Antoine Blondeau
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| Nationality | French |
| Education | ESCP Business School and Chuo University |
| Organization | Alpha Intelligence Capital, Sentient Technologies, Genetic Finance Holding Ltd., Good Technology, Salesforce, Sybase, Dejima, CALO, Zi Corporation, Nortel Networks |
| Known for | Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Investment, Entrepreneurship |
| Website | https://aicapital.ai/ |
Antoine Blondeau (born in 1969) is an investor and technology entrepreneur[1] and has been since 2017 Managing Partner of Alpha Intelligence Capital (AIC)[2][3], a global venture capital fund which he co-founded with Charles-Edouard Bouée.[4]
Biography
Education
Blondeau holds an MBA from the ESCP Business School in Paris, and also studied at Chuo University in Tokyo. He speaks French, English and Japanese.
Career
Antoine Blondeau started his professional career at the French Délégation interministérielle à l'aménagement du territoire et à l'attractivité régionale (DATAR) (English: Interministerial Delegation of Land Planning and Regional Attractiveness), a government organisation in charge of attracting foreign investments in Paris, France. He also established and managed the Taiwan and Hong Kong offices.
He held a senior leadership position at Nortel Networks as Director of Asia/Pacific and OEM between 1994 and 1998. In 1998, he joined the Nasdaq-listed Zi Corporation[5], where he led the commercial and product team, eventually becoming President and COO of the company.
Blondeau led Dejima Inc. as CEO and President, a company founded by CTO Babak Hodjat that pioneered knowledge graph technology. Together with Babak Hodjat and Adam Cheyer, VP of Engineering, he applied for the company's technology stack to power the Defence Advanced Research Project Agency's (DARPA) foundational Cognitive Assistant that Learns and Organizes (CALO) project that later evolved into Apple's Siri.[6]
In April 2004, Dejima was acquired by Sybase (now SAP) and Blondeau served as Senior Director for Business Development, integrating Dejima's operations into Sybase.[7]
Between 2004-2005, Blondeau served as Vice President and General Manager in the Wireless Products Division at Salesforce.com[5].
In 2007, Blondeau teamed up with Babak Hodjat and Adam Cheyer to establish Genetic Finance Holding Ltd., which he led as CEO until 2016[6]. In 2014, Genetic Finance Holding Ltd. rebranded as Sentient Technologies. Blondeau acted as Non-Executive Chairman between 2017-2019.[8]
Since 2017, Blondeau has been the Managing Partner of Alpha Intelligence Capital (AIC)[2], one of the first global venture capital funds investing in deep tech/deep algorithmic science-based AI companies.[9] AIC is solely dedicated to investing in companies developing advanced Artificial Intelligence technologies. In 2022, CB Insights ranked AIC as the 5th Top Global Investor in AI companies[10], alongside top-tier investors such as B Capital Group, Temasek, Sequoia Capital, and Salesforce Ventures.
Other activities
Blondeau is serving, or has previously served, on advisory boards in the US, Asia/Pacific, and Europe. He is currently an Advisor to Pictet & Cie, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR & Co.), and BITKRAFT Ventures. He is also the Chairman of Singapore-based Crypto.com.
Personal life
Antoine Blondeau is married with 2 children.
References
- ↑ "Antoine Blondeau, figure de l'IA dans la Silicon Valley, lève 100 millions d'euros". www.linforme.com (in français).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "An AI-focused fund with a tech-first approach, a profile of Alpha Intelligence Capital". www.maddyness.com.
- ↑ "Forbes Global CEO Conference: Artificial Intelligence Evolution Brings Individual Empowerment, Tech Experts Say". www.forbes.com.
- ↑ "Magiciens et charlatans de l'intelligence artificielle". www.lesechos.fr (in français).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Antoine Blondeau's Sentient Technologies: AI For The Unknown Unknowns". www.forbes.com.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Artificial Intelligence Company Sentient Emerges From Stealth". www.wsj.com.
- ↑ "Sybase Acquires Dejima Assets". www.lightreading.com.
- ↑ "Oddo BHF prend position dans l'intelligence artificielle". www.lesechos.fr (in français).
- ↑ "Intelligence artificielle : la préhistoire du futur". www.lopinion.fr (in français).
- ↑ "AI 100: The most promising artificial intelligence startups of 2022". www.cbinsights.com.
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