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*[Photo: Philipp Erlach, still from the film]*

# It's me, Philipp Erlach.

Entrepreneur,Agency owner,Artist

All so I never have to deal with my tax return.

*[Photo: Philipp Erlach behind three gilded animal figures: tortoise, horse and rabbit]*

## [Art Exhibition](https://philipp-erlach.com/art-exhibition-new-york/)

I reinvent the portrait

*[Photo: Crowded party at the agency Vier für Texas under the longhorn skull]*

## Vier für Texas

9to5

Am I the CEO of an ad agency

*[Photo: Philipp Erlach cropped close, one eye visible, in orange light]*

## Publications

I create

*[Photo: Father and son twice: Philipp as a child on the shoulders of his father Josef Erlach, and today Josef on Philipp's shoulders in the workshop]*

## Entrepreneurship

I co- create

*[Photo: Pelton turbine System Erlach with six nozzles on the test rig]*

[Journal](https://philipp-erlach.com/journal/) · 30 September 2026

## [Engineering with AI: Making Errors, Keeping the Lessons](https://philipp-erlach.com/journal/making-errors-keeping-the-lessons/)

Our paper for Viennahydro 2026: how we computed two distributors for a [Pelton turbine](https://www.erlach-erlach.com/en/pelton-turbine/) with an AI, which 17 errors happened along the way and what they taught us about working together with artificial intelligence.

[Continue reading](https://philipp-erlach.com/journal/making-errors-keeping-the-lessons/)

Video podcastRadio Erlach

-   Spotify
-   Apple Podcasts
-   YouTube

[*[Photo: A visitor leaning towards the vitrines at Bunker West]*Human ResourcesExhibition Berlin](https://philipp-erlach.com/art-exhibition-new-york/)

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