RUN LABS AI-First Startup Studio by Rubanov & Neumayer

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RUN LABS
RUN LABS

A multi-product startup

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The RUN LABS Story From Side Projects to AI Startup Studio

The Beginning

Dima and Matthias have been best friends since high school, always building side projects. After Covid, they reunited and started building products again.

Best friends since high school, rebuilding together in Vienna.

First Product Sprint

In 2022 they launched first products while shifting careers in parallel. Dima came from successful aviation consulting, Matthias from trainee lawyer and media producer.

A short first product phase before bigger bets.

Oscar Stories

With Oscar Stories, kids become the hero of every bedtime story. The app reached #1 on Product Hunt and grew past 100k users.

Oscar Stories: personalized bedtime adventures for 100k+ families.

Intellipaper.ai

After Oscar, they expanded into document AI with Intellipaper.ai. People use it to chat with PDFs, find sources, and draft better in one flow.

Intellipaper.ai: ask PDFs, write faster, research with confidence.

Branding5

Branding5 is a SaaS that generates brand positioning and marketing strategy with AI. In about 30 minutes it produces a complete foundation positioning, ICP, messaging pillars, and a go-to-market plan used by over 2,000 teams worldwide.

Branding5: AI-generated brand positioning and marketing strategy.

FragDiePartei

They brought their product approach into civic education and democratic literacy. FragDiePartei helps voters compare party programs in plain, understandable language.

FragDiePartei simplifies election programs with AI.

LORA

LORA is a learning app for children, designed for curiosity and confidence. Lorastral, the model behind it, is fine-tuned for safety and EU AI alignment.

LORA, powered by Lorastral, delivers safe AI learning for kids.

Oscar Moneyfox

Oscar Moneyfox helps children learn budgeting and money habits through play. Fun quests and challenges make understanding money easy and engaging.

Oscar Moneyfox makes financial literacy playful for kids.

DemoPlay

DemoPlay is an AI-powered simulation game that counters disinformation and builds democratic competence. Together with FH Wiener Neustadt, AI Empowered Politics, HeyQQ GmbH and YEP.

Experience democracy. Reflect with AI.

The Team

Founders

Friends since high school, Dima Rubanov and Matthias Neumayer now build practical AI products in Vienna.

Co-Founder

Dima Rubanov

Dima Rubanov

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Pilot and MSc in Finance, software developer and product builder.

Co-Founder

Matthias Neumayer

Matthias Neumayer

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Law and film background, former film director and trainee lawyer, software developer and product builder.

What we build

Products