Austrian Artificial Intelligence Podcast
47. Michael Trimmel - HalloSofia - Building AI startups 101
20 Sep 2023
Today on the show I am talking to Michael Trimmel, head of AI at HalloSofia about his journey as an entrepreneur, building AI Startups. This episode will be most valuable to people that interested in creating an AI startup or at the beginning of this journey. Michael will tell his personal startup story, describing his troubles and learnings on the way. Its particular important to him to highlighting that one can get into AI without having a traditional computer science background. We will be talking on how to get started as an Entrepreneur, what makes a good founding team, how to build a support network, how to build first prototypes, how to benefit from accelerator program and what funding options there are in Austria. I hope this interview will provide you with useful information and tips to get you started on your own journey. # TOC 00:00:00 Beginning 00:02:31 Guest Introduction 00:07:17 Co-Founder of Cortecs GmbH 00:11:48 Head of AI at HelloSofia 00:20:22 What you need to build a startup 00:23:48 The founding team 00:31:03 The Business Network 00:37:36 Incubators & Accelerators 00:43:56 Funding 00:49:18 Navigating the AI Hype # Sponsors Quantics: Supply Chain Planning for the new normal - the never normal - https://quantics.io/ Belichberg GmbH: We do digital transformations as your innovation partner - https://belichberg.com/ # References Michael Trimml - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-trimmel-91aa3a152/ Hallo Sofia - https://www.hallosophia.com/ Startup House - https://www.startuphouse.at/ Austrian Startups - https://austrianstartups.com/ Austrian Startups - ELP - https://austrianstartups.com/elp/ Hummel Accelerator - https://hummelnest.net/ INITS - https://www.inits.at/ FFG - https://www.ffg.at/
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