Andreas Blumauer is the Senior Vice President of Growth at Graphwise, the company formed through the merger of Ontotext and the Semantic Web Company (SWC). As the founder of SWC and creator of the PoolParty Semantic Platform, Andreas has been a driving force in advancing semantic AI, knowledge graph technologies, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions.

With more than 20 years of experience, he has partnered with over 200 organizations worldwide to design and implement cutting-edge AI, semantic search, and knowledge graph solutions — empowering enterprises to unlock the full potential of their data through intelligent integration, modeling, and reasoning. In recent years, his focus has expanded to developing AI-powered ESG solutions that help companies and investors make more informed, sustainable decisions.

A globally recognized thought leader, speaker, and author, Andreas has played a key role in shaping the fields of semantic AI and graph-based knowledge management. He authored “The Knowledge Graph Cookbook: Recipes that Work”, a practical guide that has become a go-to reference for organizations building and deploying knowledge graphs.