Andreas Brenner

Andreas Brenner started at the age of 28, when he founded Avrios.com. He spent seven years as CEO responsible for building an SaaS platform that simplifies operational vehicle fleet management for customers. At the beginning of 2023, he sold the company, which recently generated eight-figure sales, to Battery Ventures.

However, early retirement was never an option for the now 38-year-old: “I had money and experience to offer; what I was looking for was a project with which we could advance humanity as a whole.” Through Y-Combinator, he came into contact with Marvin Gabler. The two founded Jua.ai and chose Zurich as the company’s headquarters.

 “Nowhere in the world is there so much top talent at the interface of generative AI and physics as around ETH Zurich,” explains Brenner. He formed a team, raised USD 18.5 million in two financing rounds and has been challenging companies such as Nvidia and Microsoft ever since. Both these giants use their own large physics models to address the same target market as Jua: the creation of precise weather forecasts for producers and traders of wind and solar power.

In 2024, Jua acquired its first customers and sales partners, including Belgian and Danish electricity traders and Norwegian technology group Volue. Jua was also part of TotalEnergies’ accelerator programme.