Summary
Nico Puhlmann is a seasoned web entrepreneur and engineer with 17 years of hands-on experience building privacy-first web products and services. He founded Stetic GmbH in 2004 to deliver a cookie-free, GDPR-friendly analytics alternative and now leads Headyshot, a startup applying AI to create professional business and application photos. Based in Hesse, Germany, he blends long-term product vision with day-to-day coding and deployment—“make, build, deploy, repeat” is his modus operandi. His work sits at the intersection of design, data privacy, and practical machine learning, reflecting a curiosity-driven approach that began over two decades ago. Notably, he runs and operates his products from Germany, keeping hosting and data practices aligned with strong privacy standards.
17 years of coding experience
German, English