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Within human reproductive medicine the preparation of spermiograms is a standard procedure however, it is time-consuming and hardly worthwhile for many laboratories and urological practices. Moreover, depending on the experience of the specialist staff, the quality of the spermiograms varies greatly. It is precisely for this problem that the start-up has developed a solution, an AI powered analysis infrastructure as a service to remotely analyse microscope captures of human sperms including an automated spermiogramm reporting of concentration, motility and morphology. The software for analysing microscope images can be used on any Windows device. When connected to an ocular camera, a normal light microscope becomes an intelligent device for viewing and analysing microscope images and for the exact and WHO-compliant determination of microscopic parameters of the male ejaculate. There are already a number of products for the automatic production of spermiograms, but most of them require expensive devices and special consumables. The service is usable in a very uncomplicated way and without large investments. This means that users can continue to use the microscopes they have been working with and that as few additional purchases as possible are required. This is an advantage that particularly benefits those practices where relatively few spermiograms are performed. Further core objectives of the development were intuitive handling and a workflow in the software that optimally reproduces the known procedures in the laboratory. The application is self-explanatory and can be used without extensive training. They seek laboratories and clinics for human reproductive medicine that want to use the analysis infrastruture within pay per use license agreements. Further and to explore market potentials in other areas (e.g. in biology, veterinary) the start-up is seeking technical cooperation agreements with R&D-partners like research institutions, universities, industry