Co-Founder & CEO, The Interaction Company of California

Building the future of human-computer interaction.

Making AI feel like a conversation, not a command.

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About

MvH

Palo Alto · Cambridge

I'm Marvin von Hagen, an engineer and founder focused on building AI systems that are genuinely useful to people.

Currently, I lead The Interaction Company of California, where we're building Poke.com - a proactive AI assistant that works seamlessly inside your existing communication tools like iMessage and email.

Before that, I spent years at the intersection of systems engineering and research: winning SpaceX's Not-a-Boring Competition with TUM Boring, doing AI research at MIT, and shipping software at Tesla.

I'm based between Palo Alto and Cambridge. I believe the best technology disappears into everyday life.

MITTUMTeslaGeneral Catalyst
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Work

The Interaction Company

Co-Founder & CEO

2024 - Present

Building Poke.com, a proactive AI assistant that lives inside your messaging apps. Raised $25M from General Catalyst at a $100M valuation. Forbes 30 Under 30 - AI.

AI · Palo Alto

TUM Boring

Co-Founder & Project Lead

2020 - 2022

Led 65 engineers to build a 22-ton, 12-meter tunnel boring machine. Won SpaceX's Not-a-Boring Competition in Las Vegas - the world's fastest student-built tunnel boring machine.

Engineering · Munich

MIT Center for Collective Intelligence

Researcher

2023

Researched AI-augmented human collaboration and collective intelligence systems at MIT, Cambridge.

Research · Cambridge

Tesla

Software & Systems Engineering

2019

Contributed to systems and software engineering at Tesla's European HQ in Amsterdam.

Engineering · Amsterdam

Let's build something together.

I'm always open to interesting conversations and collaborations.