Summary
Karl Hermann is a founder and AI-focused CEO with 14 years of experience building machine learning products and research-driven teams from DeepMind to multiple startups. He co-founded and led Saiga, shipping a consumer-facing digital personal assistant that automates personal admin, and now runs Reliant AI to scale similar automation ambitions. His background spans senior research roles at DeepMind, a DPhil in Computational Linguistics from Oxford, and stints in strategy and finance—bringing together deep technical research, product execution, and commercial rigor. Based in Berlin, he has a track record of turning cutting-edge ML into usable services and a less obvious strength: bridging academic language-tech expertise with hands-on startup operations to accelerate product-market fit.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
DPhil Computational Linguistics, DPhil Computational Linguistics at University of Oxford
M.Sc. International Politics, M.Sc. International Politics at SOAS University of London
German, English, French