Curriculum Vitae
Justus August. Founder of AI Værk (software engineering, strategy, and workshops). Youth representative on European AI policy across the Baltic Sea Region. Physics undergraduate at the University of Potsdam.
Contact
- Location
- Potsdam, Germany
- Justus August
Education
Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Gymnasium
08/2017 – 06/2025- Abitur completed with final grade 1.0
- Focus on mathematics and physics
University of Potsdam
10/2025 – 10/2026- Bachelor of Science in Physics
- Planning to transfer in 2026, staying in physics
Experience
- 02/2026 – present
Founder
AI Værk
- Lead day-to-day operations at AI Værk, the AI agency for SMEs I co-founded with Elias in 2026.
- Deliver production-ready software with AI inside: apps, agents, and internal tools.
- Provide strategy consulting on concrete AI use cases and realistic rollout plans for day-to-day team work.
- Design and lead AI workshops with clear guardrails, reusable templates, and measurable implementation outcomes.
- 06/2023 – present
Youth Representative (AI & Digital)
CBSS BSSSC CYR BSRYF
- Represent youth on AI and digital policy across the Baltic Sea Region and lead the AI & Finance working group.
- Convene cross-country workshops and brief decision-makers with practical recommendations.
- 01/2024 – 12/2025
AI Educator
Freelance
- Ran practical sessions for non-technical teams in business, the public sector, and education.
- Used live demos and template-driven exercises to make AI adoption concrete and safe.
- 04/2024 – 10/2025
Gen AI Expert
Medieninstitut Potsdam
- Designed and ran workshops on generative AI for pupils, students, creators, and educators with live demos and reusable templates.
- Built AI workflows that accelerated research, scripting, and post-production for media teams.
Languages
- GermanNative
- EnglishC2 (near-native)
- NorwegianC1
- FrenchB1+
Focus Areas
- AI literacy & safety
- RAG solutions for teams
- Research synthesis
- Briefs & lesson plans
- Advanced automation
- Multimodal content
Core Skills
Systems & Architecture
RAG · MCPs · Agentic apps
Reasoning Patterns
Prompt patterns · CoT scaffolds · Guardrails basics
Integration
API integration (OpenAI/HF) · Multimodal · Python
Awards
- MINT-EC-Zertifikat mit Auszeichnung (MINT-EC Certificate with Distinction): 2025
- GDCh Abiturpreis (Chemistry): 2025
- Tag der Mathematik (Mathematics Day) – 1st Place: 2023
- Physik-Olympiade Brandenburg (Brandenburg Physics Olympiad) – 1st Place (3×): 2020–2022
- The Big Challenge (English) – 1st Brandenburg, 5th Germany: 2021
- The Big Challenge (English) – 2nd Germany: 2019
Toolkit
- macOS
- Claude Code
- Codex
- Figma
- Adobe CC
- DaVinci
Enrichment
- HZB „Blick in die Materie“ (A Look into Matter) – interference project days (2025)
- Astroteilchenphysik (Astroparticle Physics) Masterclass (2023)
- MINT-Tage (STEM Days) – University of Potsdam
Hobbies
Web design · Photography · Creative GenAI projects · Cycling · Running · Music production · Philosophy