We met with Marc-Henri Gires, cofounder of Defacto, French fintech leader for short-term B2B financing.
Marc-Henri (Marco) talks about his background and what sets Defacto apart.
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MARC HENRI GIRES
Marc-Henri Gires is the cofounder of Defacto.
IN THIS EPISODE
In this episode, Margaux Wehr and Louis Abraham talk with Marc-Henri about:
1) Marc-Henri’s background, beginnings of Defacto
2’00 studies at l’X
6’00 providing instant loans to SMEs
2) Defacto’s business model
10’30 length of loans and working capital requirements
16’00 instant lending process
3) Techstack of Defacto
23’00 techstack and database
25’00 machine learning models that Deafacto uses
27’00 risk profiles et level of loans
4) AI questions
41’00 Mistral, Claude et questions of GenAI
44’00 function calling and embedded API
5) Favourite books and startups
51’00
4) Three favourite books and startups
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