Tristan Ratz

Engineering Team Lead (AI, Search, Knowledge)

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Tristan Ratz

Engineering Team Lead (AI, Search, Knowledge)

At Serviceware, I manage the teams around AI, search and knowledge of the AI-native Serviceware Platform. We are working on the future of AI-native Enterprise Service Management (ESM) and, with Agent Hub, redefining the way people work in the service industry.

Before that I worked as a Generative AI consultant at Genow AI and studied Information Systems at TU Darmstadt, where I spent most of my time on natural language processing, from question answering to retrieval augmented generation.

What I keep coming back to: in a product, AI is a means to an end, never an end in itself. A model is only as good as the experience it enables. If people notice the AI more than the improvement, something went wrong.

Based in

Darmstadt near Frankfurt,
Hesse, Germany

Working at

Serviceware as
Engineering Team Lead (AI, Search, Knowledge)

Languages

German (native)
English (C1)

French (B1–B2)

Qualities

team player
high energy

analytical

curious

fast learner

Technologies

LLMs, RAG, Search, Python, PyTorch, TypeScript, React, AWS, GCP

Interests

Large Language Models
Retrieval Augmented Generation

Search & Knowledge

Human-centered AI

Selected work

Projects

2026

This Website: Redesign 2026

React · TypeScript · Vite · Embeddings · Model2Vec · Hybrid Search · BM25 · Physics Simulation · View Transitions

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2022

diverSATy

Satellite Data · Remote Sensing · Geospatial Analysis · Climate Adaptation · Green Roofs · Business Development

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2021

Interactive Image Segmentation

Python · Tensorflow · Label Studio · Computer Vision · Image Segmentation · Machine Learning · Bachelor Thesis

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2020

Podcast

Object Detection · NLP · Deep Learning · Banking

2020

Homepage

React · JavaScript · HTML · SCSS · AWS

2019

ChatApp

Swift · iOS · SwiftUI · Project Catalyst · Python · Twisted

2016

Website

PHP · HTML · CSS · MySQL · Python · Twisted

2014

Website

PHP · JavaScript · MySQL · HTML · Wordpress

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2021

Yacht.Chat: Your Virtual Office

React · WebRTC · JavaScript · CSS · Java · WebSockets · Collaboration

Over the course of the last year we saw the problem, that teams working remotly tend to lose their sense of team spirit. Therefore, we wanted to provide a solution.

We present Yacht.Chat to you. Yacht.Chat is a digital communication platform that enables real-time collaboration for remotely working teams.

Unlike existing communication solutions, Yacht.Chat allows each team member to move around freely in a virtual space and adjust their speaking radius. Conversations can emerge spontaneously and adapt to team dynamics.

Yacht.Chat helps increase information exchange and lets team members feel like a team again. Yacht.Chat combines the collaborative working methods of an office with the advantages of remote work.

Try it out for free with the link below.