Alexandre Berkovic
FounderFounder at Sphinx
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedSphinx · YC
About
Alexandre Berkovic co-founded Adorno AI, which developed audio generation models for video, and later became co-founder and CEO of Sphinx. He studied Design Engineering at Imperial College and Machine Learning at MIT.
Alexandre Berkovic @alexberkovic
Today we’re launching Sphinx Frontline: the first AI-native BPO for financial crime compliance. Most people think AI in compliance is about replacing analysts. They’re wrong. The real shift is AI-enabled services where humans and agents operate together inside the same https://t.co/sXbOB9tK4s
May 12, 2026 · ♥ 6 · ⇄ 1
Alexandre Berkovic @alexberkovic
Funny one. During their website review @aaron_epstein and @raphaelschaad said some elements on our site were AI-generated. Ironically no AI was used at all, it actually came out of 4 months of work with @itsoffbrand, going back and forth on copy, visuals, and structure. If https://t.co/KYbVjuAzQO
Mar 7, 2026 · ♥ 10 · ⇄ 1
Alexandre Berkovic @alexberkovic
i never expected headlining next to Jeffrey Epstein... https://t.co/RpQ6aiFC1L
Feb 19, 2026 · ♥ 11
Founder at SphinxYC F24
Intro paths
Alexandre went through Y Combinator (Fall 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Sphinx's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Alexandre can intro founders to Sphinx's investors below.
Sphinx's investors · 3
Co-founders at Sphinx
Experience
- SphinxCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2024 — presentRégion de la baie de San Francisco
- Adorno AICo-Founder & CEO (Acquired)2023 — 2024
- Bear RoboticsMIT Sloan / Capstone Project – AI Research2023San Francisco Bay Area
- Plug and Play Tech CenterAnalyst - Student Program2021 — 2022
- OceanHub AfricaEngineer in Residence2021Cape Town
- AmazonBusiness Intelligence Engineer2020London Area, United Kingdom
Education
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMasters of Business Analytics, Machine Learning2022 — 2023
- Harvard UniversityCross-Registered Student, Critical Thinking in Data Science2023
- Imperial College LondonDesign Engineering, Ingénierie2018 — 2022
Skills & more
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Big DataApache SparkBusiness Intelligence (BI)Generative AILeadershipLanguages Anglais · Espagnol · Français
- Advanced Machine Learning and Signal Processing — IBM
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Shared employers
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Also worked at Plug and Play Tech Center83
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