Dr. Leif-Nissen Lundbæk

Co-Founder & CEO Xayn

Leif-Nissen Lundbæk, PhD is the Co-Founder and CEO of responsible AI company Xayn. In 2021, FORBES selected him for their German 30 Under 30 list. His work focuses on algorithms and applications for privacy-preserving and sustainable artificial intelligence. In 2017, he founded Xayn together with Professor Michael Huth and Felix Hahmann, to focus on redefining the standards around privacy, sustainability and cost efficiency in Natural Language Processing. Before founding Xayn, Leif-Nissen Lundbæk worked with Mercedes and IBM. He studied Economics, Mathematics and Software Engineering and received his master’s degree with distinction at The University of Oxford as well as obtained his PhD at the Imperial College London.