Agents are only as good as
the team behind them

We're experienced researchers and engineers building the tools
enterprises need to trust, deploy, and scale AI agents.

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.

Today, we're channeling that expertise into the AI agent era. We built elluminate to evaluate AI agents with evidence instead of guesswork, and ellarun to deploy them securely in hours, not months.

ellamind team
ellamind team

Compliance & Governance

Compliance is not an afterthought for us. It's central to everything we build. Our tooling covers risk classification, technical documentation, and evidence-based compliance reports so regulated enterprises can move from experiment to production with full confidence.

EU AI Act | GDPR | DORA | DSA

Measured impact. Real-world AI.

1,000,000+

Open-source model downloads

100%

Data sovereignty by design

All solutions available for secure on-premise deployment.

Multiple

Regulated industries served

Including finance, healthcare, and industrial applications.

End-to-end

AI agent lifecycle coverage

From development to monitoring

ellamind team

How we approach
building AI systems

Innovation with purpose

Innovation with purpose

We don't innovate for its own sake. Every research contribution and every engineering decision is grounded in a real need: advancing AI that solves genuine problems in regulated, high-stakes environments.

Transparency & trust

Transparency & trust

We share our research, our methods, and our results openly. Organizations that deploy our AI should understand exactly what they're running and why it works.

Ownership is assumed, not assigned

Ownership is assumed, not assigned

At ellamind, culture is something we actively shape together. We trust people to take ownership of their work and the decisions that come with it.

The team

Meet our ellaMinds

Dr. Jan Philipp Harries

Dr. Jan Philipp Harries

Co-Founder & CEO

Juggling finances and operations by day, taming LLMs at night.

Björn Plüster

Björn Plüster

Co-Founder & CTO

Driving ellamind's technological advancements and innovation agenda.

Benedikt Droste

Benedikt Droste

Senior AI Research Engineer

Making models smaller and the impact noticeably bigger.

Celina Heimsoth

Celina Heimsoth

Executive Assistant

Handling organizational workflows while surrounded by AI wizardry.

Chris Robin Wübbeler

Chris Robin Wübbeler

Head of GTM

Bringing AI infrastructure to the enterprises that need it most.

Daniel Albensoeder

Daniel Albensoeder

AI Engineer

"Elluminating" the black box so AI makes sense.

Dr. Dario Klingenberg

Dr. Dario Klingenberg

Junior AI Engineer

Engineering AI that truly helps people with precision and purpose.

Dominik Römer

Dominik Römer

AI Engineer

Take the AI out of afrAId and make it your friend.

Dr. Gerriet Backer

Dr. Gerriet Backer

Principal Software Engineer

Scaling AI engineering through people, practice, and systems.

Maximilian Idahl

Maximilian Idahl

AI Researcher

Exploring the frontiers of LLM training and evaluation.

Nam Le

Nam Le

Junior AI Engineer

Making AI useful beyond the demo.

Raphael Huppertz

Raphael Huppertz

Junior Full-Stack Engineer

Technical expertise that likes creating beautiful user experiences.

René Fleschenberg

René Fleschenberg

Senior Backend Engineer

Putting the "fun" in "functional backend systems".

Saskia Plüster

Saskia Plüster

Head of Operations

Building the operational backbone that enables ellamind to scale with impact.

Stefano Arcaro

Stefano Arcaro

Junior AI Engineer

Shaping the behavior of things that think.

Unlock the power of AI

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