About Franz
Franz builds with AI, teaches what he builds, and thinks independently about what works.
Franz builds software with AI, teaches what he builds, and keeps asking independently what actually works. Each of the three feeds the other two: the building tests the teaching, and the teaching shows which tools are worth building.
Career, with dates and sources. These are Franz's own statements, not independently verified rankings.
1986
Coding since 1986
Sources: fullstackoptimization.com, franzai.com, everfranz.franzai.com
1998
Working on the web since 1998
Sources: fullstackoptimization.com, geo-seo.jetzt-konferenz.at, franzai.com
2004
SEO since 2004
Sources: fullstackoptimization.com, franzai.com
2022
AI First since 2022
Sources: fullstackoptimization.com, franzai.com, everfranz.franzai.com
2012-2017
Organizer of the viennaJS developer community 2012 to 2017, from 195 to 2,079 members
2017
Author of the book "Understanding SEO"
Sources: fullstackoptimization.com, geo-seo.jetzt-konferenz.at, franzai.com
2019
VP Growth at a London fintech in 2019
One project at a time, with its makers named and a link to the live tool and its source.
Your Mac already has AI. Apple ships a language model with macOS; apfel unlocks it from the terminal with one brew install. No downloads, no API keys, no config.
Built byFranz Enzenhofer and Arthur Ficial
Description checked on 11 November 2026. apfel stays its own product, with its own branding.
Real rooms, real participants, with dates and credits.
Open SEO workshop in Vienna, photographed 18 December 2018.
Archive photos carry their original date and credit.
„Der Hands-on-Ansatz und das avantgardistische Learning by Doing: direkt vom Reden darüber ins produktive Anwenden.“
“Team members who had never touched any code were immediately able to create AI-driven business applications with just a few prompts, along with some really cool games.”
“It completely changed how I think about turning ideas into reality.”
Stages: SEOkomm, WeAreDevelopers and the JETZT GEO/SEO conference.
Published by the outlets themselves.
Self-issued through the APA-OTS press service on 18 December 2018. It is not independent coverage.
Was haben 13 der Top 20 Ö. Startups, Post.at und Wien.gv.at gemeinsam? (Read the press release on ots.at)
Printed book, photographed 18 December 2018.
Understanding SEO. The book Franz wrote in 2017. It lives with FullStackOptimization, the company behind his consulting and specialist knowledge.
Join an open workshop or bring Franz to your team. Tell him your goal and he builds the day around it.