Daniel Mattes (born 14 November 1972) is an Austrian internet entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is the founder and was CEO of Artificial Intelligence company 42.cx and a judge and business angel on the Austrian television show '2 Minuten 2 Millionen', the Austrian version of

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, which airs on Puls4. His 42.cx Center of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence focused on the commercialization of

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("AI"). The company was based in Vienna, Austria. It was incorporated in November 2015 and removed from the Austrian register of companies in 2022. Prior to 42.cx, in 2010, he founded

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, an online authentication company. Prior to Jumio, in 2005, he founded

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company

Jajah Jajah was a VoIP (Voice over IP) provider, founded by Austrians Roman Scharf and Daniel Mattes in 2005. The Jajah headquarters was located in Mountain View, CA, USA, and Luxembourg. Jajah maintained a development centre in Israel. On 23 Decem ...

which was acquired 2009 for $207 million by Telefónica. In 2007, he was voted 81st most important Austrian citizen by Austrian magazine "News" in the "1000 most important Austrians" list. On 2 April 2019 the

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(SEC) charged Mattes with defrauding investors of Jumio Inc. Without admitting guilt, Mattes agreed to pay over $17 million to include a fine of $640,000. In addition, Mattes has agreed to be barred from holding any executive position in any company traded publicly in the United States of America.

Professional life

* In 1999, Mattes co-founded "Auftrag.at". * In 2005, Mattes co-founded

. * In 2010, Mattes founded

. * In 2015, Mattes founded ''42.cx Center of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence''.

Publications

* 2000 "Datenbanken mit Delphi" publisher: C&L-Verlag * 2001 " SQL – Der Einsatz im Intra- und Extranet" publisher: C&L-Verlag * 2002 "Datenbanken mit Delphi, 2. Auflage" publisher: C&L Verlag * November 2002: Federal Award of Excellence, Austria *2019 "IP Assets: An Awakening in the Market?"

References

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