Leonie grew up on her grandparents’ farm in southern Germany, where early mornings were simply how the day began.

Before Dryft, she’s already been building software for 10+ years: As a sports car engineer at Porsche, she engineered the Taycan’s predictive drivetrain controller (now patented). Later, she worked as an ML engineer and did research in time-series forecasting, co-developing NeuralProphet (>3M downloads). She led TUM.ai, a 100-person applied-AI team, which is Europe’s largest AI student initiative.

She completed her master’s in ML & Robotics @TUM after studying automotive engineering as an undergraduate, where she graduated valedictorian.

Leonie loves to do hackathons (won at Treehacks) and went a full year without skipping a single day of workout.