Carsten Kraus is an AI expert, author, serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and visionary with over 30 years of experience.

When Atari bought his first commercial product, they didn’t know that their new programming language, which was 70 times faster than the previous Atari BASIC, had been developed in a teenager’s bedroom. His curiosity for algorithms and AI led to the creation of products that have become indispensable for many large European corporations and SMEs. This was followed by further company foundations, investments, numerous innovations, and patent applications for AI procedures, with which he led breakthrough innovations to success.

In his talks, he inspires audiences with deep knowledge and visionary scenarios. He has the unique ability to make the complex world of artificial intelligence tangible and easy to understand. He is considered THE expert from the field, for the field.

Carsten Kraus Lecture topics

Artificial Intelligence: The World is Racing Ahead – How You Can Keep Up

  • From creative generation to autonomous strategy development: Why you can no longer avoid using AI for your business.
  • Best practices: How you, as a leader, can use tools and actively shape the change.
  • Efficiency increase of at least 20%: How to take your team on the journey.

Putting an End to Half-Truths: Common Misunderstandings About AI

  • How artificial intelligences learn.
  • Which myths about AI are circulating and what’s really behind them.
  • Tailored AI solutions for your company – how deep you should dive with your business and how to avoid strategic mistakes.

AI: Hypewashing or Substance? Essential Know-How for Investors

  • AI for start-ups: How AI becomes a game-changer instead of just a buzzword.
  • Authentic AI development versus superficial integration: How to look beyond the hype and truly assess the substance of a company.
  • How, as an investor, you can look behind the facades of the AI world, understand the different depths and levels, and learn to evaluate them accurately.

Carsten Kraus – From classroom to market leader

Carsten’s story begins while he is still at school: he develops a software extension for the Basic programming language in his childhood classroom, teaches computer science at school and is even given time off from school to set up his first company. He then achieved a breakthrough with another piece of software: he sold his solution, which made programmes run many times faster, to Atari – for 80 pfennigs per computer. The software is delivered with 700,000 computers.

At the age of 16, Carsten Kraus founds his first company. In 2001, he sells his most successful technology. In the years that followed, he made many innovations. To date, he has registered 25 patents, founded 12 companies and invested in 12 start-ups, spoken at numerous events and correctly predicted more than one development in the field of AI in more than 30 years as an AI expert.

Carsten Kraus is available for interviews, podcasts, as an expert in panel discussions or as a keynote speaker.