von Hören

Strategy / Design / Software

Strategy and development partner for startups and mid-sized companies in the Westerwald and San Francisco.

How can we help?

Our philosophy

See what is changing1 Listen and rethink2 Build AI-native3 Grow together4

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“The future is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed.”

William Gibson

“You can see the future first in San Francisco.”

Leopold Aschenbrenner

Three years in San Francisco. We came back with a different sense of time. For us, situational awareness means understanding how fast AI is advancing, what is possible today, and what we can foresee in 3, 6, and 18 months.

The tools are available to everyone, yet understanding them is still far less widespread. Our core skill is translating the meaning and impact of these developments for each business.

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From listening to rethinking

We start with the business, not the technology. We do not arrive with a ready-made answer. We go deep enough to find the right question together.

When everything changes and everything becomes possible, imagination may become the most important skill. We look for the change with the greatest impact and ask: What would we build if we could start with a blank sheet of paper?

Think big, start pragmatically: with the most ambitious vision and the smallest meaningful project that makes it real.

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AI-native

Most people still build and plan for a world that no longer exists. We develop businesses, products, and teams designed from the start around what AI makes possible.

Software is a means, not an end. We bring strategy, design, and development together.

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Long-term partnership

We work with founders and business leaders who care about their companies, see the whole picture, and want to make real change.

We start with a reference project that delivers something concrete in one to three months: the first real part of your future business. Our aim is a highly profitable partnership for both sides. That is why we tie our fees to your results, not our hours.

We develop businesses as well as software, with our partners and in-house.

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