Felix Schlegel
Felix Schlegel
co-founder @ interaction.co
Projects
Ideas brought to life. A look at the products, companies, and creative works built from the ground up.
Poke (by The Interaction Company of California)
Messaging-first AI assistant that lives inside iMessage, WhatsApp and SMS; integrates email, calendar and web accounts to provide contextual, actionable nudges and one-tap actions for users.
The Interaction Company of California (interaction.co)
Seed-stage startup building Poke; raised $15M seed led by General Catalyst (reported). Focus on privacy-forward, messaging-native AI experiences.
TUM Boring
Student-run engineering team (Technical University of Munich) that built a 12-meter, 22-ton tunnel-boring machine and won SpaceX's Not-a-Boring Competition (reported). Team size reported ~65 people.
In the Spotlight
A collection of articles, interviews, and viral content where achievements have been shared.
Recognitions
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O-1A Visa
Aliens of Extraordinary Ability. Reserved for individuals who have risen to the very top of their field.
WWDC19 Scholarship Winner
April 2019Selected scholarship recipient to attend Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (listed on LinkedIn).
WWDC18 Scholarship Winner
June 2018Selected scholarship recipient to attend Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (listed on LinkedIn).
Interaction seed funding — $15M led by General Catalyst
2025 (seed announcement)Company-level recognition: seed round reported at $15M with wide investor participation; signals market validation.
Work Experience
Key roles that defined the journey.
Co-founder & CTO
Co-founded and leads technical architecture for Poke, a messaging-native AI assistant; responsible for product architecture, research/engineering hiring, and core systems.
Co-founder / Team Lead (student team)
Led a 65-person student engineering team to design and build a large-scale tunnel boring machine; winner (reported) of SpaceX's Not-a-Boring Competition.
Researcher (reported)
Reported research experience in SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) at Cambridge and later machine learning/biodesign research at Stanford (media profiles cite these affiliations).
Education
Academic foundation and learning journey.
Computer Science (reported)
Attended Technical University of Munich; co-founded and organized TUM Boring while a student (reported in multiple articles).
Research (SLAM) — affiliation
Research work in simultaneous localization and mapping at University of Cambridge (reported in press coverage).
Research (machine learning / biodesign) — affiliation
Reported research affiliation at Stanford in machine learning and biodesign (media profiles cite this).
Socials
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