About
Carl Nehme is the CEO of Layer10, a company focused on enterprise governance of autonomous AI systems. His earlier work at MIT involved research on human supervisory control of autonomous systems, which was patented and deployed across U.S. national laboratories. Over the past two decades he has also spent about ten years building AI products at commercial scale.
Experience
- Layer10CEOcurrent2025 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
- BY Venture PartnersVenture Partnercurrent2025 — present
- GoodpathChair of the Board of Directorscurrent2025 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
- GoodpathPresident & COO2022 — 2025Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- GoodpathCPO & COO2019 — 2022Greater Boston Area
- NeptuneBoard Membercurrent2019 — present
- WayfairHead of Product, US & International Marketplace2016 — 2018Greater Boston
- Trumpit (acquired by Wayfair)Founder & CPO / CTO2014 — 2016Greater Boston
- McKinsey & CompanyAssociate Partner2009 — 2014Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- US NavyProduct Lead2006 — 2009Greater Boston
- Unmanned Systems CanadaBoard Member2007 — 2008
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Software Architect2002 — 2006Boston
Skills & more
Strategic Consulting30Business Strategy19Management Consulting13Strategy12Financial Modeling9Market Entry6Corporate Development6Entrepreneurship9Private Equity5Growth Strategies2Due Diligence2Statistics1
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Business TransformationValuationVenture CapitalEmerging MarketsAlgorithmsOrganizational DesignOperating ModelsCorporate Strategy FormulationLeadershipUser ExperienceMobile ApplicationsE-commerceLanguages Arabic · English · French · Spanish
From Carl's professional profile.
Colleagues at BY Venture Partners
Abdallah Yafi
Founding Partner at BY Venture Partners
Adnan Soubra
Senior Associate at BY Venture Partners
Dylan Haddad
Senior Analyst at BY Venture Partners
Eric Archambeau
Senior Managing Partner at Astanor Ventures
Fadi Bizri
General Partner at BY Venture Partners
Ghaith Yafi
Founding Partner at BY Venture Partners
Guy Labaki
Investor at BY Venture Partners
Jana El Husseini
Senior Associate at BY Venture Partners
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Carl Nehme?
- Carl Nehme is the CEO of Layer10, a company focused on enterprise governance of autonomous AI systems. His earlier work at MIT involved research on human supervisory control of autonomous systems, which was patented and deployed across U.S. national laboratories. Over the past two decades he has also spent about ten years building AI products at commercial scale.
- Where does Carl Nehme work?
- Carl Nehme is Venture Partner at BY Venture Partners.
- Where did Carl Nehme go to school?
- Carl Nehme studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master’s Degree, Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering); University of Toronto (Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering).
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