Data Tribune: Tech Podcast

We talk to Flore Lestrade, the CEO and founder of Veeton. Veeton is an artificial intelligence-powered platform for automated fashion imaging. It provides fashion firms with an alternative to photo sessions, by helping clients create e-commerce shoots in a few clicks. Its technology generates a range of high-quality on-model images, using only pack-shot photos. Veeton has raised a few million dollars of funding already, at seed stage. How does one generate photoshoots at scale? How does one adapt to the evolving world of fashion with AI? We end the discussion as usual with Flore's favourite books and startups. FLORE LESTRADE Flore is the founder of Veeton. She is a graduate of HEC Paris (leading French business school). MARGAUX WEHR & LOUIS ABRAHAM https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaux-wehr-12789870/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-abraham/

We talk to Steeve, the CEO and founder of ZML (not to be confused with ZenML). ZML is one of the leading European startups in AI inference founded in 2023. It has raised millions in technology funding by 20VC and other notable investors. Steeve tells us about AI inference, painpoints in AI inference, costs of chips and GPUs, and energy consumption in data centres. We end the discussion as usual with Steeve's favourites books and startups. STEEVE MORIN Steeve is a well-known tech entrepreneur based in Paris, former VP Engineering of Zenly and current CEO of ZML.  MARGAUX WEHR & LOUIS ABRAHAM https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaux-wehr-12789870/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-abraham/

Alexandre is the co-founder of Joko, amongst the top France's fintech scale-ups with offices in NYC, started in 2018 to revolutionise how retailers reward consumers for their spending. It was co-founded by Nicolas Salat-Baroux, Xavier Starkloff, and Alexandre Hollocou. The Joko app, available for free on the Google Play Store and App Store, has since gained popularity in France, with over 5 millon users and over €30b in transaction volume. Joko is profitable. ALEXANDRE HOLLOCOU Alexandre is a well-known fintech entrepreneur who is based in Paris and spends time in New York with his co-founders. He studied at Ecole Polytechnique and co-founded Joko in 2018 with Nicolas Salat-Baroux and Xavier Starkloff. MARGAUX WEHR & LOUIS ABRAHAM https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaux-wehr-12789870/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-abraham/

Yann is the co-founder of probabl: and former CEO of Scaleway, France's largest hosting internet hosting company, part of Iliad Group. Probabl: is a spin-off of Inria, France's largest research lab. YANN LECHELLE Yann is a well-known technology entrepreneur who spent years in Silicon Valley. Probabl: is editing sci-kit learn at scale, with over 2b downloads, and is a spin-off from Inria. It recently raised €13m led by Serena Capital. MARGAUX WEHR & LOUIS ABRAHAM https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaux-wehr-12789870/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-abraham/

Alexandre Grux is CPO of DiliTrust, one of Europe's largest SaaS legaltech companies, present in over 60 countries and 2500+ clients, after he sold his company (Hyperlex) to Dilitrust. ALEXANDRE GRUX Alexandre undertook France, and probably Europe's most technical engineering background: the famous MVA, from university ENS. We talk to Alexandre about cutting edge at DiliTrust that he's implementing (neural networks, LLMs, foundation models) and that he pioneered already years ago while building Hyperlex (contract drafting using deep-learning). MARGAUX WEHR & LOUIS ABRAHAM https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaux-wehr-12789870/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-abraham/

Ed is founder of Memrise, one of the world's most prominent  language apps. He is also the co-founder of Sonic Sphere, and more recently, edtech startup MindMax Labs. He is also World Master of Memory. ED COOKE We talk to Ed about his beginnings starting Memrise, the role of memory, and LLMs in the context of his new edtech startup. MARGAUX WEHR & LOUIS ABRAHAM https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaux-wehr-12789870/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-abraham/

Stephane is founder of JiminiAI, one of France's most promising legaltech startups. This episode is in French. STEPHANE BEREUX We talk to Stéphane about his beginnings starting Jimini AI almost straight out of Ecole Polytechique, his background as an engineer, the future of legaltech, and how Jimini AI is innovating in cutting edge research and drafting of legal documents. MARGAUX WEHR & LOUIS ABRAHAM https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaux-wehr-12789870/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-abraham/

Andrea is founder of Eskimoz, one of the largest digital agencies in France and in Europe more widely. This episode is in French. ANDREA BENSAID We talk to Andrea about his beginnings starting Eskimoz almost straight out of French business school, his entrepreneurial drive, data science applied to marketing, and the future of AI in marketing. MARGAUX WEHR & LOUIS ABRAHAM https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaux-wehr-12789870/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-abraham/

Charles Gorintin is cofounder of Alan and Mistral, 2 of France's largest billion-$ businesses. This episode is in French. CHARLES GORINTIN Charles is cofounder of Alan, alongisde  Jean-Charles Samuelian. We talk to Charles about his begininings, his studies at ENS and Stanford, and how he went on to start 2 of the largest businesses, with a focus on Alan. Charles is also a keen chess-player in his free time. MARGAUX WEHR & LOUIS ABRAHAM https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaux-wehr-12789870/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-abraham/ IN THIS EPISODE In this episode, Margaux Wehr and Louis Abraham talk with Charles Gorintin about: 1) Charles' background, Franco-US education and time spent at Meta in the US  2)  Alan's huge traction and fundraising rounds 3) Alan's product launches over time and how they prioritised things 4) Charles' use of AI and LLMs and internal techstack built  5) Charles' 3 favourite books and startups (besides Alan and Mistral!) Blackforest Labs Scenario Twin Listen to find out more

Ori Pekelman is one of the cofounders of Platform.sh, cloud-hosting platform that helps companies build, run and scale their apps and websites. This episode is in French. ORI PEKELMAN Ori is cofounder of Platform.sh, alongside Damien Tournoud and Frederic Plais. Platform.sh simplifies cloud development and supports companies in scaling fleets of applications. MARGAUX WEHR & LOUIS ABRAHAM https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaux-wehr-12789870/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-abraham/ IN THIS EPISODE In this episode, Margaux Wehr and Louis Abraham talk with Ori Pekelman about: 1) Ori's background, beginnings of Platform.sh 1'26: Intro to Platform.sh 2'45: How Ori met his cofounders, over 17 years ago 2) Platform.sh's business model 8'00: Platform.sh vs Heroku vs Vercel 12'00: Major considerations in infrastructure-as-code 3) Techstack of Platform.sh 26'00: Deployments in Python 36'00: React vs PhP 4) Datacenters and the environment 39'00: Reduction of carbon emissions 40'20: Main considerations for data centres 5) Three favourite books and startups 1'08: Probable Listen to find out more