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changelog

a cv-shaped log from now back to the start. work, then courses, vc, internships, academic. born at the bottom.

  1. 2026
    • product @ peec ai. shipping brand insights, custom source classification, audit logs, maps for chatgpt.
    • started dazie on the side — voice-first journaling.
    • started this site.
  2. 2025
    • product lead at fully ai (acquired by circus group). 0→1 ai agent platform, voice-first interfaces, first paying customers via prototyping and validation.
    • shipped bazzy — ai anime + manga recommendations.
  3. 2024
    • pm at pile capital (acquired by vivid). neo-treasury for startups + smbs. 0 → 300+ customers, €21m aum via self-serve onboarding.
    • shipped payment automation, data enrichment, investment features.
  4. 2023
    • first commercial hire at beyond so (€4m pre-seed). built a web3 community saas from scratch — mvp, 20 beta users, 3 paid pilots.
  5. courses
    • le wagon — full-stack web development (rails).
    • reforge — pm, finding pmf, growth marketing.
  6. vc
    • apx, sevenventures. analyzed 350+ startup pitches. developed an early-stage investment thesis that still shows up in how i pick problems today.
  7. internships
    • prosiebensat.1, dz bank. corporate exposure across media and finance — useful in retrospect for understanding why most large orgs ship slowly.
  8. academic
    • m.sc. international business, maastricht university (2022).
    • b.sc. business administration, university of münster (2019).
  9. handball
    • ten years of competitive handball. taught me that reps and craft beat raw talent, given enough time. that lesson shows up in everything since.
  10. —
    • born in germany. ate things. broke things. read a lot of books.