we still prove its integrity tomorrow? Kevin will share how Staex is already delivering this today - with more than 150 connected buses operating live in Germany, the same use case deployed in Brazil, and a collaboration with India’s largest automotive manufacturer. If you're working on trusted AI, cybersecurity, autonomous systems, or critical infrastructure, come join the conversation. 📅 June 23, 2026 🕐 1:00–5:00 PM, Kevin's talk at 15:10 📍 ST3AM working spaces -Adlershof 🎟️ Event page: https://lnkd.in/d743HS5h #AdlershofConnect #PhysicalAI #Cybersecurity #AI #TrustedData #DataIntegrity #EdgeAI #DeepTech #Berlin #Staex Ricardo M. Philip C. Toepffer Prof. Dr. Alexandra K. Mikityuk Sergei Lavrentev Kevin Ehrentraut Kateryna Shymanovska Max Sukhotin Technologiepark Adlershof Rawad Chammas
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Check some of our drone work with full end-to-end security and trusted data! Philip C. Toepffer Ricardo M. Kevin Ehrentraut Sergei Lavrentev Max Sukhotin Prof. Dr. Alexandra K. Mikityuk Kateryna Shymanovska Patricia Albrecht Solana Solana Foundation
I've been working on something that combines two things I find fascinating: autonomous hardware and trustless payments on Solana. Meet RoboticPayments — a DePIN drone delivery PoC I built from scratch. The idea: What if a drone could receive payment automatically — without any human approving it — the moment it arrives at the buyer's location? Here's how it works: Buyer locks 0.2 SOL in a Smart Contract Escrow via a browser app A Raspberry Pi 4 on the drone polls the server and monitors GPS via MAVLink Drone arrives → RPi4 automatically signs the Proof of Delivery transaction The Anchor program verifies the coordinates on-chain → SOL released to the seller No middleman. No manual step. The hardware triggers the payment itself. On-chain proof (Solana Devnet): 🔗 Escrow TX: https://lnkd.in/dTUSmuvA 🔗 Proof of Delivery TX: https://lnkd.in/dY693HfA Stack: Solana · Anchor · Python · Flask · MAVLink · Staex IoT SIM · Raspberry Pi 4 · Pixhawk · M8N GPS · Waveshare 4G HAT This is still an indoor PoC — arrival is currently confirmed via a demo button. The next milestone is the outdoor GPS test: that button gets replaced by a real GPS fix. The concept started as a whitepaper in August 2025. Nine months later — it's running code with on-chain proof. 📄 Whitepaper 1: https://lnkd.in/dSyaQe_P 📄 Whitepaper 2: https://lnkd.in/dMRsTzVA 💻 GitHub: https://lnkd.in/dXbsaj3U #DePIN #Solana #Web3 #IoT #Robotics #MachineEconomy #BuildInPublic
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We are very excited to join! 👏 Kevin Ehrentraut Ricardo M. Prof. Dr. Alexandra K. Mikityuk Philip C. Toepffer Sergei Lavrentev Max Sukhotin Kateryna Shymanovska Rawad Chammas WISTA Management GmbH Wilhelm Prasser
Künstliche Intelligenz ist der Innovationsmotor – aber wie lenken wir ihn sicher? 🚀 Die Relevanz von KI steht außer Frage. Die echte Herausforderung lautet: Wie maximieren wir das Potenzial, während wir gleichzeitig Risiken minimieren und die Kontrolle behalten? Antworten gibt es bei Adlershof Connect 2026. Wir bringen Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Praxis an einen Tisch, um Klartext zu reden und Brücken zu bauen. Das erwartet Dich am 23. Juni: 💡 Praxis statt Theorie: Keine Buzzwords, sondern erprobte Strategien für Deinen Arbeitsalltag. ⚡ Deep Dives: 👉Talent Connect: KI im HR-Bereich – Wie treffen wir bessere Entscheidungen, ohne die Verantwortung abzugeben? 👉Tech Connect: KI trifft Cybersicherheit – Wie werden Anwendungen sicher, resilient und trotzdem innovativ? 🤝 Synergien nutzen: Paneltalk mit Expert:innen und intensives Networking. Sei dabei und nimm konkrete Impulse für den Umgang mit KI und Cybersicherheit in die tägliche Praxis mit! 📅 Datum: 23. Juni 2026 I 13 - 17 Uhr 📍 Ort: ST3AM working spaces -Adlershof 🎟️ Jetzt kostenloses Ticket sichern: https://lnkd.in/d743HS5h #AdlershofConnect #KI #Cybersicherheit #FutureSkills #Innovation #Networking #Berlin
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Künstliche Intelligenz ist der Innovationsmotor – aber wie lenken wir ihn sicher? 🚀 Die Relevanz von KI steht außer Frage. Die echte Herausforderung lautet: Wie maximieren wir das Potenzial, während wir gleichzeitig Risiken minimieren und die Kontrolle behalten? Antworten gibt es bei Adlershof Connect 2026. Wir bringen Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Praxis an einen Tisch, um Klartext zu reden und Brücken zu bauen. Das erwartet Dich am 23. Juni: 💡 Praxis statt Theorie: Keine Buzzwords, sondern erprobte Strategien für Deinen Arbeitsalltag. ⚡ Deep Dives: 👉Talent Connect: KI im HR-Bereich – Wie treffen wir bessere Entscheidungen, ohne die Verantwortung abzugeben? 👉Tech Connect: KI trifft Cybersicherheit – Wie werden Anwendungen sicher, resilient und trotzdem innovativ? 🤝 Synergien nutzen: Paneltalk mit Expert:innen und intensives Networking. Sei dabei und nimm konkrete Impulse für den Umgang mit KI und Cybersicherheit in die tägliche Praxis mit! 📅 Datum: 23. Juni 2026 I 13 - 17 Uhr 📍 Ort: ST3AM working spaces -Adlershof 🎟️ Jetzt kostenloses Ticket sichern: https://lnkd.in/d743HS5h #AdlershofConnect #KI #Cybersicherheit #FutureSkills #Innovation #Networking #Berlin
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Out in the field in NRW 🚌 Kevin Ehrentraut visited one of Staex’s live installations, where we support Mibo bus operator with trusted operational data collection, including GPS tracking, passenger counting, and other key fleet insights. From inspecting the setup to visiting the bus depot and seeing the vehicles in operation, these on-site visits are invaluable. They help ensure that data is collected reliably, securely, and exactly as intended in real-world environments. It’s always rewarding to see how trusted data infrastructure supports smarter mobility and better operational decisions. Great work by Kevin, Ugur, Krzysztof Bobrowski land the team keeping things running smoothly on the ground. #Staex #Mobility #PublicTransport #IoT #ConnectedVehicles #SmartMobility #DataInfrastructure Philip C. Toepffer Ricardo M. Kateryna Shymanovska Sergei Lavrentev Max Sukhotin Ulf Meitzel
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Most blockchain projects talk about digital ownership. This week, you'll be able to wear it 👕 ! What started as an experiment between artists, designers, AI systems, and blockchain infrastructure became something much bigger: a physical fashion collection with a digital identity. Every piece tells a story. Some will leave the room with their new owners. The rest will go on-chain. At Staex, we're proud to provide the trusted data infrastructure behind [block] berlin, helping bridge physical creations and verifiable digital provenance. AI generated possibilities. Artists shaped them into reality. Blockchain makes them permanent. 📍 Berlin Blockchain Week 📅 Friday, June 19 · 8 PM 📍 Mena Berlin, Kreuzberg No traditional runway. No VIP section. Just creators, community, technology, and a Friday night in Kreuzberg. Special thanks to Yana Dulina! And yes, we'd still love to see Vitalik wearing one of the pieces. #BerlinBlockchainWeek #Blockchain #DigitalOwnership #FashionTech #AI #GenerativeAI #Web3 #Staex #Kreuzberg #Berlin Ricardo M. Philip C. Toepffer Kevin Ehrentraut Sergei Lavrentev Max Sukhotin Kateryna Shymanovska Prof. Dr. Alexandra K. Mikityuk
We started this experiment not knowing if it would end in a collection or a failure. It ended in both. And then we kept going - straight to Berlin Blockchain Week. What happens when AI, human creativity, and blockchain collide inside a fashion label? We'll show you the process and the result this week. Fri, Jun 19. 8pm· Mena Berlin · Kreuzberg — place of birth. Underground show. No classical format. No velvet ropes. Just the collection, the community, and Kreuzberg on a Friday night. The pieces that don't make it out of the room go on-chain and don't come back at this price. We'd love to dress Vitalik. He hasn't RSVP'd yet — but we will hope. Vitalik, the blockchain passport is ready for you. AI built it. Blockchain inspired it. Artists imagined it. Berlin wore it first. [block] berlin — phase:01. In partnership with Adddress www.adddress.de Blockchain-powered by Staex Supported by WebZero #blockberlin #BerlinBlockchainWeek #WornOnChain #generativeAI #fashiontech #kreuzberg #berlin
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Privacy is not a feature. It's infrastructure. At the WAIB Summit Monaco, our CGO Ricardo M. joined the panel "Building the Invisible Stack: AI, Privacy, and the Infrastructure Web3 Forgot." One key takeaway: If you don't understand how your encryption keys are distributed, you should not assume your privacy is guaranteed. For years, the industry has treated privacy as an add-on layer. But real privacy starts with architecture, not settings menus. As AI agents, vehicles, sensors, and machines increasingly communicate and transact autonomously, the challenge is no longer encryption itself. The challenge is establishing trust, identity, and secure key distribution at the machine scale. The future of privacy will be built on protocol sovereignty, cryptographic identity, and verifiable trust - not blind faith in service providers. Privacy is an architectural choice, not a settings preference. #AI #Privacy #CyberSecurity #MachineEconomy #IoT #Cryptography #AgenticAI #Staex Kevin Ehrentraut Philip C. Toepffer Kateryna Shymanovska Max Sukhotin Sergei Lavrentev Prof. Dr. Alexandra K. Mikityuk Joseph Sente 👏
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Just off the stage at Solana Summit 2026. The #machines have learned to pay. But who proves who they are? Who proves what they said? Who secures the channel they used? Our CEO, Prof. Dr. Alexandra K. Mikityuk, explored these questions in her keynote, "When AI Agents Get Wallets: The Cryptography You're Missing." Key takeaway: → #Signatures bind #identity → Hash chains bind #data → Encrypted #tunnels bind intent Together with Kevin Ehrentraut, Alexandra also demonstrated Staex's live #robotics payments: a buyer pays #SOL cryptocurrency into escrow, a delivery drone signs proof of delivery with its own wallet, and funds are released automatically - no human in the loop. As AI agents enter the economy, payments alone are not enough. Trust, identity, and secure communication must be built into every machine interaction. Thank you to the Solana Summit team for the stage and to everyone who joined the conversation on the future of machine identity and agentic infrastructure. #SolanaSummit2026 #Solana #AI #MachineEconomy #Cybersecurity #DePIN #Staex Philip C. Toepffer Ricardo M. Patricia Albrecht
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Meet Prof. Dr. Alexandra K. Mikityuk and Kevin Ehrentraut tomorrow during the Solana Summit in Berlin 🔥 Join us for a discussion on #verified data, encrypted #crypto #tunnels, #AI-enabled SIM technology, and secure #agentic platforms. Patricia Albrecht Philip C. Toepffer Ricardo M. Max Sukhotin Sergei Lavrentev
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