// curriculum vitae
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
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.
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.
Education
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.
- 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