<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?xml-stylesheet href="/rss-styles.xsl" type="text/xsl"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Mihai Adrian Mateescu - Blog</title><description>Articles about AI/ML, finance, FinTech, Rust, Julia, and the intersection of technology and accounting.</description><link>https://me-mateescu.de/</link><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:36:42 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://me-mateescu.de/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>AI-Ready Finance Data: Why Finance AI Projects Fail on Structure, Not on Models</title><link>https://me-mateescu.de/blog/ai-ready-finance-data-rag-document-ai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://me-mateescu.de/blog/ai-ready-finance-data-rag-document-ai/</guid><description>In finance, weak retrieval, fragile document automation, and low trust usually start long before model choice. 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Mateescu)</author></item><item><title>Bridging Finance and AI: A Rigorous Approach to Machine Learning in German Accounting</title><link>https://me-mateescu.de/blog/bridging-finance-ai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://me-mateescu.de/blog/bridging-finance-ai/</guid><description>An in-depth guide to ML in German accounting — document AI, anomaly detection, forecasting, and GoBD compliance with reproducible, audit-ready examples.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>fintech</category><category>accounting</category><category>machine-learning</category><category>gobd</category><category>xrechnung</category><category>zugferd</category><category>ifrs</category><category>anomaly-detection</category><category>document-ai</category><category>explainability</category><author>kontakt@me-mateescu.de (Mihai Adrian Mateescu)</author></item><item><title>Julia Performance Optimization: Concepts, Pitfalls, and Practical 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invoice intelligence to anomaly screening — with governance, explainability, and audit-ready design.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>fintech</category><category>machine-learning</category><category>accounting</category><category>fintech</category><category>explainability</category><category>compliance</category><author>kontakt@me-mateescu.de (Mihai Adrian Mateescu)</author></item></channel></rss>