Turning AI ambition into shipped systems
Andreas Proesch
// For governments, enterprises, investors & founders
I'm Head of Programs, Applied AI Products at AI71 in Abu Dhabi. I help organizations move from AI experimentation to AI-first operating models — and I speak, advise, and invest where AI meets industry and capital.
- Current
- Applied AI · AI71
- Based in
- Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Focus
- Industrial & Sovereign AI
- AI71
- Cognite
- Aker
- AkerBP
- BCG
- Years at the intersection of tech & industry
- 15+
- Keynotes & briefings across Europe and the Middle East
- EU · GCC
- Advisory for governments, enterprises & funds
- Gov · Ent · VC
- Early-stage companies backed as an angel
- 12
Three ways in
Advisory
AI strategy, diligence, and the path from pilots to production-grade systems — grounded in operating experience, not slideware.
Start a conversation →Speaking
Keynotes, panels, and private briefings on AI adoption, sovereign AI, and what it takes to actually ship — across Europe and the Middle East.
Book a talk →Angel
Early cheques and hands-on help with product direction, technical strategy, and go-to-market — from humanoid robotics to nuclear fusion.
See the portfolio →Supply Chains of Intelligence
Energy, compute, data, models, software, and decision-making aren't separate markets — they're one chain. Each layer feeds the next, and a constraint in any single layer caps the whole.
I track where value, risk, and leverage relocate as the chain matures — which layer becomes scarce, which gets commoditized, and where one decision compounds across everything downstream.
Professional background
- Present Sovereign Agentic AI
Head of Programs, Applied AI Products
AI71 - Prev Industrial AI · DataOps
VP & Head of Aker AI Unit
Cognite & Aker ASA - Prev Energy
Snr. Finance, Digital Investments
AkerBP - Prev Management Consulting
Project Leader
Boston Consulting Group
Where I spend my attention
- AI Transformation
- Co-Innovation
- Agentic AI Adoption
- Robotics & Automation
- Industrial AI
- Energy & Manufacturing
- Tech Trends
- Commodity Markets
Notes on AI, industry & capital
Contact
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Advisory for enterprises, governments & funds · keynotes and briefings · early-stage companies.