About
Daniel Beutel is a computer science doctoral candidate at the University of Cambridge with a distinction-awarded master's degree in software engineering from the University of Oxford. He previously served as Head of AI and CTO, leading engineering teams, and co-founded Flower, a federated learning framework used across Fortune 500 companies and academic institutions.
Founder at FlowerYC W23
Intro paths
YC
Daniel went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Flower's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Daniel can intro founders to Flower's investors below.
Flower's investors · 5
Co-founders at Flower
Experience
- Flower LabsCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2023 — presentHamburg, Germany
- Adap GmbHCo-Founder & CEO2020 — 2022Hamburg, Germany
- University of CambridgeVisiting Researcher2020 — 2022
- XAIN AGHead of AI2018 — 2019Berlin Metropolitan Area
- XAIN AGCTO (Interim)2018Berlin Area, Germany
- XAIN AGHead of AI2017 — 2018Berlin Metropolitan Area
- ZattooEngineering Manager2016Berlin Metropolitan Area
- ZattooTeam Lead Android2015 — 2016Berlin Metropolitan Area
- ZattooSoftware Engineer Android2014Berlin Metropolitan Area
- Thalia Buch & Medien GmbHSoftware Engineer Android2011 — 2014Berlin Metropolitan Area
- Magneti Marelli GmbH Infotainment & TelematicsChange Manager2010 — 2011Greater Munich Metropolitan Area
- MAHLEStudent Intern2007 — 2010Stuttgart, Telford, Rugby
Skills & more
Artificial Intelligence16Machine Learning13Deep Learning8AI6Algorithms2Software Engineering7ScalabilityMobile Devices6Mobile Applications5Software Development6Product Management3Engineering Management3
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Reinforcement LearningMLFunctional ProgrammingHaskellUnsupervised LearningArtificial Neural NetworksNeural NetworksDiscrete MathematicsJavaAndroidLinuxGitLanguages English · German
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Daniel J. Beutel?
- Daniel Beutel is a computer science doctoral candidate at the University of Cambridge with a distinction-awarded master's degree in software engineering from the University of Oxford. He previously served as Head of AI and CTO, leading engineering teams, and co-founded Flower, a federated learning framework used across Fortune 500 companies and academic institutions.
- Where does Daniel J. Beutel work?
- Daniel J. Beutel is Founder of Flower.
- What companies did Daniel J. Beutel found?
- Daniel J. Beutel founded Flower.
- Where did Daniel J. Beutel go to school?
- Daniel J. Beutel studied at University of Cambridge (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science); University of Oxford (Master’s Degree, Software Engineering); Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) (Bachelor of Science (BSc), Business Informatics).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Flower Labs4
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