Markus Harder

I like finance, I like tech, I work in finance in tech! Oh - and AI is cool. Former CFO @DeepLcom and @Contentful

[Salesforce @salesforce]

We have signed a definitive agreement to acquire @Contentful, a leading headless and composable content platform. 🚀

Upon close, we’ll enhance Agentforce with a native, enterprise-grade content layer – helping customers dynamically orchestrate and deliver personalized experiences across every channel.

Learn more: https://t.co/bAhXBLajKS

[Markus Harder @MarkusHarder]

Nice. Specialists/experts still got it. 🚀🚀🚀

[DeepL @DeepLcom]

We just upgraded our model, and raised the bar for AI translation.
Across 16 language pairs, blind testers commissioned by DeepL preferred our translations in 94% of head-to-head tests:

• 100% of language pairs vs Google Translate
• 100% vs ChatGPT 5.2 (high reasoning)
• 100% vs Microsoft Translate
• 88% vs Google Gemini 3.1 Pro (high thinking)
• 81% vs Claude Opus 4.6 (high reasoning)

Translation isn’t just about words. It’s about capturing human meaning precisely. That’s what we test for. That’s what DeepL delivers.

Discover more about DeepL's translation quality: https://t.co/ITPvyj0gEM

#BestAITranslations #DeepLQuality #MachineTranslation #LanguageAI

[Hunter Kallay @lazukars]

If you want to learn n8n, read this.

It’s the fastest way to understand what it is, why it matters, and how to use it to build your first AI-powered automation ↓

[Manus @ManusAI]

Introducing Manus: the first general AI agent.
Try Manus today and see the future of human-machine collaboration: https://t.co/IKBPiiHsta

[Luciana Lixandru @LucianaLix]

Over the past months I’ve increasingly encountered questions about “Europe’s decline in tech”. I wanted to share my response to these questions here. While I am realistic about Europe's modest past success, and that there are no trillion dollar companies, I am optimistic about its future. In fact, I "put my money where my mouth is" and chose to bet my career on it – I have been doing venture on the continent for over a decade instead of moving to Silicon Valley.

Here are some of my thoughts on the topic.

[DeepL @DeepLcom]

DeepL’s Chief Legal Officer spoke with Above the Law about how AI-powered translation and writing tools are transforming legal work and reshaping the legal field 💡🚀 Read more: https://t.co/hBOVrlotW6 #LegalTech #AI

[Markus Harder @MarkusHarder]

I'll be on stage at @NOAHConference tomorrow. See you there!

[DeepL @DeepLcom]

Exciting news: we’ve just launched DeepL Pro in South Korea! Discover how our Pro service can help your business grow globally 🌎 https://t.co/SxpAC46pZM

[Forbes @Forbes]

AI-based translation software, DeepL, is making its first appearance on the Forbes #Cloud100 list this year thanks to a machine learning translation model that users say is more precise than Google’s. https://t.co/PhLSEbp4YC

[DeepL @DeepLcom]

We’re taking our innovation to the next level through the installation of @nvidia’s DGX SuperPOD 🚀

With such a high-speed compute platform, we’re primed to deliver more and more product features. https://t.co/1GBYCdfJMf

[Markus Harder @MarkusHarder]

@archillect Louis Kahn, Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad.

[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory @Livermore_Lab]

On Dec. 5, 2022, a team at LLNL's @lasers_llnl conducted the first controlled fusion experiment in history to achieve fusion ignition. Also known as scientific energy breakeven, the experiment produced more energy from fusion than the laser energy used to drive it.

[Markus Harder @MarkusHarder]

@JayKayYae So glad you took the plunge! Kudos!

[Christoph Janz 🕊 @chrija]

Some time ago I’ve started a Twitter list of female VCs. That list is now more than 300 women strong!

If you’re looking to strengthen your cap table or diversify your network, take a look:

https://t.co/8Ju736fqqP

And please let me know who I should add! 🙏🏽

[Markus Harder @MarkusHarder]

Wow. Not sure I can grasp this fully. Incredible.

[Dan Liu @danliu]

Two Chinese streamers sold 18 billion RMB (about $3B) worth of goods in a half-day livestream yesterday.

🤯🤯🤯

That's almost as much as Twitter's annual revenue ($3.72B).

[Ryan Breslow @ryanbreslow]

At Bolt we've done 10,000+ reference checks.

Crazy right?

Not really. We’ve found them to be the most powerful tool in our talent arsenal.

Here’s the playbook on how to do an A+ reference check 👇👇👇

[10-K Diver @10kdiver]

Survivorship Bias

[Filip Dames @filipdames]

Germany 🇩🇪 ranks 41st out of 43 countries analyzed wrt starting new companies. VC-backed or not we need to change that! We need more entrepreneurs but also better conditions to get started, less bureaucracy, more education & support! @handelsblatt
https://t.co/2yUU0ZZ8cO

[Markus Harder @MarkusHarder]

@smatthes Super! Aber diese vier zählen also nicht? Zalando, Delivery Hero, HelloFresh, Auto1.

[christian dahlen @mercurygod]

#Berlin now has three #decacorn companies: Zalando SE at €24 billion, Delivery Hero at €27 billion, and HelloFresh at €11 billion. And there are many #unicorns lining up right behind them.

[Markus Harder @MarkusHarder]

Wow. This is huge.

[Margrethe Vestager @vestager]

Our preliminary conclusion: @Apple is in breach of EU competition law. @AppleMusic compete with other music streaming services. But @Apple charges high commission fees on rivals in the App store & forbids them to inform of alternative subscription options. Consumers losing out.