The Forecasting Company
YC S24Paris, FR · Founded 2024 · 7 employees · Hiring · 2 known investors
A forecasting platform that applies large language model technology to time series prediction for enterprise use cases. It serves organizations across industries seeking to improve accuracy in demand planning and operational forecasting without requiring large data science teams.
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Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S24)
The Forecasting Company was founded in 2024 by Geoffrey Negiar, Joachim Fainberg, and Geoffrey Négiar.
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Geoffrey Negiarin𝕏Co-Founder & CEOGeoffrey Negiar holds a PhD from UC Berkeley's BAIR lab and has worked on forecasting and optimization research at Amazon Forecasting Science, Google Brain, and Bloomberg LP. He is co-founder and CEO of The Forecasting Company.
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Joachim FainberginCo-FounderJoachim Fainberg holds a PhD in machine learning for speech and has worked as a full-stack developer, including roles at JPMorgan's Machine Learning Center of Excellence, Sonos (on-device wake word detection), Bloomberg (large-scale ASR systems), and two startups as an ML/NLP team lead and senior algorithm engineer in prop-tech and renewable energy applications.
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Geoffrey Négiarin𝕏Co-Founder & CEOHe completed a PhD at UC Berkeley, where he also worked as a graduate student researcher at Berkeley Lab and the International Computer Science Institute. Before co-founding the company in 2024, he held research internships at Google and an applied science internship at Amazon.
Investors · 2
The YC application· Summer 2024 batch
Competitors · 5
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Frequently asked questions
- What does The Forecasting Company do?
- A forecasting platform that applies large language model technology to time series prediction for enterprise use cases. It serves organizations across industries seeking to improve accuracy in demand planning and operational forecasting without requiring large data science teams.
- Who founded The Forecasting Company?
- The Forecasting Company was founded by Geoffrey Negiar, Joachim Fainberg, Geoffrey Négiar in 2024.
- Who are The Forecasting Company's investors?
- The Forecasting Company's investors include Y Combinator, Benhamou Global Ventures.
- Where is The Forecasting Company headquartered?
- The Forecasting Company is headquartered in Paris, FR.