{"id":13896,"date":"2018-09-10T12:47:51","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T10:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kauz.ai\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T14:21:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:21:21","slug":"chatbot-experts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kauz.ai\/en\/chatbot-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

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German chatbot pioneer<\/span><\/span><\/h1>
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2023<\/span><\/p>\n

Successful financing round of around 2 million | Complete rebuild of the platform with integration of generative AI<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2020<\/span><\/p>\n

100 chatbots mark exceeded | Best chatbots achieve over 90% response rate for the first time<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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First customers: Savings banks, Deutsche Familienversicherung<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2016<\/span><\/p>\n

Foundation and first prototypes with Kauz’s own NLU<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Dr. Thomas R\u00fcdel<\/span><\/span><\/h4><\/header>
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Doctorate in economics and long-standing McKinsey partner with international professional experience <\/span><\/p>\n

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Linguist with academic experience and many years of professional history at Kauz<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hanne Ritter<\/span><\/span><\/h4><\/header>
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Information management expert with a long track record in successful customer relationship management<\/div>\n

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A computational linguist, mathematician, and leading chatbot expert who has been with Kauz.ai since the very beginning.<\/p>\n

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Experienced CTO in the start-up sector with many years of experience as a project manager at the interface between engineering and business<\/p>\n

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