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Duisburg start-up conquers the AI world: Your Easy AI beats US giants!
Start-up “Your Easy AI”, founded by mathematics graduates from the UNI Duisburg-Essen, wins global test for AI software.
Duisburg start-up conquers the AI world: Your Easy AI beats US giants!
On May 16, 2025, the University of Duisburg-Essen reported on the remarkable success of the start-up Your Easy AI. The founders Jan Dette (29) and Patrick Imcke (28) caused a stir in the international comparison test with their innovative AI software, which enables users without programming knowledge to develop tailor-made artificial intelligence. Their software outperformed US giants, achieving an impressive 74% in autonomous processing of 27 public datasets from Kaggle and the UCI ML Repository. This test base was used to develop AI to predict customer behavior, such as whether a company will gain a new customer or lose an existing one.
In comparison, competing products had a maximum of 67%. The start-up's predictions could also be verified with real data and demonstrate the software's control capability through a reinforcement learning algorithm that learns through trial and error. Ease of use is a key feature of the product, which is supported by the university's Center for Entrepreneurs and Innopreneurship (GUIDE). Your Easy AI also received a start-up grant from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and financing from four investors. Further information is available on the company's website: youreasyai.de.
Growing investments in AI start-ups
Analysis by Atomico shows that 35% of AI funding in Europe goes to generative AI, a dramatic increase compared to just 5% last year. McKinsey estimates that this form of AI could boost the global economy by several trillion dollars. There are now 23 AI unicorns in Europe, while in the USA that number is 142. Paris-based Contentsquare leads as the most valuable AI start-up in Europe, followed by Graphcore and Gostudent.
The challenges and potential of the market
In a market that is increasingly characterized by investments, there are also warning voices. Adrian Locher from Merantix points out the possibility of a bubble in the AI sector, and Philipp Hartmann from “Applied AI” advises thoroughly examining business models. Nevertheless, current trends show that only 15% of companies in Germany use AI, although 75% recognize the importance of these technologies for competitiveness.
A Sequoia study suggests that the proportion of AI experts in Europe is higher than in the USA and China. Of the almost 200,000 engineers with AI experience, 43,000 are specialized professionals. Many of these experts have previously worked for large US companies, but are increasingly choosing to bring their skills to new start-ups. This could further strengthen the innovative strength of the European AI industry in the future.