Julien Launay

Overview

Julien Launay is an angel investor based in France, focusing on early-stage technology companies, particularly in the AI and software sectors. He is the co-founder and CEO of Adaptive ML, a company that provides tools for deploying and fine-tuning generative AI models. Adaptive ML was founded in 2023 and has raised a $20 million seed round led by Index Ventures, with participation from ICONIQ Capital and other investors. The company operates with co-headquarters in New York and Paris, with the product team based in Paris. In addition to his role at Adaptive ML, Launay has been involved in various angel investments. Notably, he invested in Neuralk-AI during its pre-seed round. Neuralk-AI is a company developing foundation AI models specialized for business needs. Launay's investment activities reflect his commitment to supporting innovative AI startups. Launay's professional background includes leadership positions at French AI startups LightOn and Hugging Face, where he was directly involved in developing state-of-the-art large language models such as Falcon and BLOOM. His expertise lies in scaling large language models and addressing challenges at the intersection of large-scale engineering and research. At Adaptive ML, he focuses on democratizing reinforcement learning to create more personalized AI experiences for businesses.