Summary
Jürgen Brandstetter is a pragmatic, curiosity-driven technology leader with 16 years of experience building AI-first products and engineering teams across startups and research labs. As Head of AI and Engineering at Howie he architects large-scale LLM systems for the AEC sector that ingest terabytes of drawings, documents and models to surface project-wide insights. Previously CTO of amy.app, he led development of an AI-driven math tutor and has hands-on experience shipping agents, rolling context windows, evaluation frameworks and observability into production. His background blends a PhD in Human-Robot Interaction with applied roles at Microsoft and multiple AI engineering positions, giving him a rare mix of research depth and product focus. Known for hiring and mentoring teams, he also has a track record of automating high-volume workflows (e.g., email categorization with Azure OpenAI) and building credibility-preserving QA systems for generated content.
16 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Vienna University of Technology
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Human Robot Interaction, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Human Robot Interaction at University of Canterbury
MSc, Media Informatics, MSc, Media Informatics at Technische Universität Wien / Technical University Vienna
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Human Robot Interaction, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Human Robot Interaction at University of Oxford
Engineer, Electronic and Computer Science, Engineer, Electronic and Computer Science at HTBLA-Steyr
MSc, Computer Science, MSc, Computer Science at Københavns Universitet
English, German, Arabic