About via now
What I pass on, I have built myself.
I’m Flo Pinger. I started programming at 14 and spent several years as a hacker. After that I founded several companies. Today I work very intensively with AI and combine deep knowledge of technology with my perspective as an entrepreneur. With via now I pass on what has proven itself along the way.
Where I come from
AI is not the first technological disruption I have lived through.
As a hacker I cared about fairness and free access to data. That curiosity still drives me today, as an entrepreneur too.
I experienced the early internet, the dotcom bubble, the shift to smartphones and to the cloud. Each time the hype came first, then the disillusionment, and after that a quiet change for everyone who put things into practice pragmatically. With AI I see the same pattern, only faster.
So what I pass on in the Macher Kreis and in the formats for companies is not a textbook model. It is what I use myself every day in my companies, including everything that still gets stuck.
Ventures
Companies I have helped build.
&why
Our design and technology studio in Munich and Berlin. We build web, mobile, 3D, VR and AI projects for companies like Goldbeck, FREENOW and Humana. Our work has earned us a Webby, a Red Dot and a Grimme Online Award, among others.
df Venture Studio
Here we take care of finance, legal and HR for young companies like the Baller League, so the founders can focus on their product.
auteon
With auteon we bring AI and automation to the automotive aftermarket. Our B2B marketplace for repair shops makes a market transparent that wasn’t for a long time.
via now
With via now I pass on what has proven itself in my own companies, in the way I work and in my AI projects. My own AI products are built here as well.
wieder reden
My initiative for topics where conversations often end before they have really begun, for example violence against women or origin and belonging.
Projects from the lab
In my own projects I try out what I later pass on.
FirmenchancenLive
Makes the insolvency notices of the German local courts searchable and is run day to day by agents.
BumbleFluxInternal
My own system that hands out tasks to agents, has the results checked and only puts the approvals in front of me.
MindDoneBeta
Emails, chats, letters, phone calls and meetings in one place, as context for people and agents.
SpeechDoneApp Store
A keyboard for iPhone, iPad and Mac that turns what you say into clean text.
WerkbankCircle
The workspace of the Macher Kreis, with your path, an impact journal and a personal sparring partner.
Discover OktoberfestLive
Sepp, an AI guide to the Oktoberfest, based on real data.
dazukommenBeta
An app for families in Munich who arrange to meet at playgrounds, without an algorithm and without tracking.
Let’s find out what the next stage is for you.
In a call we look at where you or your team stand right now and which format fits. If you prefer to write, you can reach me at .