Last Tuesday, Dr. Alexander Keller from ZF Passau gave an exciting industry talk on „AI & Data Analytics in Manufacturing“, as part of the master’s course „Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Based Business Information Systems“. Dr. Keller, who is an alumnus of the University of Passau, not only provided the students with interesting insights into ZF’s products and activities, but also with shared his experince with managing AI and Data Science projects. Drawing on real examples, opportunities as well as practical challenges and limits were discussed. We thank Dr. Keller for his insightful presentation, as well as the students for their excellent questions during and after the talk!