In this episode of the Anti-Pattern Podcast, Christian and Michael take you Back to AI: Lessons from the Future — reflecting on three key insights from the prostep ivip symposium. First, they explore why “SaaS is dead” is more than just a provocative statement. It’s not about how software is Read more
What happens when enterprise software stops being configured in code and starts being shaped by prompts? In this episode, we explore how AI is fundamentally changing the economics of customization. If tools can be configured through prompting, the cost of tailoring enterprise IT could drop dramatically—Michael estimates by as much Read more
In this episode, we’re sharing a few important milestones from behind the scenes at Elevating Patterns. For the first time, we are in the process of closing an external financing round — and we’re excited to welcome our first business angel on board. We talk about what this step means Read more
In this episode of the AntiPattern Podcast, we explore the shift from a passive to an active Digital Thread — and why this distinction makes all the difference in modern product development. We discuss the two fundamental integration challenges that continue to block real progress: horizontal integration in a joint Read more
This holiday season, Michael and Christian take a step back from the day-to-day to look back on Elevating Patterns’ first year as a startup. In true Anti Pattern fashion, they reflect on what they’ve learned — the surprises, the setbacks, the wins, and the lessons that weren’t on any roadmap. Read more
In “2025 an AI Odyssey” we’re back in AI territory — this time fresh off our AI Research Day, where 16 people from 12 organizations came together to compare notes, ideas, and hard-earned lessons from the industrial frontlines. Christian and Michael unpack what makes industrial AI different from “AI in Read more
In this episode Christian and Michael take you along to the Tag des Systems Engineering (TdSE) 2025 in Salzburg — the central Systems Engineering meetup in the German-speaking world, organized by the GfSE (the German INCOSE chapter).For us, this one was special: our very first conference as Elevating Patterns with Read more
In this episode, Michael and Christian pull back the curtain on the hard truths of applying AI in the industrial domain. It’s not just about flashy demos — it’s about the messy, practical, and often painful hurdles that trip up even the most ambitious initiatives.We explore five key pain points: Read more
Our debut customer event – we called it “EP Family and Friends” – marked a major milestone — and brought us our very first direct feedback from real users of various industries. In this episode, we unpack what we heard, the patterns emerging from early conversations, and how that input Read more
In this episode, Christian shares his impressions from his trip to the Systems Engineering Congress (SEC) and reflects on the latest advancements in MBSE and SysML v2. We explore how the evolution of system modeling is not just about new tools and notations, but about enabling a true democratization of Read more