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Claire Gouze

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Founder at nao Labs · Former VC Analyst at Global Founders Capital

San Francisco, California, United States

Foundednao Labs · YC

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About

Claire Gouze held the position of head of data at sunday and previously worked as a data scientist at BCG Gamma. She has a business school background and self-taught expertise in data sciences.

Founder at nao LabsYC X25

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YC

Claire went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — 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 nao Labs's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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nao Labs's investors · 4

Kima VenturesParis · $50K – $5M checksSonorcapParisSTATION FParisY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at nao Labs

CBChristophe Blefari
Christophe BlefariFounder

Experience

  1. nao Labs (YC X25)Co-founder & CEOcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. Data Next DoorHead of data freelance2023 — 2024Paris, Île-de-France, France
  3. sundayHead of data2021 — 2023Paris, Île-de-France, France
  4. The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)Data Scientist2018 — 2021Paris Area, France
  5. BCG GAMMAData Scientist2018 — 2021Paris
  6. StuartOperations Data Scientist2018Paris Area, France
  7. Astorg PartnersPrivate Equity Analyst2017Paris Area, France
  8. Global Founders CapitalVC Analyst2016Singapore
  9. Rocket Internet SEGlobal Venture Developer2016Singapore
  10. Junior ESSEC ConseilProject Manager2014 — 2016Paris Area, France
  11. BpifranceIntern2014Région de Paris, France

Skills & more

Business Strategy11Data Science6Data Analytics2Project Management6Data EngineeringMachine Learning1Discrete OptimizationData VisualizationPredictive ModelingProblem SolvingPython2SQL2
+5 moreRGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)TableauMicrosoft Azuredocker

Languages Chinese · English · French · Spanish

  • dbt Fundamentals — dbt Labs
  • Discrete Optimization — University of Melbourne
  • Data Scientist with Python - 67 hours work — DataCamp
  • Data Scientist with R - 95 hours work — DataCamp

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Claire Gouze?
Claire Gouze held the position of head of data at sunday and previously worked as a data scientist at BCG Gamma. She has a business school background and self-taught expertise in data sciences.
Where does Claire Gouze work?
Claire Gouze is Founder of nao Labs.
What companies did Claire Gouze found?
Claire Gouze founded nao Labs.
Where did Claire Gouze go to school?
Claire Gouze studied at Y Combinator; ESSEC Business School (Grande Ecole Program, Msc In Management); Lycée Hoche (Classe préparatoire ECS).

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Also worked at nao Labs (YC X25)1

Christophe BlefariFounder at nao Labs