Company Board

Prof. Dr. Martin Spindler
Director
Spindler is a Professor of Data Science, Statistics & Econometrics at the University of Hamburg and the founder of Economic AI. Specializing in the theory and application of Machine Learning and AI — especially Causal Machine Learning — he holds degrees from the University of Regensburg and University of Munich, where he also earned his PhD. A regular visiting scholar at MIT, Martin established Economic AI to help businesses harness state-of-the-art solutions for a competitive edge.

Dr. Sven Klaassen
Head of Software Development
Klaassen is the Head of Software Development at Economic AI. He obtained a Master in Business Mathematics and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Hamburg. In 2022 Sven was a visiting scholar at MIT and has been working actively in research on the combination of Machine Learning and Causal Inference. Currently, he is maintaining and extending the open-source package DoubleML.

Dr. Philipp Bach
Head of Trainings & Executive Education
Bach is Head of Trainings & Executive Education and is passionate about teaching basic and advanced topics of Causal ML. He currently holds the position of a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Hamburg. His research focuses on implementations and applications of cutting-edge approaches of Causal ML.
Careers
We are regularly looking for highly qualified interns and working students (Bachelor and Master). PhD students are also welcome for internships at Economic AI to get insights in research-driven industry solutions. If you are interested, we are looking forward to your applications.
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