Benoît Bergeret

Benoit Bergeret is a veteran artificial intelligence entrepreneur with extensive experience developing and commercializing AI and digital technologies. Currently, he is associated with ESSEC Business School, where he teaches AI and leads the Metalab center for data, technology, and society. With broad international experience as an AI practitioner, Mr. Bergeret has worked with corporate clients of all sizes and geographies, and is also a seasoned startup founder in both Europe and the United States. With a Master’s degree in Industrial Applications of Artificial Intelligence at the Compiègne University of Technology, he has long served as an advisor on AI matters to the OECD, the French government, and major corporations in France and globally. Notably, Mr. Bergeret contributed to two reports on the French national AI strategy, one report on the French national metaverse strategy, and is frequently published in top-tier media outlets and interviews. He also authored a guidebook on the responsible adoption of AI for mid-size EU companies. He co-founded and is a board member of Hub France IA (French AI Hub), a non-profit industry group facilitating the French and European AI ecosystem.