German chatbot pioneer

AI assistants for immediate use

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Our history

Our team of experts has been developing high-performance AI solutions since 2016. Our mission: to make cutting-edge AI accessible to small and medium-sized businesses.

Today

2026

Launch of the aiWorkflows

2025

Launch of the aiWorkplace

2024

Launch of the aiStudio

2023

Successful financing round of around 2 million | Complete rebuild of the platform with integration of generative AI

2021

Member of the OpenAI private beta program

2020

100 chatbots mark exceeded | Best chatbots achieve over 90% response rate for the first time

2018

First investors: Business Angels, NRW-Bank SeedCap

2017

First customers: Savings banks, Deutsche Familienversicherung

2016

Foundation and first prototypes with Kauz’s own NLU

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Founder and management team

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Founder & CEO

Dr. Thomas Rüdel

Doctorate in economics and long-standing McKinsey partner with international professional experience

Head of Product

Cheryl Hodgkinson

Linguist with academic experience and many years of professional history at Kauz

Head of Customer Success

Hanne Ritter

Information management expert with a long track record in successful customer relationship management

Head of AI

Monika Braaksma

A computational linguist, mathematician, and leading chatbot expert who has been with Kauz.ai since the very beginning.

Head of Technology

Hans Ganter

Experienced CTO in the start-up sector with many years of experience as a project manager at the interface between engineering and business

The Kauz Team

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