Kazik Pogoda
Artificial Intelligence Researcher at xemantic
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolKazik Pogoda is an Artificial Intelligence Researcher and CTO based in Berlin with 16+ years of experience building scalable, production-grade systems and award-winning agentic AI (winner of AI Hack Berlin). He leads Xemantic’s work on autonomous, metacognitive agents (Golem XIV) and consults on deploying self-directed AI over Claude/Anthropic stacks while teaching Agentic AI to JVM-focused developers. His background as a software architect and lead developer includes designing high-throughput geospatial databases and a BPM engine that handled hundreds of thousands of insurance processes, demonstrating a rare blend of systems engineering and domain modeling. Comfortable across Kotlin multiplatform, cloud-native microservices, computer vision and creative technologies, he moves between deep research and pragmatic delivery. He also co-runs arts collective Prachtsaal and applies generative/immersive media skills to both installations and computational art, reflecting an unusual fusion of technical depth and creative practice. His open-source-first approach (AGPL releases like golem-xiv) underscores a commitment to reproducible, community-driven AI.
16 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
West Pomeranian University of Technology in SzczecinMaster of Philosophy (M.Phil.), Cognitive Science, Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.), Cognitive Science at Uniwersytet Szczeciński
Polish, English, German
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Github Skills (165)
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
xemantic/xemantic-openrndr
Aug 2019 - Sep 2020
Contributions:20 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
xemantic/xemantic-ai-tool-schema
Sep 2024 - Mar 2025
AI/LLM tool use (function calling) JSON Schema generator - a Kotlin multiplatform library
Contributions:8 releases, 3 reviews, 29 PRs in 6 months
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