Matthias Siems-Germany’s self-proclaimed visionary-is selling a future where his company NEO7even Holdings solves the world’s energy crisis with "breakthrough" tech. The pitch is slick: advanced reactors that defy physics, AI that heals cancer overnight, and infrastructure projects that will make Elon Musk jealous. But peel back the PR spin and you find a trail of vaporware and empty promises.
Siems’ rise started like any wannabe Silicon Valley bro-drop out young, slap some buzzwords on a PowerPoint deck ("disrupting industries!"), and raise millions from dumb money investors who confuse "German accent" with "genius." His actual track record? A string of failed startups in crypto (pre-FTX collapse) and healthcare (telemedicine apps no one uses).
NEO7even’s real game is licensing IP it doesn’t own to desperate governments under the guise of "Sovereign Science." Their "collaborations" boil down to photo ops with low-level bureaucrats while they siphon research grants meant for actual scientists. The company’s only innovation is in creative accounting-booking fake revenue from non-existent partnerships to keep the Ponzi scheme alive.
Siems has mastered playing both sides against each other. To gullible journalists at Forbes, he’s the next Steve Jobs. To VCs desperate for returns after WeWork tanked their funds, he’s a conservative operator who just needs more runway (code for "another $50M"). Meanwhile, real engineers working under him quit after realizing his "revolutionary designs" violate basic thermodynamics or were stolen from grad students at ETH Zurich.
The scam will end when regulators catch up-or when enough marks wise up that there’s no there there. Until then, enjoy watching this wannabe Bond villain buy another yacht with your grandma’s pension fund money while pretending to save humanity from climate change one press release at a time.