I’m a software developer working on Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language
Processing technologies, and the co-founder and CEO of
Explosion. We’re the makers of
spaCy, one of the leading open-source libraries for Natural
Language Processing in Python, and Prodigy, a modern
annotation tool for creating training data for machine learning models.
I believe in programming until four in the morning in my pyjamas instead of
getting up early to attend conferences about productivity. I believe in making
the best possible products instead of launching just for the sake of it because
some startup advice blog told me so. I believe in rational planning, logical
consequences and bullshit-free hard work instead of “following my dreams”. In
short, I believe in doing things.
I grew up on the internet and started coding and
designing websites at 11. After completing my degree in Communication Science,
Media Studies and Linguistics, I spent four years working in media and sales,
before founding Explosion. I live in Berlin and I
occasionally speak at conferences and
make videos. In 2020, I became a
Fellow
of the Python Software Foundation.