About
Stefan Schaff is co-founder of Codyco and previously served as Head of Data & AI at Motius from 2020 to 2025, where he worked on large-scale analytics and cloud infrastructure projects for major corporations including Siemens. He has experience building and scaling data teams and implementing data warehouse migrations.
Founder at CodycoYC F25
Intro paths
YC
Stefan went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Andrew Miklas, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Codyco's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Stefan can intro founders to Codyco's investors below.
Codyco's investors · 1
Co-founders at Codyco
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Endrit BytyqiFounder
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Alexander SchoberFounder
Experience
- CodycoCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2024 — presentMunich, Bavaria, Germany
- MotiusTechnical Executive & BU Head Data & AI2023 — 2025Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- MotiusSenior Project Manager AI/ML2022 — 2023Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- MotiusProject Manager ML/AI2020 — 2022Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- CapgeminiSenior Data Engineer2018 — 2020Munich Area, Germany
- CapgeminiData Engineer2017 — 2018Munich Area, Germany
- CapgeminiIntern Insights and Data2017Munich Area, Germany
- KONUX GmbHBusiness Development Manager2015Munich Area, Germany
- mybestbrands GmbHStudentjob2014Munich Area, Germany
- UnternehmerTUM Center for Innovation and Business CreationScholarship in the entrepreneurial qualification program Manage&More2012 — 2014Munich Area, Germany
- Infineon TechnologiesUniversity Project2012Munich Area, Germany
- BMWIntern2010Munich Area, Germany
- Hamburg SudIntern2010Guatemala City, Guatemala
- LufthansaIntern2007Johannesburg Area, South Africa
Skills & more
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Solution Architecture1Product Ideation1Data Engineering1Architecture1Big Data AnalyticsAgile Application Development2Project Management20Start-ups24Entrepreneurship22Business Development9Financial Analysis5
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TelecommunicationsManagement ConsultingBusiness StrategyBusiness PlanningProduct DevelopmentScrumMachine LearningCoachingPostgreSQLPythonGitBashLanguages English · French · German · Spanish
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate — Microsoft
- Professional Scrum Master 1 (PSM1) — Scrum.org
- IBM Certified Specialist - SPSS Modeler Professional v3 — IBM
From Stefan's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Stefan Schaff?
- Stefan Schaff is co-founder of Codyco and previously served as Head of Data & AI at Motius from 2020 to 2025, where he worked on large-scale analytics and cloud infrastructure projects for major corporations including Siemens. He has experience building and scaling data teams and implementing data warehouse migrations.
- Where does Stefan Schaff work?
- Stefan Schaff is Founder of Codyco.
- What companies did Stefan Schaff found?
- Stefan Schaff founded Codyco.
- Where did Stefan Schaff go to school?
- Stefan Schaff studied at Y Combinator (F25 | Codyco | Partner: Andrew Miklas); Technical University of Munich (Master of Science (M.Sc), Technology and Management); Technical University of Munich (Bachelor of Science (BSc), Technology and Management).
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