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Julius M. Schmidt

AI builder & founder · B.Sc. Business Informatics candidate

AI builder and founder. Currently shipping Vertigo on the Claude API, finishing a B.Sc. in Business Informatics at Leuphana. Thesis: Liquid Neural Networks vs. classical models — a comparative study in financial market time series forecasting. Co-founded JJLab UG in 2019; ran it for six years. Building since 16. Investing since 17.

Hamburg, Germany

Experience

2025 – present

Vertigo

Founder & builder

Building a buy-moment coach for stocks — an AI tool, on the Claude API, that helps you journal the why behind each position so you never forget your thesis. #Calculated, not generated.

AI productClaude APIopen beta
2019 – 2025

rooted (formerly ArtSlide) · JJLab UG

Co-Founder

Co-founded a sustainability-focused venture building digital platforms for locally sourced home goods. Led financial planning, analytics, and go-to-market across multiple product iterations.

co-founderproductfinancego-to-market

Education

Oct 2019 – present

Leuphana University Lüneburg

B.Sc. Business Informatics (minor: Business Administration)

AACSB-accredited School of Management and Technology. Thesis: modern and classical forecasting methods for financial-market time series.

selected coursework
  • Introduction to Artificial Intelligence1.3
  • Applied Machine Learning & Forecasting1.7
  • Business Analytics (Python / SQL)1.0
  • Time Series Analysis (R)1.0
  • Sustainable Investments1.7
  • Principles of Economic Reasoning1.7
  • Financing & Investments2.0

Grades on the German 1.0–4.0 scale (1.0 is best).

Skills

Building & AI

  • Python (advanced)
  • LLM integration (Claude API)
  • ML & AI concepts (incl. liquid neural nets)
  • Predictive modeling & forecasting
  • Feature engineering
  • TypeScript / Next.js

Data & analytics

  • SQL · Java · R
  • Statistical analysis & hypothesis testing
  • Time-series analysis & forecasting
  • Data viz & dashboards (Tableau, Power BI)

Finance & strategy

  • Financial planning & budgeting
  • Investment analysis & valuation
  • Risk & capital-allocation logic
  • Fundraising & financial projections

Tooling

  • Notion
  • Figma
  • Jira · Confluence
  • Microsoft Office

Languages

German (native)English (fluent)

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