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Jerome Pesenti

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Overview

Jerome Pesenti serves as a Board Member at OWKIN[1][4]. Pesenti has worked in artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and search for approximately 25 years[2]. Pesenti currently holds the position of CTO at Campus[3], where Pesenti focuses on using AI to make education accessible. Prior to Campus, Pesenti founded Sizzle, an AI-for-Learning startup that was subsequently acquired by Campus[2][5]. Pesenti previously served as VP of AI at Meta from 2018 to 2022[6], where Pesenti expanded the AI team from 200 to 1,600 people and recruited engineers and researchers who later co-founded companies including Mistral, Fireworks, and Perplexity[2]. Pesenti holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Paris-Sud University[12] and a DEA in Cognitive Sciences from Pierre and Marie Curie University[13].

Profile introduction
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I have been involved with artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and search for the past 25 years. I am currently the CTO of Campus, where I focus on using AI to make world-class education available to all. I joined Campus after it acquired Sizzle, the AI-for-Learning startup that I founded. Before that, I led AI at Meta, where I grew the team from 200 to 1,600 people and recruited some of the top AI engineers and researchers in the world, who went on to co-found over 30 AI startups, including Mistral, Fireworks, and Perplexity. At Meta, my team pursued fundamental and applied…

Career history

  1. CTOSep 2025 to presentCampus
  2. Board MemberOct 2022 to presentOWKIN
  3. Founder & CEOJan 2023 to Oct 2025Sizzle AI
  4. VP of AIJan 2018 to Jun 2022Meta
  5. Member Board Of DirectorsSep 2016 to Sep 2019BenevolentAI
  6. CEO, BenevolentTechSep 2016 to Dec 2017BenevolentAI
  7. Chairman of the BoardMar 2013 to Mar 2018Pittsburgh Dataworks
  8. Vice President, Watson PlatformFeb 2016 to Aug 2016IBM

Education

  1. Ecole normale supérieure1991 - 1994
  2. Ph-D, Mathematics1995 - 2000Paris-Sud University (Paris XI))
  3. DEA, Sciences Cognitives1997 - 1998Pierre and Marie Curie University

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