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Carmine Paolino

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Founding CTO at FRESHFLOW

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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Carmine Paolino is the founder and CEO of Chat with Work, an AI tool for querying work data, and the creator of RubyLLM, a Ruby library for working with LLMs with over 3,700 stars and 5 million downloads. He previously co-founded Freshflow, which built AI to help supermarkets forecast fresh produce orders and scaled to European retailers. His background includes computer science at the University of Bologna and AI studies at VU Amsterdam, along with data science roles at OLX, Capgemini, and the Alan Turing Institute; he also produces house and disco music under the name Crimson Lake.

Founding CTO at FRESHFLOW

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FRESHFLOW's investors · 8

Caesar VenturesBerlin · since 2025CapnamicCologne · $540K – $3.2M checks · since 2022E Nugget Ventures UG (Haftungsbeschränkt)Entrepreneur FirstBengaluru · $1M – $7M checksIBB VenturesBerlin · $108K – $3.2M checks · since 2026Reimann InvestorsMunich · since 2026Venture StarsMunich · $550K – $1.6M checks · since 2025World FundMunich · $1.1M – $16.5M checks · since 2022

Co-founders at FRESHFLOW

AMAvik Mukhija
Avik MukhijaCo-Founder & CEO

Frequently asked questions

Who is Carmine Paolino?
Carmine Paolino is the founder and CEO of Chat with Work, an AI tool for querying work data, and the creator of RubyLLM, a Ruby library for working with LLMs with over 3,700 stars and 5 million downloads. He previously co-founded Freshflow, which built AI to help supermarkets forecast fresh produce orders and scaled to European retailers. His background includes computer science at the University of Bologna and AI studies at VU Amsterdam, along with data science roles at OLX, Capgemini, and the Alan Turing Institute; he also produces house and disco music under the name Crimson Lake.
Where does Carmine Paolino work?
Carmine Paolino is Founding CTO of FRESHFLOW.
What companies did Carmine Paolino found?
Carmine Paolino founded FRESHFLOW.

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