Anika Gruner is Co-Founder of Neuramancer AI Solutions GmbH, a Bavarian forensic AI startup pioneering transparent deepfake and synthetic media detection for insurers, media companies, and fact-checkers.

Anika built a career as a media journalist and SEO expert with deep expertise in authenticity, completing a master's thesis on authenticity in reality TV, before channeling that passion into fighting AI-driven fraud.

A vocal advocate for European explainable AI, Anika champions scientifically grounded, fully transparent detection methods over opaque black-box models, positioning trustworthy AI as a strategic competitive advantage.

Neuramancer (formerly Neuraforge) secured a EUR 1.7M pre-seed round led by Vanagon Ventures, with backing from Bayern Kapital, ZOHO.VC, and Lightfield Equity, and has been supported by Media Lab Bayern and Microsoft for Startups.

With a team of 11, Neuramancer has achieved a reported hit rate of over 98% in deepfake detection, secured its first pilot customers in the insurance sector, and launched a pilot in the news media sector to combat synthetic content at scale.