Klaus Speidel (b. 1979, Reutlingen, Germany) is an award-winning philosopher, curator, and art critic. He studied philosophy and art history in Munich (LMU) and Paris (École normale supérieure, Paris X Nanterre), obtained his PhD in philosophy from Paris IV Sorbonne, and completed a postdoc at the Lab for Cognitive Research in Art History (CReA) at the University of Vienna. His research focuses on visual storytelling, artful methods in innovation and communication, and the relationship between generative AI and art. He regularly leads workshops and teaches at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and at ICN Business School in Paris and Berlin. Speidel is based in Vienna.