# Stefan Groschupf

> Stefan Groschupf is a German software entrepreneur based in San Francisco. An early contributor to Nutch, he co-founded Datameer in 2009 and founded SalesHero, later Automation Hero, in 2017. He now leads Centrum AI, applying his experience in data infrastructure and automation to supply-chain decisions.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Centrum AI
- **Organizations:** Centrum AI, Automation Hero, Datameer, Scale Unlimited
- **From:** Halle, Germany
- **Nationality:** German
- **Known for:** Early Nutch contributor, credited in Apache project change records., Co-founded Datameer, making Hadoop analytics accessible through a business-user interface., Reported in 2018 that Datameer doubled revenue six years in a row and attracted approximately $100 million in venture funding.

## Career timeline

- **1997** — Founded his first software business in Halle; early work included a university library search catalogue.
- **2000s** — Contributed to the Nutch open-source search project, from which Hadoop emerged.
- **2008** — Co-founded Scale Unlimited.
- **2009** — Co-founded Datameer.
- **2016** — Concluded his tenure as Datameer CEO, according to his Dataversity biography.
- **2017** — Launched SalesHero, subsequently renamed Automation Hero.
- **2018** — Led an HHL executive seminar on big-data analytics in management.
- **2019** — Automation Hero announced $14.5 million in funding led by Atomico.
- **2026** — Spoke at Manifest as founder and CEO of Centrum AI.

## Achievements

- Early Nutch contributor, credited in Apache project change records.
- Co-founded Datameer, making Hadoop analytics accessible through a business-user interface.
- Reported in 2018 that Datameer doubled revenue six years in a row and attracted approximately $100 million in venture funding.
- Founded Automation Hero, initially SalesHero, to automate business workflows.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Appeared at Manifest in Las Vegas as Centrum AI founder and CEO, discussing uncertainty and adoption in supply-chain AI.
- **2026-01** — Published a LinkedIn article introducing the Vrataski Loop and Agentic Product Management for teams running AI agent farms.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefangroschupf
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/StefanGroschupf
- GitHub: https://github.com/sgroschupf

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Last updated: 2026-10-26