Summary
Matthias Zöhrer is an AI leader and entrepreneur with 14 years of engineering experience and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence, specializing in turning LLM and diffusion model prototypes into production-grade, cost-efficient platforms. He has led end-to-end rewrites and built agent-based architectures that cut platform complexity by nearly 80%, increased delivery velocity fivefold, and delivered substantial annual savings while supporting thousands of daily users. As founder/CTO he scaled a legal research Deep Agent system that reasons over 5M+ documents using RAG and knowledge graphs and exited after securing significant funding. He combines hands-on model work (SFT, DPO, fine-tuning across Llama2/Falcon/Mistral/GPT) with cloud-native deployment expertise on Azure, AWS, Kubernetes and GPU stacks like vLLM/TGI. Known for rapid, pragmatic rewrites and strong documentation practices, he reduces knowledge silos and accelerates team onboarding in fast-paced, Series A-bound environments. Based in Austria, he blends deep research rigor with practical product delivery across startups and enterprise engagements.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Artificial Intelligence, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Artificial Intelligence at Technische Universität Graz
English, German