Gilles Babinet

LAITAO

Entrepreneur, coprésident du Conseil national du numérique

Description

Self-taught, passionate about new technologies and political and social issues, Gilles Babinet has been an entrepreneur since the age of 22. He has founded numerous companies in fields as diverse as consulting (Absolut, Laitao), construction (Escalade Industrie), mobile music (Musiwave), co-creation (eYeka), decision-making tools (Captain Dash), etc. Since then, Gilles Babinet has taken on a host of responsibilities in the French digital landscape, where he is co-chairman of the Conseil National du Numérique and France's Digital Champion to the European Commission. Author of several books, including “Comment les hippies, Dieu et la science ont inventé internet?” and “Green AI - L'intelligence artificielle au service du climat”, published in March 2024, he is also a board member of the EDF Foundation, and an associate professor at INSP and HEC. He is also a member of the AI Committee launched by Élisabeth Borne at the end of 2023.