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Samuel Bernard

Founder

Founder at NuMind

Greater Paris Metropolitan Region

FoundedNuMind · YC

About

Samuel Bernard holds a PhD in Distributed Systems and has held engineering and leadership roles at Criteo, S4M, and Make.org, where he served as co-founder and CTO. His background spans DevOps, data operations, and technical team management.

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Samuel Bernard @taxules

Very proud of the team for this release 🚀 NuExtract3 is an important milestone for us: bringing OCR, structured extraction, and reasoning together in a lightweight, open-source model that is practical and performant. All the details in Étienne’s post below 👇 https://t.co/nSNcTZUTLI

May 19, 2026 · ♥ 2

Samuel Bernard @taxules

https://t.co/5kGOiWHWDZ Are code reviews slowing us down?

Oct 29, 2025 · ♥ 1

Samuel Bernard @taxules

When ugliness becomes a “pattern.” Why a “messy” codebase can be art https://t.co/6ZsIlSaZwv

Sep 12, 2025 · ♥ 2

Founder at NuMindYC S22

Intro paths

YC

Samuel went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) — 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 NuMind's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Samuel can intro founders to NuMind's investors below.

NuMind's investors · 3

big_betsFlybridge Capital PartnersY Combinator

Co-founders at NuMind

EBEtienne Bernard
Etienne BernardFounder

Experience

  1. NuMindFounder & Chief Technology Officercurrent2022 — presentParis, Île-de-France, France
  2. MyselfFreelance Consultant2019 — 2021Paris Area, France
  3. La RedouteAdvisor of Data Team2021Paris, Île-de-France, France
  4. You're Welcome AppTechnical Advisor & CTO Coach2019 — 2020Paris Area, France
  5. Make.orgCo-Founder & Chief Technology Officer2017 — 2018Paris Area, France
  6. S4MChief Technical Innovation Officer2015 — 2017Paris Area, France
  7. CriteoSenior Software Engineer2011 — 2015Paris Area, France
  8. UPMC - Sorbonne UniversitiesPh.D. Student2007 — 2010Paris Area, France
  9. INRIA SaclayStudent Internship2007Paris Area, France
  10. JAISTStudent Internship2006Kanazawa Area, Japan

Education

  1. École normale supérieure de LyonMaster, Computer Science2005 — 2007
  2. Pierre and Marie Curie UniversityPh.D., Computer Science2007 — 2010
  3. Université Paris-Est Marne-la-ValléeBachelor, Computer Science2004 — 2005
  4. Lycée Marcelin BerthelotCPGE, MP2001 — 2004

Skills & more

Distributed Systems33Algorithms26Hadoop18Apache Storm3Java20Maven2Git5Linux19Chef4Ruby5Bash7Open Source7
+12 moreProgrammingDistributed AlgorithmsSoftware EngineeringErlangOCamlCScalaShell ScriptingNexusResearchData StructuresParallel Computing

Languages English · French

  • Deep Learning Specialization — Coursera
  • Machine Learning by Standford University — Coursera

From Samuel's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended École normale supérieure de Lyon5

Boris GoldenGeneral Partner at Partech VenturesEtienne MoreauPartner at Supernova InvestGuillaume GarcheryInvestor at ATKAWladimir d'OrmessonPrincipal at C4 VenturesNicolas GrislainFounder at Sarus

Also attended Pierre and Marie Curie University37

Jeff ClavierFounding Partner at Uncork CapitalJean SiniGeneral Partner at Partech VenturesDimitri KrempPrincipal at Axeleo CapitalJack GuedjInvestor at Sand Hill AngelsOphélie LaurinInvestment Associate at World FundRémi DrollerManaging Partner at Kurma Partners

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Also attended Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée3

Paul BazinInvestor at DaphniPetr SebestaCTO, Technology at KildeAntoine AyoubInvestor at Anthemis Venture

Shared employers

Also worked at Make.org1

Stéphanie HospitalFounder & CEO at OneRagtime

Also worked at Criteo10

Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersToby CoppelCo-founder and Partner at Mosaic VenturesMatt KrnaVenture Advisor at Alpha PartnersJanie LinksOperating Partner at AlbionVCPhilippe BotteriPartner at AccelSheila BuckleyGlobal Head of Magnify Division & Business Development, Prohaska Consulting at The 98

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Also worked at UPMC - Sorbonne Universities3

Louise-Marie RakotoarisonAnalyst at Kurma PartnersLuca ParolariSenior Associate at DCVC (Data Collective)Etienne BernardFounder at NuMind

Also worked at INRIA Saclay11

Sandeep BhadraGeneral Partner at Vertex VenturesKathy PhamInvestor at Blue Tulip VenturesMichal ValkoInvestor at KAYAJean KrivineInvestor at ATKAProf. Sandeep ShuklaProfessor & Director, IIIT Hyderabad at T-HubLaurent KottVenture Partner at Elaia

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