Ep 205: Miks Mikelsons & Dennis Just

Written By Janis Zeps
 

AI Startup Founded in 2024 Raises $15M Seed Round, Signs 7-Figure Deals With No Outbound Sales & Aims to Lead the Next AI Breakthrough Beyond LLMs Into Physics and Industrial Simulations

Dennis Just and Miks Mikelsons are the co-founders of Emmi AI, a deep-tech startup revolutionizing industrial engineering through cutting-edge AI simulation technology. Based in Austria and founded in 2024, Emmi is already making waves with a €15 million seed round led by top-tier investors like Speedinvest, 3VC, and Serena. With a team heavy on researchers and a foundation in serious academic publishing, Emmi is tackling complex, unsolved physics-based simulation problems across industries like aerospace and energy—aiming to become the “Palantir of industrial AI.” 

On this episode we talk about:

  • Emmi’s Origin and Vision

  • Selling Complex AI Solutions to Enterprise

  • Productization Challenges

  • Inbound Sales Through Research Credibility

  • Fundraising Strategy and VC Dynamics

  • How to make distributed teams work

We are on YouTube and Linkedin as well

 Watch select full-length episodes on our YouTube channel > https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP6ueaLnjS-CQfrMCm2EoTA 

Connect with us on Linkedin > https://www.linkedin.com/company/pursuit-of-scrappiness/

 
 
 
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