Fundraising Fox

Guillaume Bouchard

Founder

Cofounder at Bloomsbury AI

London, England, United Kingdom

FoundedBloomsbury AI

About

Guillaume Bouchard is the Co-Founder and CEO of Checkstep, a platform that uses AI to manage user-generated content. He previously co-founded and led Bloomsbury AI, which was acquired by Facebook in 2018, and was among the organizers of the first Conference on Truth and Trust Online. Bouchard holds a PhD in applied mathematics and machine learning from INRIA in France, spent 12 years in research at Xerox Research and UCL, and has authored more than 60 international publications and holds over 50 U.S. patents.

Cofounder at Bloomsbury AI

Intro paths

→

In turn, Guillaume can intro founders to Bloomsbury AI's investors below.

Bloomsbury AI's investors · 4

AlbionVCLondonEntrepreneur FirstBengaluru · $1M – $7M checksFly VenturesBerlin · $1.1M – $4.3M checksSeedcampLondon · $378K – $1.1M checks

Experience

  1. CheckstepCo-Founder and CEO of Checkstepcurrent2020 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
  2. CheckstepCo-Foundercurrent2020 — present
  3. Consilience VenturesExpert Advisor and Investor2019 — 2025London, England, United Kingdom
  4. CogmapStrategic Advisor2019 — 2025London, England, United Kingdom
  5. Oxford FoundryCohort 42021 — 2022United Kingdom
  6. London CognitionAdvisor2020 — 2022
  7. inflo.AiStrategic Advisor and Investor2020 — 2022London, England, United Kingdom
  8. CalipsaStrategic Advisor2019 — 2021London, England, United Kingdom
  9. AI Hopes LimitedDirector2020London, England, United Kingdom
  10. CREOpointChairman of Technical Advisory Board2020London
  11. FacebookResearch Manager2018 — 2019London, United Kingdom
  12. FacebookResearch Manager2018London, United Kingdom
  13. Bloomsbury AICEO2016 — 2018London, United Kingdom
  14. Bloomsbury AICo-Founder and Director2015 — 2016London, United Kingdom
  15. University College LondonSenior Researcher2015 — 2016Euston, London
  16. Xerox Research Centre EuropeResearch scientist2004 — 2015
  17. Xerox Research Centre EuropeSenior Research Scientist2008 — 2013Grenoble Area, France
  18. INRIAPhD student2001 — 2004

Skills & more

Content Moderation ToolMachine LearningPattern RecognitionNatural Language Processing23Text Mining20Computer Vision8Artificial Intelligence35Algorithms17Information Retrieval12Computer Science27Data Mining16Image Processing13
+9 moreResearchSoftware EngineeringComputational LinguisticsLaTeXPythonMatlabInformation ExtractionMathematical ModelingSoftware Development

Languages English · French

From Guillaume's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Guillaume Bouchard?
Guillaume Bouchard is the Co-Founder and CEO of Checkstep, a platform that uses AI to manage user-generated content. He previously co-founded and led Bloomsbury AI, which was acquired by Facebook in 2018, and was among the organizers of the first Conference on Truth and Trust Online. Bouchard holds a PhD in applied mathematics and machine learning from INRIA in France, spent 12 years in research at Xerox Research and UCL, and has authored more than 60 international publications and holds over 50 U.S. patents.
Where does Guillaume Bouchard work?
Guillaume Bouchard is Cofounder of Bloomsbury AI.
What companies did Guillaume Bouchard found?
Guillaume Bouchard founded Bloomsbury AI.
Where did Guillaume Bouchard go to school?
Guillaume Bouchard studied at Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (Master's degree, Mathematics and Computer Science); Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble I) (PhD, Applied Mathematics); Université de Rouen (Master's degree, Mathematics).

Founder mafias

Entrepreneur First mafia852

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Reid HoffmanBoard MemberFounded LinkedIn +2Matthew WilsonFounder In ResidenceFounded Veratrak +2Rashid MansoorEntrepreneur, Inaugural CohortFounded HADEAN +2Ruban KanapathippillaiEntrepreneur First 2024Founded Iterate AI +1Alice BentinckGeneral PartnerFounded Entrepreneurs First +1Matt CliffordCofounder and ChairFounded Entrepreneurs First +1

+ 845 more

Université de Rouen mafia5

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Carissa CastroFounded LogicaRobin PhilibertMaster's degreeFounded TopoPaul Herent, M.D., MscMedecine - Premier et Second CycleFounded RaidiumNicolas PhilippeMater in theorique informaticsFounded SeqOne

Bloomsbury AI mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Kerry BaldwinMember Board of DirectorsFounded IQ CapitalJordan BurgessSenior Machine Learning EngineerFounded Humanloop

Same school

Also attended Université de Rouen9

Amrutha UpendranSenior Manager at Anicut CapitalJeanne CapouillezSenior Executive Assistant, IR & HR Coordinator at PalatineFrederic PrieurInvestor at Amadeus Capital SANdirangu WarugongoInvestment Manager, Generation Empowerment Fund at Save the Children Global VenturesCarissa CastroFounder at LogicaRobin PhilibertFounder at Topo

+ 3 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Consilience Ventures4

Andrew MuirInvestment Director at UK Innovation & Science Seed FundOksana StoweIC Member at Cornerstone VCDenise McQuaidCo-Founder & Director of Investor Relations at AwakenAngelsBernardt VogelSenior Associate at VU Venture Partners

Also worked at Calipsa3

Ben WrightGTM Venture Partner at Crane Venture PartnersMohammad Rashid KhanCEO at CalipsaBoris PloixCTO at Calipsa

Also worked at Bloomsbury AI1

Jordan BurgessFounder at Humanloop

Also worked at Xerox Research Centre Europe44

Yu-Hsin WangAssociate at QuantonationMark MavroudisManaging Director and Chief Operating Officer, Ares Venture Capital and AI & Innovation Groups at BootstrapLabsJonathan LimPartner at SignalFireBenedek OrbanHead of Ecosystem, CV VC & CV Labs at CV LabsGil AddoOperating Partner at Waterline VenturesChris HillockVP, Portfolio Development at Dell Technologies Capital

+ 38 more