Maximilian
Klinke
Physicist, founder and CEO of Pigtie since 2019. I build technology that makes people a little better.
Munich
What drives me
I love technology.
Since studying physics I have been building things that weren't possible before. First with machine learning at CERN, today with AI agents.
I want people to get better.
Helping as many people as possible lead a content life is what I care about. At Pigtie that means getting your own finances under control.
Organisation fascinates me.
How I organise myself, how a team works together, how individuals become a system that achieves more than any of them alone.
I do my best work in great teams.
Good people who want the same thing are, to me, the main reason companies succeed and work is fun.
I care about impact.
What I build should make a noticeable difference in people's lives. Otherwise it isn't worth the effort.
And I believe that together, with a positive mindset, we can build a genuinely great future.
What I do today
CEO and co-founder of Pigtie
At Pigtie we are building an AI financial companion that guides people step by step to better financial decisions. Empowering, not lecturing. More than 50,000 people have downloaded the app.
pigtie.deOn the side: technology for local businesses
For companies near me I build websites, apps and AI automations. One example is the Förderdruckrechner app for the Flötzinger brewery.
Where I come from
2014 – 2017
Physics, Bachelor's degree
Technical University of Munich
Thesis at the Max Planck Institute for Physics: searching for dark matter with the ATLAS detector at the LHC.
2017
Exchange semester in particle, nuclear and astrophysics
KTH Stockholm
Also iOS developer at Stagecast. At the Livehacks hackathon our team won the design award and I won the only individual prize.
2018
AI Engineer
Digital Product School, UnternehmerTUM
Three months of AI and machine learning in interdisciplinary teams, working with large companies.
2018 – 2020
Physics, Master's degree
Technical University of Munich
Thesis at the Max Planck Institute for Physics: machine learning methods for better b-tagging at CERN's ATLAS experiment.
2018 – 2020
Entrepreneurship and leadership scholar
Manage&More, UnternehmerTUM
My first startup: conversational interfaces for industrial processes, with prototypes for Tetra Pak and Hoffmann.
since 2019
CEO and co-founder
Pigtie (FinEasy GmbH)
EXIST founder grant, more than 50,000 app downloads, today an AI financial companion for the next generation. pigtie.de
2021
App for the Flötzinger brewery
Rosenheim
The Flötzinger Förderdruckrechner, available on the App Store. View on the App Store
How I work with AI
To me, AI is a tool, not an end in itself. Machine learning was part of everyday work in my master's thesis at CERN. Today I build AI agents, at Pigtie for personal finance and for my own organisation.
I always come back to the same question: where can technology take work off people's hands that they don't want to do, so there is more time for what matters to them?
Get in touch.
An idea, a project or just a conversation: I'm happy to hear from you.