About
Jan-Hendrik Ruettinger is cofounder and CTO of Dataleap. He previously conducted AI research at Oxford University and Volkswagen, and worked in consulting at BCG.
Jan Rüttinger @jan_ruettinger
Whenever you think your day is going to be shit because you’ve reached your Claude session limit, remember that OpenAI engineers have to live with it every single day.
Jul 26, 2026 · ♥ 4
Jan Rüttinger @jan_ruettinger
Excited to see what midjourney will cool here! I wish more big labs would try new ambitious directions outside of knowledge/coding. https://t.co/ivzunErrdE
Jun 18, 2026 · ♥ 1
Jan Rüttinger @jan_ruettinger
Elon has access to insane resources right now thanks to the successful IPO. I’d love to see him push a frontier others are afraid to touch. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and many others are already working on coding and knowledge AI. Elon could join them but why? That
Jun 18, 2026 · ♥ 2
Founder at DataleapYC S24
Intro paths
Jan-Hendrik went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Dataleap's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Jan-Hendrik can intro founders to Dataleap's investors below.
Dataleap's investors · 3
Co-founders at Dataleap
Experience
- Dataleap (YC S24)Co-Foundercurrent2023 — presentMetropolregion San Francisco Bay Area
- University of OxfordArtificial Intelligence Researchercurrent2022 — presentOxford, England, Vereinigtes Königreich
- Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Forward Deployed Slide Maker2019
- CAPMOSoftware Development2019
- Airbus Defence and Space - IntelligenceSoftware Consultant2019Munich
- GEA GroupTrend & Future Researcher2019
- Volkswagen AGDeep Learning Researcher2018Wolfsburg und Umgebung, Deutschland
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergMachine Learning - Research Assistant2017 — 2018Erlangen und Umgebung, Deutschland
- Junior Consulting Team e.V.Consultant2014 — 2016Nuremberg
- SiemensIntern2015Großraum New York City und Umgebung
- Fraunhofer IISSoftware Development2012 — 2014Erlangen
- Fraunhofer IISIntern2012 — 2013Erlangen
Education
- University of OxfordMaster thesis, Computer Science2021 — 2022
- Technical University of MunichRobotics, Cognition and Intelligence2018 — 2020
- Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM)2019 — 2021
- FAU Erlangen-NürnbergBachelor's degree, Elektrotechnik und Elektronik2013 — 2017
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FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg mafia4
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