Charles Gorintin is cofounder of Alan and Mistral, two of France’s largest billion-$ businesses, in healthcare and AI respectively.
We talk with Charles’ background at ENS/Stanford, rapid product launches, use of AI/LLMs, Charles’ favourite books and startups, and playing competitive chess, amongst many other things
This episode is in French.
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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.
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
– time spent at ENS and Stanford
– background in machine learning
2) Alan’s huge traction and fundraising rounds
– 6 funding rounds in the past 6 years
3) Alan’s product launches over time and how they prioritised things
– launch of Mo, Alan Walk etc
4) Charles’ use of AI and LLMs and internal techstack built
– creation of ad campaigns in a few seconds
5) Charles’ 3 favourite books and startups (besides Alan and Mistral!)
A la Recherche du Temps Perdu (Marcel Proust)
Blackforest Labs
Scenario
Twin
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