Our position

Raw intellect is just material.We build the maturity to use it.

Cebras grew out of the Mensa community, and several of us were tested early and supported late. A high score says how someone thinks, and very little about how they handle responsibility or other people.

Fabian KöppelLilia GerberKonstantin SteinerMichael GebesmairAurelie SchlafferBenedikt RettenbacherRonny HollensteinStefan ReichelBernhard Weidinger
Mission

From Our Own Experience

Founded out of the Mensa community because we’ve seen firsthand what the absence of top-end support does to potential.

Cebras is a spin-off from the Mensa community. Several of our founders are highly gifted themselves, and across our wider circle we have spent years watching what happens when cognitive potential is identified early but never structurally picked up: misguided choices, unnecessary detours, capabilities that never reach application. Not because the people couldn’t have delivered — but because the right infrastructure was missing.

A Societal Gap

This is systemic. Our education and support systems are consistently optimized for breadth: equal opportunity, permeability, leaving no one behind. What’s missing is a comparable infrastructure for people who think differently. Those who are wired differently and above average are rarely recognized as such, and even more rarely supported in a targeted way, with correspondingly high costs, for the individuals and for society.

Structural. Therefore Solvable.

We don’t believe this is an individual problem. It is a structural one. And because it is structural, it is solvable. Cebras exists to close this gap — with the kind of diagnostics and development we would have needed ourselves.

What We Believe

To us, giftedness isn’t a trait to be shown off. It is responsibility. Those with greater potential carry more — in decisions, in relationships, in what comes of it all. Intellect and speed alone aren’t enough. Without self-knowledge, emotional maturity, and a clear sense of values, giftedness stays raw material. It can shine, it can wound, it can run to nothing. What interests us, then, isn’t performance but the foundation beneath it. Those who know themselves, take responsibility, and can be in relationship with others turn giftedness into more than talent — they make it sustainable.

The founding team

Our Team

Everyone here is answerable for a part of the company we have worked in ourselves.

Fabian Köppel

Fabian Köppel

CEO

Background in high-potential recruitment and B2B sales. Knows both sides: organizations and talent.

Lilia Gerber

Lilia Gerber

CTO

Bridging AI and equal opportunity in technical education. Builds the platform on which diagnostics and coaching run.

Konstantin Steiner

Konstantin Steiner

CSO

Has led organizations and sold diagnostic instruments to companies. Responsible for sales and key account management.

Michael Gebesmair

Michael Gebesmair

CMO

Responsible for marketing, social media, and new sales channels. Makes diagnostics accessible: clear instead of complicated.

Aurelie Schlaffer

Aurelie Schlaffer

Head of Strategic Partnerships

15 years in education policy (funding, talent development). Builds the operational structures that make diagnostics scalable.

Benedikt Rettenbacher

Benedikt Rettenbacher

Strategic Advisor

Builds business and strategic partnerships. Board member Mensa Austria. Connects capital and talent.

Ronny Hollenstein

Ronny Hollenstein

Head of Coaching

Expert in executive development in top and middle management. Translates human coaching into AI formats.

Stefan Reichel

Stefan Reichel

Head of Talent & Psychology

Expert in psychological diagnostics and gifted profiling. Responsible for the scientific product foundation.

Bernhard Weidinger

Bernhard Weidinger

Mensa Ambassador | Business Development Support

Network development and positioning of Cebras at the intersection of giftedness, business and innovation.

Origin

Founded out of Mensa Austria in 2025

Cebras Potential Development GmbH was founded in Vienna in 2025, out of the Mensa community. We work from IQ 115 upward with recognised instruments, and we say what we measure.

Membership in a high-IQ society says where we come from. What a person does with that ability is the part we work on.

2025
Founded in Vienna
IQ 115+
The range we build for
PSI-based
Diagnostic foundation
Origin and network
Mensa ÖsterreichThomas International

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