Some personal news: after five wonderful years in venture capital, I'm moving to the operator side and have joined Juna AI as Chief of Staff! Very excited to join Matthias, Christian and the team at Juna, building AI agents for heavy industry. Already feel lucky to be working alongside this brilliant, kind, and fast-moving group. Huge thank you to the Planet A team for the trust and support over the years, and to the founders and friends across venture who made these years so special. I'll carry a lot from this chapter. The good news is I'm staying in the Berlin climate world, so hoping our paths will continue to cross! We're at a wild moment where AI is unlocking capabilities beyond what we could have imagined a few years, months, sometimes days ago. Am pumped to get a front row seat to pushing it into the physical world, where it can have real impact. Let's gooo! Big thanks to Nick, Jan Christoph, Tobias, Lena, Fridtjof, Christian, Christian, Sam, Kim, Sarah, Siyana, Alexander, Niha, Ulrike, Aina, Benedikt, Anastasia as well as all the Planet-A alumni and venture pals who made this chapter so wonderful 💚
Transitioning from venture capital into an AI operator role is a shift from observing where value might emerge to directly building systems that must deliver it in production. You'll enjoy working directly with AI systems
What a great match!!! So excited for all of you. Indeed an exciting time for the physical world. Can't wait to see where you are taking Juna together. 🚀
Jessica Burley what a run we had! Thank you for all of the laughs and silliness, the surprises, the tough decisions and all the things you taught me. Really has been an absolute pleasure working with you and will continue to cheer for you 🫶🏼
So happy to have you on board! 🙌
Great hire, Matthias! Go Jess 🚀
Great Move, congratulations! 🚀
how great 😊 friends working together Matthias Auf der Mauer & Jessica Burley congratulations to both of you 🙌
Sad to see you leave the VC side. Needed and valued presence in the ecosystem. Also happy for you on the move to operations! Sounds like a perfect match. Congrats to Juna AI. You chose very well!
Yuhuu, they got the best person for the job for sure 🫰 I hope I still run into you around the world and at climate conferences to hear the latest :) congrats!!
Understanding which portfolio problems matter requires stepping into operations, and heavy industry AI is precisely the category where that front row seat will cost you sleep before earning conviction :)