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Innovation journey · spring 2027

Silicon Valley
Innovation Trip.

With us you don’t just travel, you get to experience the future.
San Francisco and the Valley. Six nights, five full days and more than 20 company visits at the companies building the world of tomorrow.

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20+
Company visits
5
Full days
8.450€
Per person
12
Max. participants

Why the Valley. Why now.

Silicon Valley is still the pacesetter of the global tech world.

Artificial intelligence, humanoid robotics, spatial computing, circular economy and new work: nowhere else does the future compress into so few square kilometres.

If you want to understand where business models and the world of work are heading, you have to go where it gets decided. Not in slide decks. Live, on site, with the people building it.

The programme

Five days.
Three perspectives.

More than 20 company visits, meet & greets, experiences and workshops in a single week.

01
Tech giants
Company visits at the big platforms · campus tours
Company visits

The platforms shaping the digital world, up close: campus tours and behind-the-scenes conversations instead of the visitor centre.

Google campus

Across the Mountain View campus on the colourful GBikes: workplaces, culture and the thinking behind the products.

Big tech insights

How the big platforms think about AI, hardware and new interfaces, explained by the people who work there.

San Francisco & the Valley

From downtown San Francisco to Palo Alto: the places where the future gets built.

Stops from our last trip. The final programme may differ.

02
Startups & founders
Meet & greets with founders, serial entrepreneurs and senior executives
Meet & greets

The Valley runs on its people: founders, serial entrepreneurs and investors share their view, unfiltered and in a small group.

Founder sessions

Q&A in a small group: honest accounts of building, failing and scaling, with no stage show.

Design & product

Guests in the studios and labs where tomorrow’s products are designed.

Networking

Evenings with the local tech community and like-minded people from home.

Stops from our last trip. The final programme may differ.

03
Research & deep dives
Research centres · workshops · strategic context
Workshops

Between the visits we make sense of it: what does this mean for your company? Impressions turn into options for action.

Stanford University

A session on campus: how research turns into companies, and what Europe can learn from it.

Workshops & reflection

Together we turn what you saw into concrete next steps for your business.

Innovation you can touch

Material labs, prototypes and new retail concepts: the future to try out, not as a slide.

Stops from our last trip. The final programme may differ.

What to expect

More than a trip.

01
Company visits

Exclusive access to leading tech companies, startups and research centres. Things you don’t get to see otherwise.

02
Networking

Conversations with innovators on site and like-minded people from home. A community that keeps growing after the trip.

03
Workshops & deep dives

This is not a sightseeing tour. We work through what we see together, with methods that turn findings into action.

04
Strategic context

Our experts help you translate what you have seen for your own company. From insight to a concrete option for action.

Your trip lead

Travelling with a
real Valley insider.

Roman Weishäupl, Director Innovation und Inspiration Travel

Roman Weishäupl leads our Silicon Valley trips personally. He lived in Silicon Valley for ten years and knows the innovation scene around the Bay first hand, with the network and local knowledge that make the difference.

On the ground he opens the doors to companies, founders and investors, and makes sense of what you see, from AI and robotics to spatial computing.

Roman on LinkedIn ↗
Roman Weishäupl vor der Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco
Roman at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco

What’s included

It’s all
in there.

Accommodation, 6 nightsDouble rooms, single rooms on request
All mealsBreakfast, lunch and dinner as per programme
20+ company visits & workshopsIncl. meet & greets, experiences and programme organisation
FUTURE CANDY hostsRoman Weishäupl + innovation experts
Good to know
You book your own flights to and from San FranciscoWe’re happy to recommend suitable connections
You arrange your own ESTA and entryWe support you through the process. Price excludes VAT.
Investment
€ 8.450
Per person · excl. VAT
Flights not included.
Travel period Spring 2027
Duration 6 nights · 5 full days
Group size Max. 12 people
Focus AI · robotics · spatial computing
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