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Ellamind AI
Leading the Way in AI Innovation

At ellamind, we pride ourselves on leading the way in AI innovation. Our founding team developed some of the most sophisticated and widely used open-source AI models in the German-speaking world and brings unparalleled expertise to the table.
We prioritize transparency and collaboration through initiatives like DiscoResearch, where we exchange knowledge with our community. We are committed to the rapid development of state-of-the-art AI models and pipelines, and will continue to openly share many of these advancements.

Top-10
Placements in the global “Open LLM Leaderboard”
Pioneers
Of the first working Mixtral implementation
500.000+
Downloads of our open-source LLMs
Partner
JAAI Group for large-scale project implementation
Ellamind AI
Meet our ellaMinds
Our team comprises visionary innovators, each bringing a wealth of experience and expertise to the forefront of AI development.
Dr. Jan Philipp Harries
Co-founder & CEO
Juggling finances and operations
by day, taming LLMs at night.
by day, taming LLMs at night.

Björn Plüster
Co-founder & CTO
Driving ellamind's technological advancements and innovation agenda.

Celina Heimsoth
Executive Assistant
Handling organizational workflows
while surrounded by AI wizardry.
while surrounded by AI wizardry.

Damian Barabonkov
Founding AI Engineer
Bridging the gap from idea
to production-grade system.
to production-grade system.

Daniel Auras
Founding AI Engineer
Jumping up and down the LLM stack
and always tinkering at the cutting-edge.
and always tinkering at the cutting-edge.

Henrik Ücdemir
AI Engineer
Converting caffeine into code
and end-to-end systems.
and end-to-end systems.

Maximilian Idahl
AI Researcher
Exploring the frontiers of
LLM training and evaluation.
LLM training and evaluation.

Raphael Huppertz
Junior Full-Stack Engineer
Technical expertise that likes
creating beautiful user experiences.
creating beautiful user experiences.

René Fleschenberg
Senior Backend Engineer
Putting the "fun" in
"functional backend systems".
"functional backend systems".

Wolfram Ravenwolf
AI Evangelist & Engineer
Evaluates LLMs for breakfast,
preaches AI usefulness all day long.
preaches AI usefulness all day long.
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