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.
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
How we approach
building AI systems
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
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
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.
Meet our ellaMinds
Dr. Jan Philipp Harries
Co-Founder & CEO
Juggling finances and operations by day, taming LLMs at night.
Björn Plüster
Co-Founder & CTO
Driving ellamind's technological advancements and innovation agenda.
Benedikt Droste
Senior AI Research Engineer
Making models smaller and the impact noticeably bigger.
Celina Heimsoth
Executive Assistant
Handling organizational workflows while surrounded by AI wizardry.
Chris Robin Wübbeler
Head of GTM
Bringing AI infrastructure to the enterprises that need it most.
Daniel Albensoeder
AI Engineer
"Elluminating" the black box so AI makes sense.
Dr. Dario Klingenberg
Junior AI Engineer
Engineering AI that truly helps people with precision and purpose.
Dominik Römer
AI Engineer
Take the AI out of afrAId and make it your friend.
Maximilian Idahl
AI Researcher
Exploring the frontiers of LLM training and evaluation.
Nam Le
Junior AI Engineer
Making AI useful beyond the demo.
Raphael Huppertz
Forward Deployed Engineer
Technical expertise that likes creating beautiful user experiences.
Dr. Robert Scholz
AI Research Engineer
Turning research curiosity into AI that actually ships.
Saskia Plüster
Head of Operations
Building the operational backbone that enables ellamind to scale with impact.
Events we've been part of
From research conferences to startup fairs: where the team has been out and about.
Web Summit Qatar
February 2026
Björn taking in the global AI scene in Doha.
Talk ICLR
April 2026
Max presented our research at ICLR in Rio.
GOSIM AI Paris
May 2026
Björn and Benedikt representing ellamind in Paris.
Talk GOSIM AI Paris
May 2026
On stage at GOSIM AI Paris.
Award GOSIM AI Paris
May 2026
Bringing home an award from GOSIM AI Paris.
Code with Claude London
May 2026
Jan at Anthropic's Code with Claude in London.
Talk mAI ist für AI (42 Berlin)
May 2026
Dominik giving a talk at 42 Berlin.
Talk AIDev #6 (AI Village Hürth)
June 2026
Jan speaking at AIDev in the AI Village Hürth.
Talk AI Tinkerers Berlin
June 2026
Björn with a talk and live demo at AI Tinkerers.
Booth Startup Summit Bremen
June 2026
The team at our booth in Bremen.
Claude Founder House Berlin
June 2026
Björn at the Claude Founder House in Berlin.
Claude Founder House Berlin
June 2026
Manifesting big things at the Claude Founder House.
Pitch AI & Software Summit + Deutscher Startup-Pokal
June 2026
Jan pitching at the Deutscher Startup-Pokal.
Award AI & Software Summit + Deutscher Startup-Pokal
June 2026
Deutscher Startup-Pokal: trophy secured.
Demo AMC KI-Forum: KI in Marketing & Vertrieb
June 2026
Live demo at the AMC KI-Forum.
Workshop Coding Waterkant Camp
July 2026
Camp life at Coding Waterkant.
Workshop Coding Waterkant Camp
July 2026
Daniel running a workshop at Coding Waterkant Camp.
Talk ICLR
April 2026
Max presented our research at ICLR in Rio.
Award GOSIM AI Paris
May 2026
Bringing home an award from GOSIM AI Paris.
Talk AI Tinkerers Berlin
June 2026
Björn with a talk and live demo at AI Tinkerers.
Booth Startup Summit Bremen
June 2026
The team at our booth in Bremen.
Award AI & Software Summit + Deutscher Startup-Pokal
June 2026
Deutscher Startup-Pokal: trophy secured.
Workshop Coding Waterkant Camp
July 2026
Daniel running a workshop at Coding Waterkant Camp.
Web Summit Qatar
February 2026
Björn taking in the global AI scene in Doha.
GOSIM AI Paris
May 2026
Björn and Benedikt representing ellamind in Paris.
Talk GOSIM AI Paris
May 2026
On stage at GOSIM AI Paris.
Code with Claude London
May 2026
Jan at Anthropic's Code with Claude in London.
Talk mAI ist für AI (42 Berlin)
May 2026
Dominik giving a talk at 42 Berlin.
Talk AIDev #6 (AI Village Hürth)
June 2026
Jan speaking at AIDev in the AI Village Hürth.
Claude Founder House Berlin
June 2026
Björn at the Claude Founder House in Berlin.
Claude Founder House Berlin
June 2026
Manifesting big things at the Claude Founder House.
Pitch AI & Software Summit + Deutscher Startup-Pokal
June 2026
Jan pitching at the Deutscher Startup-Pokal.
Demo AMC KI-Forum: KI in Marketing & Vertrieb
June 2026
Live demo at the AMC KI-Forum.
Workshop Coding Waterkant Camp
July 2026
Camp life at Coding Waterkant.
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