Key People
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Yasser Jadidi
Co-Chief Research Officer
Previously head of AI research at Bosch and at AWS. Co-leads research with Samuel Weinbach.
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Ben Oppl
COO
Chief Operating Officer. Previously VP People and Culture at Aleph Alpha.
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Reto Sporri
Co-CEO
2025 – present
Installed as Co-Managing Director in July 2025; became Co-CEO with Ilhan Scheer from January 2026. Former divisional director at Schwarz Group (Lidl e-commerce). Receives concurrent compensation from Schwarz Group.
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Carsten Dirks
COO
– 2025
Departed October 2025 by mutual agreement.
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Samuel WeinbachFounder
Co-Founder and Co-Chief Research Officer
2019 – present
Co-founded Aleph Alpha in 2019 with Jonas Andrulis. Leads research jointly with Yasser Jadidi.
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Christopher Kranzler
Chief Product Officer
Previously VP Product at Aleph Alpha. Departed; subsequently became COO of CNTR (Jonas Andrulis's new startup).
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Lucie Prinz
Chief People Officer
2026 – present
Joined January 1, 2026. Previously CPO at Volocopter. Two decades of international HR and people leadership experience.
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Jonas AndrulisFounder
Co-Founder and CEO
2019 – 2026
Co-founded Aleph Alpha in 2019 and served as CEO until early 2026. Stepped down from Managing Director role in late 2025/Jan 2026, briefly served as Advisory Board Chair before departing entirely. Has since started new venture CNTR.
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Ilhan Scheer
Co-CEO
2026 – present
Became Co-CEO effective January 1, 2026. Previously Chief Growth Officer at Aleph Alpha with Accenture background.
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