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Akshat GoenkaunlockedDenis: together at Y Combinator (2016)
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×2Denis: together at HEC Paris
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About
Denis Vilar is the co-founder and CTO of Lineshift AI, where he focuses on applied artificial intelligence and deploying machine learning systems to production. He has over a decade of experience in startups, leading engineering teams and designing applications at scale. He is a Y Combinator alumnus (W16).
Founder/CTO at PulpixYC W16
Intro paths
YC
Denis went through Y Combinator (Winter 2016) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Pulpix's investors · 2
Co-founders at Pulpix
SO
Sabry OtmaniFounder/CEO
Experience
- Lineshift AICo-Founder and CTOcurrent2025 — present
- Pioneer FundVenture Partnercurrent2023 — present
- Allisone.aiSoftware Engineering Lead Spotimplant2023 — 2025Paris, Île-de-France, France
- SpotimplantCo-Founder & CTO2019 — 2025Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
- TechstarsMentor2019 — 2020
- ADYOULIKELead Software Engineer2018 — 2019Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
- Pulpix, Inc. (Acq. by Adyoulike)CTO2013 — 2019Paris / NYC
- Work4 LabsProduct Manager, Data & Analytics2012 — 2013Paris / San Francisco
- Work4 LabsProduct Analyst2012Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
- Reverso - SoftissimoProduct Intern2012Paris
Skills & more
Start-ups9Computer Science7Machine Learning1Web Development6Digital Video1Product Management8User Experience3Big DataPython1JavaScript3DjangoPostgreSQL
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Amazon Web Services (AWS)DockerScalaGitConvolutional Neural Networks (CNN)ElasticSearchRecommender SystemsKubernetesApache SparkArtificial Intelligence (AI)Collaborative FilteringFunctional ProgrammingLanguages Chinese · English · French · Spanish
- Deep Learning Specialization — DeepLearning.AI
- Machine Learning — Stanford University
- Recommender Systems: Matrix Factorization and Advanced Techniques (with honors) — University of Minnesota
- Recommender Systems: Evaluation and Metrics (with honors) — University of Minnesota
- Recommender Systems: Nearest Neighbor Collaborative Filtering (with honors) — University of Minnesota
- Big Data Analysis with Scala and Spark — EPFL
- Functional Programming Principles in Scala — EPFL
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Denis Vilar?
- Denis Vilar is the co-founder and CTO of Lineshift AI, where he focuses on applied artificial intelligence and deploying machine learning systems to production. He has over a decade of experience in startups, leading engineering teams and designing applications at scale. He is a Y Combinator alumnus (W16).
- Where does Denis Vilar work?
- Denis Vilar is Founder/CTO of Pulpix.
- What companies did Denis Vilar found?
- Denis Vilar founded Pulpix.
- Where did Denis Vilar go to school?
- Denis Vilar studied at Télécom Paris (Engineer (Master's degree), Computer Science); Y Combinator (Startup Accelerator Program, San Francisco Bay Area); HEC Paris (MS Digital (MNT)).
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