About
Maria completed a Master's in Software Engineering at the Technical University of Munich. Before cofounding Phantasma Labs, she held visiting research positions at Brown University and at Oracle.
CTO at Phantasma Labs
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Co-founders at Phantasma Labs
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Experience
- ActoHead of Agentic Systems and Engineeringcurrent2025 — presentBerlin, Germany
- ActoHead of Artificial Intelligence2025Berlin, Germany
- Aleph AlphaSenior Team Lead AI Engineering2025
- Aleph AlphaAI Engineering Manager2024 — 2025
- Career BreakGap year2024
- Phantasma Labs LimitedCTO and Co - founder2018 — 2023Berlin Area, Germany
- KI Bundesverband e.V.Co - Lead of Working Group Mobility2021 — 2023
- On DeckOn Deck Deep Tech Fellow | ODDT12021 — 2022
- Entrepreneur FirstBE1 Cohort Member2018
- SimplaexSoftware Engineer2017 — 2018Berlin und Umgebung, Deutschland
- OracleResearch Assistant2014 — 2015Redwood Shores, California
- World Economic ForumGlobal Shaper2013 — 2014
- EyeEmEngineering Intern2013Berlin und Umgebung, Deutschland
- Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of TechnologyTechnical Teaching Fellow2011 — 2012Accra, Ghana
Education
- Brown UniversityVisiting Researcher2015
- Technical University of MunichMaster of Science (M.Sc.) with honors, Software Engineering - Elite Graduate Program2013 — 2015
- Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM)Honors Degree, Technology Management2012 — 2013
- Technical University of MunichBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Information Systems2008 — 2012
- USP - Universidade de São PauloSemester Abroad, Computer Science2010 — 2011
Skills & more
Engineering ManagementTechnical LeadershipPeople ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Reinforcement LearningSoftware Project ManagementStart-ups32Entrepreneurship23Programming25Software Engineering17Software Development16Product Development10
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Distributed SystemsMachine LearningStrategyBusiness StrategyProject ManagementJavaPythonMySQLHTMLScalaSQLC++Languages Deutsch · Englisch · Französisch · Polnisch · Portugiesisch
- Big Data — edX
- Scalable Machine Learning — edX
- Introduction to Big Data with Apache Spark — edX
- Machine Learning — Coursera
- Mining Massive Datasets — Coursera
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Maria Meier work?
- Maria Meier is CTO at Phantasma Labs.
- What companies did Maria Meier found?
- Maria Meier founded Phantasma Labs.
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