My Mission: Building the Future. With Data & AI.

AI will change the world that we know. Let's embrace its potential and shape it for the better.

“I believe in a future where AI creates meaningful progress for our economy and society. As a founder, builder, and investor, my mission is to shape this future by driving the AI transformation in Germany and beyond.”

About me

For over a decade, I've been building at the intersection of AI and business. As a founder, builder, and investor, I work on turning AI from promise into real-world impact—inside companies, across industries, and within the broader ecosystem. I am focused on what works, scales, and creates lasting value for the economy, society, and beyond.

15+

Years of experience

Companies founded

Startup investments

My companies

statworx & statworx Ventures

statworx is one of the leading Data & AI service providers in the German-speaking region.

AI Hub Frankfurt & AI Hub Ventures

The AI Hub Frankfurt is the largest AI ecosystem project in the Frankfurt Rhine-Main region.

Projects

FEATURED

I am working on multiple projects across industries and disciplines at the intersection to AI. Check out, what I've been cooking in AI lately! All podcasts →

Conference

AI Week Frankfurt

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Leading AI event in Frankfurt, connecting experts, businesses, and startups.

Publication

AI Trends Report

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The AI Trends Report is a yearly publication on important trends in AI.

Experience

AI Art Lab

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The AI Art Lab is a platform for generative and immersive art.

Gastronomy

the byte

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AI-powered restaurant concept blending gastronomy with cutting-edge technology.

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Podcasts

FEATURED

From time to time, I invite interesting personalities from the Data & AI space to talk with me about their perpectives on artificial intelligence. All podcasts →

Podcast

Oliver Dörler, CDAIO Commerzbank

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Podcast with Dr. Oliver Dörler, Chief Data & AI Offcer at Commerzbank AG.

Podcast

Philipp Schwaab, CAIO Helaba

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Podcast with Philipp Schwaab, Chief AI Offcer at Helaba.

Podcast

Walid Mehanna, Chief Data & AI Officer at Merck

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Podcast with Walid Mehanna, Chief Data & AI Officer at Merck.

Podcast

Tian Su, Chief AI & Science Officer at Zalando

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Podcast with Tian Su, Chief AI & Science Officer at Zalando.

Podcast

Maximilian Freier, Lead Economist, European Central Bank

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Podcast with Maximilian Freier, Lead Economist, ECB

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Products

I am happy to announce my first product. The Ultimate AI Strategy Toolkit is a set of tools to help companies develop their AI strategy.

Check it out →

Keynotes

FEATURED

Let’s talk about AI. I regulary give keynotes, join panel discussions, and share my knowledge about AI with the world. All keynotes →

AI Infrastructure @ PrivateMarkets_One

Panel discussion about AI infrastructure investments and ecosystems.

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Year:

2026

Location:

Frankfurt

Audience:

200

AI Sovereignity @ Red Hat Exec Dinner

Impulse talk about AI sovereignity in Euope.

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Year:

2025

Location:

Darmstadt

Audience:

AI Value Creation @ NHS Leadership Summit

Keynote about AI value creation, adoption and scaling strategies.

Website

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Year:

2025

Location:

Frankfurt

Audience:

200

AI in Production @ EMO Preview

Panel discussion about challenges in AI adoption in the manufacturing industry.

Website

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Year:

2025

Location:

Frankfurt

Audience:

200

The Value of AI @ Everyday AI Frankfurt

Keynote about the ambivalence of AI investments and value creation.

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Year:

2025

Location:

Frankfurt

Audience:

100

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Media

FEATURED

My work is featured in different magazines, newspapers, podcasts. Tune in, and find out more about me and my work. All media →

Magazines

The Frankfurter

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Interview in The Frankfurter about AI and technology in Frankfurt and the Rhine-Main region as well as our plans with the AI Hub Frankfurt.

Magazines

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

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Article about the AI Week Frankfurt 2025 opening ceremony.

Hessenschau

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Show about the AI activities of Hessen, especially Frankfurt and Rhine-Main, including an interview with me, recorded at the AI Hub Partner Club.

Magazines

FAZ Metropol Magazin

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Feature of the AI Hub Frankfurt in the Aug/Sep 2023 edition of the Metropol Magazine.

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Investments

FEATURED

During the last years, I've invested in several AI-related start-ups to support their entrepreneurial journey. All investments →

Langdock

Exit

Langdock is the GDPR-compliant ChatGPT for teams. It's the first interactive chat assistant for companies of any size. Made in Germany, with all privacy settings so you can stay compliant.

Website

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Founded:

2022

Stage:

Seed

Theme:

AI in Work

Geography:

Prematch

Exit

Prematch owns the leading data and AI-driven platform for amateur football players. Digitizing and gamifying the non-professional football world and building a vibrant network for football.

Website

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Founded:

2021

Stage:

Series A

Theme:

Sports

Geography:

neuroflash

Exit

neuroflash is building an AI-powered content creation engine. With LLMs, neuroflash creates more than 90 differenttext types for marketing and content purposes.

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Founded:

2021

Stage:

Seed

Theme:

AI in Marketing

Geography:

flowit

Exit

FLOWIT builds a holistical HR solution for people and performance management that uses AI to improve feedback, learning and development. Simple, digital and inclusive.

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Founded:

2021

Stage:

Seed

Theme:

AI in HR

Geography:

AI in Software

Pre-Seed

8080Labs was acquired by databricks, a category leader for Data & AI platforms in 2021 to strengthen their platform offering for low-code data analysis.

8080labs

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AI in Software

Exited

Kern.ai develops open-source technology for data-centric AI. Their current flagship platform product "refinery" enables AI developers to create data-centric NLP models.

Kern.AI

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Sports

Series A

Prematch owns the leading data and AI-driven platform for amateur football players. Digitizing and gamifying the non-professional football world and building a vibrant network for football.

Prematch

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AI in Marketing

Seed

Horizon helps companies to easily gather quantitative, behavioral and reliable consumer insights to make data- and AI-backed product development decisions.

Horizon

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AI in HR

Seed

FLOWIT builds a holistical HR solution for people and performance management that uses AI to improve feedback, learning and development. Simple, digital and inclusive.

flowit

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AI in Marketing

Seed

neuroflash is building an AI-powered content creation engine. With LLMs, neuroflash creates more than 90 differenttext types for marketing and content purposes.

neuroflash

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AI in Work

Seed

Langdock is the GDPR-compliant ChatGPT for teams. It's the first interactive chat assistant for companies of any size. Made in Germany, with all privacy settings so you can stay compliant.

My Mission: Building the Future. With Data & AI.

About me

My companies

Projects

Podcasts

Products

Keynotes

Media

Investments

8080labs

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Kern.AI

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Prematch

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Horizon

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flowit

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neuroflash

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Langdock

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Let's work together