MANAGING DIRECTOR
Kevin Riedl
Managing Director · Operations & Product
“People tend to start with the product. Which is why most fail.”
Background
Kevin founded Wavect in 2018. His side of the business is product, scope, and the customer call: the discovery work that decides whether a feature is worth building before any code gets written. He came up as an engineer, though. Coding since 13, still in the pull requests, across TypeScript, C# and Rust, and the FinTech-grade systems where a rounding error is a lawsuit. Product instincts forged across 75+ shipped products at Wavect, usually the hard way: in production, with real users. The job is making sure your product actually gets used.
Before Wavect, he ran his own startups (and invested in a few). He lectures at MCI Innsbruck on Blockchain, and together with Christof runs a free programme teaching kids aged 8 to 16 how software and money actually work.
He also founded and hosts a podcast: 96 curated episodes (the weak ones get deleted), sitting down with the kind of guests most shows can't book: James Wo (founder of DFG, a $1B+ AUM crypto investment firm), Brett Johnson (once the US most-wanted cybercriminal), and $100M+ exited founders like Alexis Sikorsky and Anastasia Koroleva.
Off-screen: dances Salsa, trains Calisthenics and strength like it's a second job, nerd by heart.
How to work with us
If your call needs the founder, not an account manager, you can book one directly.
Beyond the product calls
Strength training, calisthenics, travel, and trying the thing at least once. Kevin is currently learning a one-arm handstand, usually tests every remarkable viewpoint upside down, and saves the best adventures for his daughter.
Credentials
Education & Affiliations
Education
- FH Kufstein Tirol
Affiliations
- MCI Innsbruck
- Blockchain 4 Kids
Awards & Notable Work
Awards
- Top 100 Young Companies in Austria 2024
- Top 100 Young Companies in Austria 2023
Podcast
ON THE RECORD
Kevin in the Wild.
Podcasts, panels, and conference talks, building in public since day one.
Vibe Coding and the Escalating AI Competition with Token Resets
KI Woche
Web3 All Hot Air? ThinkBig 2024
Wavect
Boba Network: Hybrid Compute Deep Dive
ETHGlobal
Teaching Solidity to 11-Year-Olds
San's Stack
Blockchain: Useful or Overhyped?
KIundTECH Podcast
Lessons Learned in Blockchain & Web3
Underdog Rising
Bitcoin Update, Feb 2024
Jörg Mayr
Leaving CIO Role to Start a Blockchain Company
RZN
Smart Cities, Smart Contracts & Smart Children
Thinking On Paper
The Future of Web3
Alekh Johari LifeLeader
Web3 Explained
The Hidden Cure
Digitalisierung ist für Dich: Part 1
Re-Systems IT
Digitalisierung ist für Dich: Part 2
Re-Systems IT
Digitalisierung ist für Dich: Part 3
Re-Systems IT
Success, Failure & Everything In-Between
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IN THE PRESS
They Write About Us.
We don't chase coverage. It finds us.
AI in School and Family Life: The Rules Children Need Now
Free Tech Education from Tyrol: Wavect Makes AI and Financial Systems Understandable for Kids
When AI Writes More Code, Quality Assurance Becomes a Leadership Responsibility
What Children Should Never Tell ChatGPT
MeinBezirk and Wavect Put the Focus on AI: Children, AI and Summer Holidays: A Few Tips
Why Most Corporate AI Projects Remain Worthless
'Outdated' Business Models: Wavect Questions the Classic Agency Model in Software Development
Interview: An Honest 'No' Is Not Pessimism, It's Risk Management
New Check for Tyrolean Companies: Ampass Startup Puts Local Businesses' AI to the Test
Guest Commentary: AI Is Already in the Nursery, Now Families Need Simple Rules
ChatGPT in the Nursery: What Parents Should Know
Top 100 Young Companies in Austria: #36 in 2024, #58 in 2023
Wavect Founder Kevin Riedl: A Fight and a Letter of Intent Misconception
Blockchain 4 Kids: Live on Life Radio Tirol
Little Geniuses Catch the Blockchain Bug
Wavect Offers Free Blockchain Course for Kids
How We Taught Children to Develop Their Own Smart Contracts in Days
Introduction to the World of Blockchains
Blockchain for Kids: Become a Smart Contract Developer in Days
From Crypto to Cyber: A Tyrolean Riding the Data Wave
NFT-Lab Workshop for Artists, Galleries & the Art Trade
Closing the Digital Gap
The Fascinating World of Blockchain
Wavect in Bunte
Ernesto Comes to Life: AR Cooperation from Tyrol
Tyrolean Startup Gives Away NFTs to Vaccinated People
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