MikiTheAlien

aka Mikel Prandini

CEO of Askantis. Co-Founder & Creative Lead at UNDRSTND. Building human-centered AI products and capturing the beauty of true passion on camera. Living a life that is out of this world.

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AI Consulting & Engineering Company01 / 03
askantis.ch

CEO, Managing Director

Askantis

My main business, building human centered AI products from strategy and engineering through to production.

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Musical Media & Event Company02 / 03
undrstnd.ch

Co Founder & Creative Lead

UNDRSTND

Founded with two of my best friends. Sound × space curation, with stages as sanctuaries for culture and film.

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Social Media as a Service Company03 / 03
magentic.ch

Board member

Magentic

My brother's social media as a service company, crafting film and social content that helps brands move.

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Everything I've made

Apps

Featured · Personal

Lauftwas

Every bar, club, café and museum in Winterthur and Zurich, and what's happening there this week.

Lauftwas

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All apps

Askantis products and personal builds — all still in progress.

3D MockupAskantis · Animated 3D apparel mockups in your browser: design a piece, spin it around and export it for free.OpenLiveScribelyAskantis · Swiss-German transcription on your Mac, with speakers, chapters and your own vocabulary built in.OpenLiveLocal RouterAskantis · Your local AI models in the menu bar: load them, watch memory and context, and find ones that fit.OpenLive
PaktAskantis · An agreement with yourself: tap a tag, and your chosen apps open for fifteen minutes, then close.Building
Built for Final Cut ProBeat FinderUNDRSTND · Turns music into precise edit markers for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve timelines.OpenBuilding20minusPersonal · Open discussion threads for 20min.ch articles where the comment section has been switched off.OpenBuilding

Everything I've made

Apps from the Askantis ecosystem, then the video archive — newest first.

Apps

Askantis products and personal builds — all still in progress.

Featured · Personal

Lauftwas

Every bar, club, café and museum in Winterthur and Zurich, and what's happening there this week.

Lauftwas

Building

Open

  • Askantis

    3D Mockup

    Animated 3D apparel mockups in your browser: design a piece, spin it around and export it for free. Built with Vittorio Leone.

    Live

  • Askantis

    Scribely

    Swiss-German transcription on your Mac, with speakers, chapters and your own vocabulary built in.

    Live

  • Askantis

    Local Router

    Your local AI models in the menu bar: load them, watch memory and context, and find ones that fit.

    Live

  • Askantis

    Pakt

    An agreement with yourself: tap a tag, and your chosen apps open for fifteen minutes, then close.

    Building

  • Built for Final Cut Pro

    UNDRSTND

    Beat Finder

    Turns music into precise edit markers for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve timelines.

    Building

  • Personal

    20minus

    Open discussion threads for 20min.ch articles where the comment section has been switched off.

    Building

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Everything I've made

Videos

Videos

Combined archive from UNDRSTND and Miki the Alien.

Beautiful moments shared

The combined reach across Askantis, UNDRSTND and Miki the Alien.

AskantisUNDRSTNDMiki the Alien
161.9K
Total views
3.2K
Watch hours
4.9K
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  1. Askantis

    3 roles

    • Jan 2026 – Present

      Managing Director

      Zurich, Switzerland

      Leading Askantis end to end — AI-native engineering from strategy to production.

    • May 2025 – Dec 2025

      Senior Software Architect

      Zurich, Switzerland

      Leading end-to-end architectural design to build scalable, future-proof software ecosystems. Driving technical direction and alignment between product vision and engineering execution.

    • Nov 2024 – Apr 2025

      Full Stack Engineer

      Zurich, Switzerland

      Bringing customer visions to life with fully tailored applications — robust execution from idea to deployment.

  2. UNDRSTND

    2 roles

    • Aug 2025 – Present

      Creative Lead

      Zurich, Switzerland

      Shaping the creative direction of UNDRSTND — stages, film, and the culture around electronic music.

    • Aug 2024 – Present

      Co-Founder

      Zurich, Switzerland

      Sharing the passion of electronic music through videography and technology.

  3. Lynks

    2 roles

    • Sep 2023 – Oct 2024

      AI & Full Stack Engineer

      Zurich, Switzerland

      Pushing AI features hard while adapting to the market and continuously collecting feedback.

    • Jul 2023 – Sep 2023

      AI & Data Intern

      Zurich, Switzerland

      Pilot project to test the viability of leveraging AI within the company — industry knowledge beyond studying AI.

  4. Wingtra

    2 roles

    • Oct 2022 – May 2023

      Product Tester & Automation

      Zurich, Switzerland

      Automating the testing process to ensure permanently consistent quality, building on deep product knowledge.

    • Jun 2022 – Sep 2022

      Junior Product Tester

      Zurich, Switzerland

      What started as a student job assuring product quality quickly became a push to optimize the testing process.

  5. Swiss Armed Forces

    2 roles

    • Nov 2021 – Apr 2022

      Long Service Duty

      Switzerland

      Full-time service after recruit school.

    • Jul 2021 – Oct 2021

      Recruit School

      Switzerland

      Basic military training.

  6. Swisscom

    6 roles

    • Aug 2020 – Jul 2021

      Junior DevOps Engineer

      Zurich, Switzerland

      Enhancing a team's deployment pipeline, setting up logging infrastructure, and visualizing logged data.

    • Aug 2019 – Jul 2020

      Frontend Developer (Apprenticeship)

      Zurich, Switzerland

      Development of blockchain-based solutions for clients at Swisscom Blockchain.

    • Aug 2018 – Jul 2019

      Back End Developer (Apprenticeship)

      Zurich, Switzerland

      Creating a learning platform for other apprentices.

    • Aug 2017 – Jul 2018

      Analytics Engineer (Apprenticeship)

      Zurich, Switzerland

      Automating device metadata analysis with Python.

    • Feb 2017 – Jul 2017

      Process Automation Engineer (Apprenticeship)

      Zurich, Switzerland

      Automating invoice pipelines for health insurance.

    • Aug 2016 – Jan 2017

      Customer Field Service Engineer (Apprenticeship)

      Wil, St. Gallen, Switzerland

      Installing and setting up customer internet access.

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Experience

Ten years in, still building

A decade across engineering and creative work — here's the stack behind it, drawn from the MikiTheAlien and Askantis repositories plus the kit I shoot and make with.

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@MikiTheAlien · Builder & Creator

10 yrs

In the industry

5 yrs

Startup hopping

1 yr

As CEO

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Technologies & craft

Proficiency across code, video, and making — informed by real repository usage.

Code & AI
TypeScript92%
React / Next.js90%
Python80%
Node.js78%
Jupyter / ML70%
Dart / Flutter62%
SQL / PLpgSQL55%
C++45%
Creative & Video
Videography88%
Final Cut Pro85%
Sony Alpha cameras82%
Color grading70%
Systems & Making
macOS90%
Git88%
DevOps / Docker68%
3D printing65%

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