Merantix was founded in 2016 when Rasmus was doing a PhD in deep learning at ETH Zurich. During his doctorate Rasmus met Adrian, who had just exited his last venture, and together they envisioned Merantix, long before it reached today’s structure. Talking to executives of blue-chip corporations across Europe, they gained an extensive overview of over 400 use cases deep learning could solve. The first six months in 2016 were then primarily devoted to technical and business validations that lead to the first four ventures Merantix is currently growing.

Rasmus obtained a PhD in computer vision and deep leaning from ETH Zurich after attending Oxford and Princeton University (top 5%). He has published 15+ papers on (deep) machine learning. Prior to Merantix, Rasmus worked for BCG, Google, and built a deep learning service with 150m + users.

Adrian is a serial entrepreneur and investor with a strong focus on AI. He previously founded and sold a 100m EUR revenue company. He has been recognized as „40 under 40“ and „HSG Entrepreneur of the Year“. He holds a degree in business and economics from University of St. Gallen.

Dr. Gool is a computer vision professor at ETH Zurich & KU Leuven. He is a leading researcher in the field of computer vision. Dr. Gool is ranked top 10 globally by citations for computer vision and top 20 for machine learning. He is also a board member of top-tier journals and conferences.