A graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and ENS Telecom Paris (MS), François Pellissier has been technical director of Craft AI since spring 2020. Since 2014, he has been an independent consultant and acts as a technical advisor in numerous start-ups. He worked: in 1995 for Sendit AB (bought by Microsoft) as a software engineer, in 1997 for Symah Vision (Lagardère group) as an R&D manager, in 2005 for Kewego (sold to Kit Digital in 2011) as CTO, in 2013 for Viadeo as VP Mobile Engineering, in 2013 for Viadeo as VP Mobile Engineering, and since 2015 for Entourage (NPO) as CTO pro bono.

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Since 2014, he has worked for VCs on due diligence and technical audits of fast-growing start-ups and is a technical advisor for innovative start-ups to help them with technical challenges (technological choices, organization, processes, recruitment, R&D) in all sectors (video, mobile, SaaS, R&D) in all sectors (video, mobile, SaaS, SaaS, AI, AI, e-commerce, ad-tech, ed-tech, fintech, e-gaming...) in all sectors (video, mobile, SaaS, SaaS, AI, AI, e-commerce, ad-tech, ed-tech, fintech, e-gaming...).

A graduate of Centrale and ESSEC, Xavier joined Craft AI in 2020 to structure the Product and Marketing team. Passionate about innovation and entrepreneurship, Xavier has nearly 9 years of experience in the strategic development of startups in the AI and big data sector.

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In particular, he worked in the FinTech team at BNP Paribas between 2016 and 2018 on the launch of new innovative payment methods and at the publisher RetailTech Vectaury between 2018 and 2020 on the launch of a new product range. He is also in charge of the protection of personal data used in AI projects as the company's DPO.

Julien holds a doctorate in economics and statistics (from the Université Libre de Bruxelles) and has been VP Data Science at Craft AI since 2020. He started his career with research activities between Brussels and the United States (Duke University - Fuqua Bus). Sch.) and France at INSEAD on statistical modeling of international trade. He continued his academic and consulting activities within the Prime Minister's Office - CEPII on international trade using Big Data models, and published his work in leading academic journals.

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He started in the private sector as a Data Scientist applied to competition analysis and intellectual property protection at Microeconomix (acquired by Deloitte Consulting). He then joined a startup, TheGreenData, at the time of its creation and up to the main fundraisers where he led the development of AI solutions applied to food, banking and supply chain. He continued his career in the field of AI at Ween.AI, a startup specializing in predictive solutions for the environment. He finally joined Craft AI as head of the Data Science team and in this capacity leads the company's customer projects.

Matthieu Boussard obtained his doctorate at the University of Caen in 2008 after working on AI in a situation of uncertainty. He then went to Japan to the Toyohashi University of Technology, where he conducted experimental research on the behavior of mobile robots for three years. Back in France, he decided to switch from robots to the AI of video games and joined MASA Life in 2014. Matthieu was part of the team that created Craft AI in 2015 and oversees the company's R&D.

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He is in charge of research projects, such as the ANR Schopper project, on the use of Machine Learning in archaeology, or the JUMO project on the generation of synthetic data. He supervises two doctoral students in INRIA laboratories and has written numerous articles in international journals (ICML, AAMAS, IROS). He is also Vice President of the Paris Deep Tech AI Cluster Systematic.