October 2026 – January 2027 For startups ↗
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HARBOR

Forget job applications, join Harbor.

10 week project with a startup in your field

Harbor pairs early-year students in teams of 2–3 with startups to solve real exploratory problems in product, design, growth, and validation.

Program at a glance
  • Work experience in your field
  • 10 weeks
  • Apply alone or with a team
  • 1,000€ completion grant per person
  • 10 ECTS credits

Applications for Harbor 2026 are open

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Past projects

A selection of past projects from the program.

Purpose-built commerce infrastructure for rental, resale, and circular business models. Think Shopify, but built for the circular economy.

twicecommerce.com ↗
Project   Engineering & AI

Rapid Feature Prototyping

Hands-on technical developers explore how a technical team can use Claude Code to rapidly build experimental product. Prototyping new platform capabilities, testing AI-assisted development workflows, and validating how quickly new features can go from idea to working prototype. Getting hands on with Claude Code.

AI Financial Controller working with international high-growth companies to automate their Financial Operations.

control.dev ↗
Project   Sales & Business Development

AI-Driven Growth

Team mixed with sales, marketing and technical skills tests, iterates, and runs a specific AI-driven Sales or Marketing automation. Launching live campaigns, talking directly to customers, and executing the chosen automation during the Harbor project.

While the research industry relies on what people say they do, Behavix captures what they actually do. Their Behavioral Data OS tracks 3M+ users globally across apps and walled gardens like TikTok, Netflix, and Amazon, giving brands and hedge funds a decisive behavioral advantage.

behavix.io ↗
Project 1   Business & Partnerships

Strategic Ecosystem Expansion

Business-minded team validates and maps out new verticals, like global game studios, mobile app developers, and ad networks, for SDK solution. Identify key partners, conduct market validation, and draft sales and marketing playbooks to turn anonymous behavioral data into new revenue streams.

Project 2   Data & AI

Taxonomy Curation & Verification

Data-focused builders audit and scale how the AI engine categorizes millions of digital touchpoints across new geographic markets. Build a comprehensive, localized brand taxonomy for the Financial Industry. Ensure data packages are analyst-ready for major tech platforms and hedge funds.

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