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Paulien Jeunesse

Founder

Founder at Huscarl

France

FoundedHuscarl · YC

About

Paulien Jeunesse holds a PhD in Actuarial Science from ENS and Dauphine. She previously worked at Descartes Underwriting, where she helped develop a cyber insurance product, and now leads Huscarl, an insurance broker platform.

Founder at HuscarlYC X26

Intro paths

YC

Paulien went through Y Combinator (Spring 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Pete Koomen, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Huscarl's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Paulien can intro founders to Huscarl's investors below.

Huscarl's investors · 2

FrstParis · $2M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Huscarl

AMAlex Musy
Alex MusyFounder

Experience

  1. Huscarl (YC P26)CTO & Co-foundercurrent2025 — present
  2. FreelanceAI engineer2025
  3. Descartes UnderwritingData Scientist2022 — 2024
  4. CGGDeep Learning Scientist2020 — 2022
  5. AkherosFounding Engineer2018 — 2020Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
  6. Paris Dauphine UniversityPhD2015 — 2018

Skills & more

IA générative pour la venteLLMTraitement de signalRéseaux de neuronesStatistics3Science actuarielle2PythonProbabilistic Models2Applied Probability2Analyse de données2Analyses2SQL
+5 moreC++RIntelligence artificielleApprentissage automatiqueMicrosoft Excel

Languages Anglais

From Paulien's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Paulien Jeunesse?
Paulien Jeunesse holds a PhD in Actuarial Science from ENS and Dauphine. She previously worked at Descartes Underwriting, where she helped develop a cyber insurance product, and now leads Huscarl, an insurance broker platform.
Where does Paulien Jeunesse work?
Paulien Jeunesse is Founder of Huscarl.
What companies did Paulien Jeunesse found?
Paulien Jeunesse founded Huscarl.
Where did Paulien Jeunesse go to school?
Paulien Jeunesse studied at Université Paris Dauphine - PSL (Master 2 (M2), Actuariat); Ecole normale supérieure (Diplome ENS, Mathématiques et statistiques); Lycée Saint Louis (Mp*).

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