Maria Sukhareva
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Maria Sukhareva
Principal AI Expert · Founder, AI Realist · Nuremberg, Germany
"An independent voice on enterprise AI, EU digital sovereignty, and responsible adoption — cited in Forbes, Die Welt, and the Australian Financial Review."
Maria Sukhareva is a principal AI expert with 15+ years of experience in natural language processing, machine learning, and generative AI. She is the founder of AI Realist, an independent analytical and advisory practice covering enterprise AI, AI governance, and the EU AI Act.
In her professional career she has held senior and principal AI roles at Siemens AG and BMW Group, leading enterprise AI strategy, LLM pipelines, and C-level briefings across DAX 40 organisations. She holds an M.Sc. in Natural Language Processing from Saarland University as a DAAD scholar, and has published 20+ peer-reviewed papers in computational linguistics.
AI Realist reaches 35,000+ LinkedIn followers and 5,000 newsletter subscribers with long-form, evidence-based analysis — regularly cited by journalists, researchers, and AI practitioners across Europe and beyond.
Enterprise AI Strategy
What real AI adoption looks like beyond the pilot — strategy, governance, and delivery in large organisations.
EU AI Act & Governance
Practical implications of the EU AI Act for European organisations, risk classification, and compliance.
Generative AI & LLMs
How large language models actually work, where they fail, and how to evaluate vendor claims critically.
AI in Financial Services
Risk, auditability, hallucination, and regulatory compliance for AI in banking and financial services.
European Sovereign AI
Digital sovereignty, European AI strategy, and the geopolitics of open-weight models and cloud dependency.
Responsible & Ethical AI
Evidence-based takes on AI safety, bias, transparency, and what "responsible AI" means in practice.
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