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Alexandre Berkovic

Founder

Founder at Sphinx

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedSphinx · YCSphinx

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.

Founder at SphinxYC F24

Intro paths

YC

Alexandre went through Y Combinator (Fall 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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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 ↗

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In turn, Alexandre can intro founders to Sphinx's investors below.

Sphinx's investors · 3

Cherry VenturesBerlin · $2.2M – $7.7M checks · since 2026Rebel FundSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2026Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2024

Co-founders at Sphinx

CWChrisjan Wust
Chrisjan WustFounder

Founder at Sphinx

Intro paths

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In turn, Alexandre can intro founders to Sphinx's investors below.

Sphinx's investors · 4

Cherry VenturesBerlin · $2.2M – $7.7M checksRebel FundSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checksSterling RoadSan Francisco · $50K – $150K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks

Experience

  1. SphinxCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2024 — presentRégion de la baie de San Francisco
  2. Adorno AICo-Founder & CEO (Acquired)2023 — 2024
  3. Bear RoboticsMIT Sloan / Capstone Project – AI Research2023San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Plug and Play Tech CenterAnalyst - Student Program2021 — 2022
  5. OceanHub AfricaEngineer in Residence2021Cape Town
  6. AmazonBusiness Intelligence Engineer2020London Area, United Kingdom

Skills & more

Python40TensorFlow1R (Programming Language)2SOLIDWORKS3Prototype4Adobe Creative Suite4Microsoft Office7Linux3Pandas1SQLMySQL1Data Science
+5 moreBig DataApache SparkBusiness Intelligence (BI)Generative AILeadership

Languages Anglais · Espagnol · Français

  • Advanced Machine Learning and Signal Processing — IBM

From Alexandre's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Alexandre Berkovic?
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.
Where does Alexandre Berkovic work?
Alexandre Berkovic is Founder of Sphinx.
What companies did Alexandre Berkovic found?
Alexandre Berkovic founded Sphinx, Sphinx.
Where did Alexandre Berkovic go to school?
Alexandre Berkovic studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Masters of Business Analytics, Machine Learning); Harvard University (Cross-Registered Student, Critical Thinking in Data Science); Imperial College London (Design Engineering, Ingénierie).

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Shared employers

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Chrisjan WustFounder at Sphinx

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