🔥 From Airbus to AI: A Founder’s Journey Through Fast and Slow Innovation

About this episode

Larissa Schneider shares her journey from working at Airbus to founding an AI startup, highlighting the contrasts between slow and fast innovation.

Innovation rarely moves at a single speed. Some industries reward patience, structure, and decades-long planning. Others demand rapid experimentation, constant iteration, and a tolerance for uncertainty. Few founders understand both worlds firsthand—but Larissa Schneider does. In this episode of Inventive Journey , host Devin Miller sits down with Larissa to unpack a career that spans continents, industries, and radically different innovation timelines. From working in aerospace at Airbus—where products can take 20 to 30 years to reach the market—to building and scaling an AI startup to nearly 100 people in under two years, Larissa’s journey offers powerful lessons for modern founders. Born and raised in a small town in Germany, Larissa developed an early desire to experience the world beyond familiar borders. That curiosity took her to Australia for high school, the UK and France for university, and eventually into large multinational organizations. Along the way, she gained exposure to international teams, multiple languages, and the discipline required to operate inside massive enterprises. At Airbus, Larissa learned what “slow innovation” really means. Precision matters…

People in this episode

Host: Devin Miller

Guest: Larissa Schneider

Topics covered

• innovation
• entrepreneurship
• AI
• aerospace
• startup ecosystem
• international experience

Keywords

• innovation
• AI startup
• Airbus
• entrepreneurship
• fast innovation
• slow innovation
• international experience

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Airbus

Places: Germany, Australia, UK, France, Bay Area

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