We live in an era of digitalisation which has created a virtual world of data where we can store and retrieve information that can be shared on the internet every day all over the world. So humans now have not only the physical world but also an information world on the cloud where we can interact with data. And with the creation of the internet of things, the data-cloud is getting direct access to our real physical world and can perform functions in it.

In a reversal of the usual roles, Berlin based start-up and Lakestar portfolio company, HomeToGo, is to acquire US rival Tripping.com.

I am an engineer who qualified at Imperial College in London and wrote code for software. Now I consider myself a builder, someone who builds ideas into reality, and no longer writes code. engineer.ai’s vision is that everyone should be able to convert their ideas into reality without learning to code. Our mission is to make the way that human ideas go from thought to production as easy as ordering a pizza via an app.