Thomas Hofmann

AI Expert & Entrepreneur

📍 Switzerland🔄 Updated September 2026💼 6 investments📅 9 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2023
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Seed Investor
Jun 2023
Building helpful and honest AI assistants for high stakes decisions
Seed Investor
Nov 2021
DeepJudge is the core AI platform for legal professionals. Powered by world-class enterprise search that serves up immediate access to all of the institutional knowledge in your firm, DeepJudge enables you to build entire AI applications, encapsulate multi-step workflows, and implement LLM agents. DeepJudge founders are ex-Google researchers with PhDs in AI from ETH Zurich and our leadership team has held senior roles at Thomson Reuters, Casetext, Agiloft and more. Our mission is to empower teams of lawyers to better harness their collective knowledge, enabling them to focus on the strategic aspects of their work.
Seed Investor
Apr 2021
Lakera is the world’s leading real-time GenAI security company. Customers rely on the Lakera AI Security Platform for security that doesn’t slow down their AI applications. To accelerate secure adoption of AI, the company created Gandalf, an educational platform, where more than one million users have learned about AI security. Lakera uses AI to continuously evolve defenses, so customers can stay ahead of emerging threats. Join us to shape the future of intelligent computing: www.lakera.ai/careers
Seed Investor
Jan 2019
At Audatic, we research and apply state of the art deep learning solutions to problems in the medical field. Focusing on audiology, we build systems to render speech from any sound scenario clear and free of noise to enable millions of people with hearing loss to enjoy interactions in social settings like bars or restaurants. We are a young, driven, dynamic, and diverse team with the vision to change people’s lives. Are you passionate about deep learning and its applications in medical technology? We are hiring! Please go to audatic.ai to see open positions.
Seed Investor
Mar 2018
DeepCode empowers defense agencies, intelligence communities, law enforcement, and IT teams by providing accurate, relevant, timely, and actionable cyber intelligence. Our goal is to help clients gain a decisive edge in the ever-evolving cyber landscape.
Seed Investor
Apr 2017
Daedalean creates safety-critical AI systems for situational awareness and flight control, with the eventual goal of developing certified autonomy in the air.
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2023
Seed Investor
Jun 2023
Building helpful and honest AI assistants for high stakes decisions
Founding Partner
2023
Ellipsis is an early-stage AI deep tech VC focused exclusively on transformative AI solutions. Were not just investors – were entrepreneurs and operators with decades of experience in ML research, product development, and successful entrepreneurship. We back pre-seed and seed-stage startups where AI isnt just a feature, but the core of the product.
2021
Seed Investor
Nov 2021
DeepJudge is the core AI platform for legal professionals. Powered by world-class enterprise search that serves up immediate access to all of the institutional knowledge in your firm, DeepJudge enables you to build entire AI applications, encapsulate multi-step workflows, and implement LLM agents. DeepJudge founders are ex-Google researchers with PhDs in AI from ETH Zurich and our leadership team has held senior roles at Thomson Reuters, Casetext, Agiloft and more. Our mission is to empower teams of lawyers to better harness their collective knowledge, enabling them to focus on the strategic aspects of their work.
Seed Investor
Apr 2021
Lakera is the world’s leading real-time GenAI security company. Customers rely on the Lakera AI Security Platform for security that doesn’t slow down their AI applications. To accelerate secure adoption of AI, the company created Gandalf, an educational platform, where more than one million users have learned about AI security. Lakera uses AI to continuously evolve defenses, so customers can stay ahead of emerging threats. Join us to shape the future of intelligent computing: www.lakera.ai/careers
2019
Seed Investor
Jan 2019
At Audatic, we research and apply state of the art deep learning solutions to problems in the medical field. Focusing on audiology, we build systems to render speech from any sound scenario clear and free of noise to enable millions of people with hearing loss to enjoy interactions in social settings like bars or restaurants. We are a young, driven, dynamic, and diverse team with the vision to change people’s lives. Are you passionate about deep learning and its applications in medical technology? We are hiring! Please go to audatic.ai to see open positions.
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