# KugelAudio

[KugelAudio on Hacklab](https://hacklab.so/org/kugelaudio)

Startup · 2 people on Hacklab

## Links

- [Website](https://kugelaudio.com/en)
- [Crunchbase](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/kugelaudio)
- [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kugelaudio)
- [LinkedIn](https://de.linkedin.com/company/kugelaudio)
- [X](https://x.com/KugelAudio)

## About

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## YC company profile

Kugel is an on-prem Voice AI model supporting 30+ languages

Kugel is an enterprise-ready TTS model, available on-prem, with a focus on 30+ languages and low latency.

- **YC batch:** Spring 2026
- **Founded:** 2025
- **Team size:** 5
- **Location:** Berlin, Germany
- **Country:** DE
- **Status:** Active
- **Industry:** B2B
- **Stage:** Early
- **YC partner:** Andrew Miklas

## Founders

### Viktor Presber — Founder

Co-Founder of KugelAudio, building foundational Text-To-Speech models for customer support. Started founding ventures at 17 with a local video production company. Later co-founded full-house.io, scaling to $300K ARR in six months with enterprise clients like Siemens Energy, Hitachi Rail, and Barilla. Previously co-founded Sagemode, securing partnerships with two major esports teams.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/viktor-presber)

### Kajo Kratzenstein — Founder/CTO

Founder at KugelAudio (YC P26). Previously CTO at Sagemode, scaling an in-game AI coach to 1,000+ users with deep League of Legends integration. Built production aneurysm detection model at Floy GmbH. MA and BSc in Computer Science from Hasso Plattner Institute.

[LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/kratzenstein)

[Source: Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kugelaudio) · Retrieved 2026-11-02. Company information is self-reported on YC.

## Current staff

- [Kajo Kratzenstein](https://hacklab.so/kajo-kratzenstein) — Founder/CTO (Present)
- [Viktor Presber](https://hacklab.so/viktor-presber) — Founder (Present)

## Open jobs

- [Founding Sales \(Outbound\)](https://hacklab.so/jobs/40947ecb-cba0-54c3-85c6-fd4276e13764) — Full\-time · On\-site · Berlin, BE, DE / Berlin, Berlin, DE · $60K \- $120K · 0\.01% \- 0\.35% equity
- [Berlin · Part\-time · On\-site](https://hacklab.so/jobs/39fc6d43-46a5-5338-bb62-823d77ae0b68) — Internship · On\-site · Berlin, BE, DE / Berlin, Berlin, DE