Kai Wiederhold

MIT Club Germany, Director Innovation

Kai Wiederhold is the Co-Founder and CEO of Hack-Nation, one of the world's largest AI hackathon communities, which originated at MIT. Hack-Nation brings together thousands of AI builders across leading universities and tech hubs worldwide, helping promising teams turn their ideas into startups through its Venture Lab incubation program. Kai also leads HN12 Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund investing in deep tech, robotics, physical AI, and cybersecurity, with a focus on identifying exceptional founders from the Hack-Nation ecosystem. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Kai spent six years at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), specializing in AI-driven transformation in retail and hyper-personalization. Kai holds an MBA from MIT Sloan (Class of 2025) and serves as Director of Innovation at the MIT Club of Germany.