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Alex Combessie

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Founder at Giskard

Paris, Île-de-France, France

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About

Alex Combessie is co-founder and co-CEO of Giskard, a testing and protection platform for AI agents that he established in Paris in 2021 with Jean-Marie John-Mathews. The platform is used by regulated European enterprises including AXA, BNP Paribas, Irish Life, and Doctolib to address risks such as prompt injection, jailbreaks, hallucinations, and PII leaks in their GenAI agents. Prior to founding Giskard, Combessie worked for five years at Dataiku as a data scientist and AI engineer on enterprise AI deployments.

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Bessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checks · since 2022BpifranceParis, Ile-De-France · $270K checksElaiaParis · $108K – $1.6M checks · since 2022

Experience

  1. GiskardCo-Founder & co-CEOcurrent2021 — presentGreater Paris Metropolitan Region
  2. Time for the PlanetInvestorcurrent2022 — present
  3. DataikuMachine Learning Engineer2020 — 2021Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
  4. DataikuData Science Lead - EMEA2018 — 2020London Area, United Kingdom
  5. DataikuData Scientist - France2016 — 2018Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
  6. Capgemini ConsultingStrategy Consultant2014 — 2016Paris Area, France
  7. Xtreme Labs (acquired by Pivotal)Business Development Analyst2013Greater Toronto Area, Canada
  8. Ernst & YoungValuation & Business Modeling Intern2012Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
  9. NatixisCredit Analyst Intern2011Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
  10. MyMajorCompanyBusiness Development Consultant2011Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
  11. CNRSResearch Assistant2010Paris Area, France

Skills & more

Leadership3Communication2ManagementEnterprise Software2SaaS1Python10DockerAmazon Web Services (AWS)SQL5JavaScript1HTML1CSS1
+12 moreHadoopJavaRData ScienceEntrepreneurshipBusiness StrategyProject ManagementSoftware DevelopmentProduct ManagementMachine LearningDeep LearningArtificial Intelligence (AI)

Languages English · French · Japanese · Spanish

  • Machine Learning — Coursera Course Certificates
  • The Data Scientist’s Toolbox — Coursera Course Certificates

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Who is Alex Combessie?
Alex Combessie is co-founder and co-CEO of Giskard, a testing and protection platform for AI agents that he established in Paris in 2021 with Jean-Marie John-Mathews. The platform is used by regulated European enterprises including AXA, BNP Paribas, Irish Life, and Doctolib to address risks such as prompt injection, jailbreaks, hallucinations, and PII leaks in their GenAI agents. Prior to founding Giskard, Combessie worked for five years at Dataiku as a data scientist and AI engineer on enterprise AI deployments.
Where does Alex Combessie work?
Alex Combessie is Founder of Giskard.
What companies did Alex Combessie found?
Alex Combessie founded Giskard.
Where did Alex Combessie go to school?
Alex Combessie studied at École nationale des ponts et chaussées (Master of Engineering - MEng, Economics & Finance); ENSAE Paris (Master of Science - MS, Data Science); University of Toronto (Master of Management, Innovation).

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