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Daniel Mattes

Daniel Mattes
Born Daniel Herbert Mattes
(1972-11-14) November 14, 1972 (age 44)
Freiburg, Germany.
Residence Mountain View, California, California, U.S.
Nationality Austrian
Occupation Founder & CEO of 42.cx
Founder of Jumio
Co-Founder of Jajah
Co-Founder of Auftrag.at
Years active 2005–present
Spouse(s) Karolina
Children 2 (Lea, Elisabeth)
Parent(s) Manfred Mattes
Edeltraud Mattes

Daniel Mattes (born November 14, 1972) who is called the "Bill Gates of the Alps" in some parts, is an Austrian serial Internet entrepreneur and business angel living in Silicon Valley, United States and Austria, Europe. He is the founder and CEO of Artificial Intelligence company 42.cx and a judge and business angel on the Austrian television show '2 Minuten 2 Millionen', the Austrian version of Shark Tank, which airs on Puls4.

His 42.cx Center of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence focuses on the commercialization of Artificial Intelligence ("AI"). The company is based in Vienna, Austria and was incorporated in November 2015. Prior to 42.cx, in 2010, he founded Jumio, an online authentication company. In May 2012, Citi Ventures, a unit of global financial services company Citi, announced its strategic investment in Jumio. Prior to Citi's investment, Jumio had raised a $25.5 million Series B round with Andreessen Horowitz as the lead venture capitalist. In March 2016, Jumio announced it sales of its business to Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin. Prior to Jumio, in 2005, he founded VoIP company Jajah which was acquired 2009 for $207 million by Telefónica. In 2007, he was voted 81st most important Austrian citizen by Austrian magazine "News" in the "1000 most important Austrians" list.

Daniel, oldest child of Edeltraud and Manfred Mattes, grew up in Freiburg, Germany and Wels, Austria. He has two brothers, Sebastian and Simon.

He studied Computer Science & Economics at the University of Linz (Austria), received the University diploma "Certified e-Business Manager" from the Danube University Krems (Austria) and did his post-graduate work in IT Management at the Danube University of Krems (Austria).

In 2015, Daniel founded 42.cx Center of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence, a start-up that focuses on the commercialization of Artificial Intelligence ("AI"). The company is based in Vienna, Austria and was incorporated in November 2015. Its name was inspired by the book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, where the number 42 is "The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything", calculated by an enormous supercomputer named Deep Thought over a period of 7.5 million years. The AI market is believed to be the next "Next Big Thing". In October 2015, International Business Machines Corp. has formed a new business unit to capitalize on the recent groundswell in artificial intelligence and has bet $1 billion on the technology. The company counts Watson as part of its $17 billion analytics business. The largest tech companies, such as Amazon, Facebook, and Google are investing money in machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to predict what each of their customers want—even before they know.


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