Anna Freitag
Walking across a frozen lake at duskNorthern lights above a tree lineA swan on a lake at sunset
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Anna Freitag

Neuroscience and mathematics-statistics at Barnard College, Columbia University. Founder of Knödel, director at Achilles Analytics.

I’m interested in how technology shapes the way people think, and how it should be built and governed.

Now

  1. May 2026 →Founder and CEO, KnödelAnonymous campus app for German university students, launched in eight weeks
  2. Dec 2025 →Director, Achilles AnalyticsProduct lead for an OSINT platform on geopolitical and supply-chain risk
  3. Nov 2026 →Global Thought Scholar, Columbia UniversityOne of 12 scholars doing funded interdisciplinary research

Also: FounderSchool at the Columbia Organization for Rising Entrepreneurs · Events Chair, Columbia European Society · AI Policy Fellow, Columbia AI Alignment Club

Experience

  1. Aug–Sep 2026Investment Banking Intern, Freitag & CoFairness opinion for Shelly Group's Board on Schneider Electric's €1.2bn tender offer
  2. May–Jul 2026Research Intern, nCage TherapeuticsScreened 500 de novo protein scaffold designs for 3 target epitopes
  3. 2024–2025Fellow, BeVisioneers: Mercedes-Benz FellowshipYoungest fellow globally, out of 3,000+ applicants

Education

  1. Exp. 2029Barnard College, Columbia UniversityB.A. Neuroscience and Mathematics-Statistics. GPA 4.21
  2. Summer 2024Stanford UniversitySummer Quarter. GPA 4.0
  3. 2023–2025Pearson College UWC, CanadaIB Diploma, 40/45

Writing

  1. Grey MattersDopamine DetoxSocial media, AI and how teenagers deal with loneliness

Projects

Muse, a style-learning shopping app, and a Panama Canal route decision engine. See projects