Klemen Selakovic is hacking education at Astra AI & hosting AIDEA podcast

Klemen worked and consulted for many international brands from San Francisco, USA, to Beijing, China.

He was named 2x a Young Creative of the Year at the national advertising festival (2013 & 2015), he won the Websi Award in 2014 & 2016, the Gold Diggit Award in 2014, and NETKO Award in 2020. He represented his nation at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity for two nonconsecutive years, which resulted in Media Marketing magazine naming him as one of 55 young leaders in advertising in the wider Balkan region. In 2018 he was also accepted into Toptals elite network of the world’s top 3% freelance design talent.

Hosting AIDEA Podkast, he promotes unorthodox ideas about consciousness, drugs, technology, and the future of humanity. The show has over 12+ MILLION views and is often ranked as Slovenia's #1 podcast (Apple podcasts chart). Currently, it's getting 500,000+ downloads monthly.

Giving 20% of his earnings to the most effective charities. Promoting the idea of “giving back” by successful and wealthy individuals.

Currently building his vision to democratize elite education with Astra AI. Ensuring that high-quality education is not a privilege but a right for all.

Host of AIDEA Podcast

Conversations about unorthodox ideas that are touching subjects of consciousness, drugs, technology, and the future of humanity that reached more than 4+ MILLION listeners since inception and is often ranked as the #1 podcast (Apple podcasts chart) in Slovenia.

Experience

2023 - Currently | Astra AI (Ljubljana, Slovenia): Cofounder
2021 - 2023 | Tessera (New York, USA): Lead Product Designer
2017 - 2021 | Toptal (Palo Alto, CA): Freelance UX & UI Designer
2016 - 2021 | EventBank (Beijing, China): UX / UI Design Consultant
2018 - 2020 | NiceHash (Ljubljana, Slovenia): UX / UI Design Consultant
2015 - 2021 | Freelance: UX / UI Designer & Digital marketing consultant
2015 - 2016 | Reciprocity Inc. (San Francisco, USA): UX / UI Designer & Product Manager
2014 - 2015 | SSDMS: President
2013 - 2015 | Fanfara: Lead of digital communication
2013 - 2015 | Parsek d.o.o. (Ljubljana, Slovenia): UX / UI Designer & Digital marketing consultant
2012 - 2013 | Parsek d.o.o. (Ljubljana, Slovenia): Project Manager
2011 - 2015 | SSDMS: Active Member