DTU Skylab: Applied AI Lunch Talk

About Applied AI Lunch Talks

Applied AI Lunch Talks is an initiative designed to share insights on how AI is leveraged across various organizations to address significant challenges and create value in both business and society. Our guest speakers, who come from startups, SMEs, and large corporations, bring hands-on experience and practical knowledge about applying AI to solve complex problems within their organizations.

Talk 1

From Research Idea to EdTech Startup: Harnessing AI to Enhance Learning 

How can artificial intelligence be directed toward meaningful learning rather than distraction? In this talk, Marius Cortsen, cofounder and CEO of ChatTutor, will share the story of how an idea at DTU grew into a startup and research platform. Drawing on lessons from both entrepreneurship and educational research, he will explore how ChatTutorbuilds pedagogical AI agents designed to amplify human knowledge while keeping the learner at the center. Along the way, he will reflect on the challenges of aligning technology, pedagogy, and research in the fast-moving world of AI. 

Speaker

Marius Cortsen Co-founder & CEO at ChatTutor.io 

With a background in innovation, design, facilitation, and training, Marius delivers the fuel that makes people, brands, and processes thrive through customer-centric methods, strategic experimentation, and collaborative design. He combines design thinking, lean startup, and strategic design to help organizations turn complex challenges into opportunities for growth and transformation. 

Talk 2

Why Finance Systems Mislead — Uncovering Hidden Costs with AI 

Finance systems often mislead by celebrating savings while hiding even larger costs. The result? Organizations pay more than they realize. In this talk, I’ll reveal how our research uncovered these blind spots — and demonstrate how AIMO and its AI models can expose hidden costs, deliver real-time insights, and transform decision-making for smarter strategies.

Speaker

Carsten Keinicke Fjord Christensen, PhD, Researcher at DTU and Founder at AIMOgi.com 

Carsten Keinicke Fjord Christensen holds a PhD in Product Development and leads the AIMO research project, using AI to uncover hidden costs and improve decision-making. With a background spanning academia and entrepreneurship, he bridges research and practice to help organizations understand the true impact of product choices.