Searching for a Co-Founder (CTO): amadeus, the autonomous AI agent for visual artists

In the art world, contacts mostly decide who gets seen, and commission-based professional representation leads to most artists carrying the entire business side of their career alone.

Amadeus is an autonomous AI agent that takes exactly that off their plate. As a freemium SaaS it covers a visual artist's career in five modules: Admin and Finance, Marketing, Sales, Strategy and Opportunities.

It is (so far) the first vertical AI agent built for visual art. The first module, Opportunities, is already running as a working prototype, built on Python, LLMs and an agent architecture with a quality layer. I'm currently getting first test-users.

I'm searching for a technical co-founder (CTO) to own the technical architecture, turn the prototype into a platform, and apply for the Berliner Startup Stipendium (BSS) with me.



About me My name is Victoria, I hold a MSc. in Management and 2 years experience in the art market in Paris and Berlin, working with emerging artists as well as the top 1% of the market. I know the dynamics of the art market well, believe strongly in the arts as a fundamental human good as well as in autonomy - so I needed to change accessibility to the arts! I am currently a solo-founder, working full-time on the agent and built the working prototype with Claude Code.



Who I'm looking for

  • Cares about the arts and is excited about changing the art market and its accessibility with AI

  • Thinks big

  • Strong with AI applications, ideally LLMs and agents

  • Solid backend foundation, for example Python

  • Enjoys building from zero to one and owning the technical calls



What I offer

  • A real co-founder role with equity

  • The chance to build the first AI agent for visual art from the ground up

  • A running prototype with a curated database

  • Direct access to the target group through my network in the art world

  • An ambitious and fun co-founder, eager to make change happen ;)



Currently bootstrapped, so this is not a salaried role yet. We apply for the BSS together. Berlin is ideal, Vienna or remote works too, full-time.



Interested, or know someone who could be a fit? I'm excited to meet you!

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Victoria Hofer

Victoria Hofer

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Amadeus is the first autonomous AI agent that gives every visual artist the professional representation once reserved for the well-connected few, without commissions and without gatekeepers.

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