Jakob combines a strong interest in AI research with a curiosity for how technological advances can be translated into real-world applications and products. He holds a BSc in Information Systems Management from the Technical University of Berlin and an MPhil in Advanced Computer Science from the University of Cambridge.

His research focuses on collective intelligence and multi-agent systems, with particular interest in how autonomous agents can learn to communicate and cooperate to solve complex tasks. His previous work includes developing a novel tensor program optimizer and studying the behaviour and communication strategies in multi-agent systems.

Jakob has been part of the technology incubator Entrepreneurs First and has worked with several early-stage startups. His long-term ambition is to apply his research through entrepreneurship by building ventures that translate foundational AI advances into impactful solutions.

Outside of work, Jakob enjoys playing chess, running, and bouldering.

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