Summary
Maxime Guilbot is a founder and CEO with 18 years of experience building AI-enabled businesses across Asia, having bootstrapped Ekohe in Shanghai in 2007 and expanded it into a 50+ person AI transformation consultancy serving global broadcasters, Japanese industrial leaders, fintechs, and healthcare clients. He combines deep technical training—a dual master’s in AI & Pattern Recognition and Engineering—with hands-on product and delivery leadership, and recently co-founded Kurrant.ai to bring AI-driven investment intelligence to Japan’s venture ecosystem. Based in Tokyo’s Chiyoda ward and fluent in English, French, Chinese, and Japanese, he specializes in translating industrial depth into AI-native operating models by aligning custom systems, internal teams, and organizational change. Long active in entrepreneurial networks like EO and experienced in running fully Japan-based development teams, he’s a pragmatic partner for CEOs, founders, or investors navigating AI adoption in Japan.
18 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Master’s Degree at 上海交通大学
Master’s Degree, Master’s Degree at Centrale Lille
Japanese, French, Chinese, English