Claas Beger

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Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistant at Santa Fe Institute

Ithaca, New York, United States

Overview

Claas Beger is an AI Research Assistant at the Santa Fe Institute, focusing on building AI systems with human-like reasoning. A Cornell University Masters graduate, his work involves advancing multimodal reasoning in Vision-Language models and developing neurosymbolic systems. His background includes experience in responsible AI engineering at PwC.

Outside of his research, Claas is active in sports, enjoying (Beach) Volleyball and Basketball, and also likes working out and watching movies. He has an international perspective, having completed a semester abroad at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology during his undergraduate studies.

Unique fact: While at Cornell, his project "Citegeist, " which automates the generation of related work analysis, won a Faculty Award.

Personality Overview

Objective Thinker

ROI Driven

Negotiator

Unless the value is proven by data, they are unlikely to value fancy features.  They choose to analyze logically and value facts to emotions. They like to do things independently and don’t look for support from others.

Topics They Care About

Neuroscience-Inspired AI
His research focuses on biologically motivated machine learning, including developing models inspired by the human brain's dual-process system for compositional generalization.
Multimodal Reasoning
A core part of his current work at the Santa Fe Institute involves evaluating and advancing the reasoning capabilities of large Vision-Language Models.
AI Ethics & Safety
He previously worked as a Responsible AI Engineer at PwC and has co-authored papers on evaluating procedural and pluralistic moral reasoning in language models.

Media Appearances

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Work History

6-2025
Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistant at Santa Fe Institute
1-2025 - 6-2025
Graduate Research And Teaching Assistant at Cornell University
10-2022 - 2-2023
Responsible AI Engineer at PwC
6-2022 - 9-2022
IT-Consultant Intern at PwC
10-2022 - 2-2023
iOS App Developer at Siemens

Education

2024 - 2025
Master's degree from Cornell University
10-2019 - 11-2023
Bachelor of Science - BS from Technical University of Munich

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Insights For Selling To Claas

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be ready to answer many clarity-seeking questions and requests for information
  • Use phrases like ‘expect X% improvement’, ‘data clearly shows’ etc.
  • Don’t forget to mention how you compare to competition on both features and pricing

DONT's

  • Avoid pushing them too much to involve other stakeholders unless it is critical
  • Don’t try too hard to build a relationship with them
  • Don’t try to give too many examples of other users, they like to make their own decisions

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Claas is

  • Proven ROI, pricing and objective proof points are the factors that sway their decision.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Claas

  • They are comfortable saying no if they are convinced that it is the correct decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Claas move?

  • Their decision-making is neither very fast nor very slow, they are somewhere in between.
  • Can Claas take some risk or not?

  • They can take risks if their analysis shows that it would be worth it.

You And Claas

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