Philippe Rolet
Founding Team, Engineering at Dust
Paris, Ile-de-France
Summary
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Top SchoolPhilippe Rolet is an engineer-founder with 11 years building AI-driven products and teams, currently on the founding engineering team at Dust and running Machine Zero to explore algorithms that make machines intelligent. He cofounded and served as CTO of Artefact after evolving Little Big Data into a data-and-AI consultancy, combining R&D, productization and go-to-market experience. Trained with a PhD in computer science and an MSc from Imperial College, he blends deep technical research background with hands-on software engineering and client-facing leadership. He has a track record of hiring and scaling small technical teams, shipping prototypes to production, and turning AI research into commercial impact. Notably, his career spans academia, startups and consulting, reflecting a persistent focus on practical applications of AI rather than pure theory.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Engineer’s Degree Computer Science Statistics Economics, Engineer’s Degree Computer Science Statistics Economics at École PolytechniqueMaster of Science (MSc) Advanced Computing, Master of Science (MSc) Advanced Computing at Imperial College LondonDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Paris-Sud University (Paris XI)
French, English, German
Github Skills (14)
llm10
machine-learning10
nlp10
rust10
language-model10
large-language-models10
interaction9
projectile9
emacs-lisp8
project-management8
emacs8
spacemacs6
melpa6
emacs-lsp6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
philipperolet/stories
Feb 2017 - Mar 2023
Contributions:27 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 2 months
philipperolet/trg-players
Nov 2020 - Mar 2022
Contributions:44 pushes, 11 branches, 8 tags in 1 year 4 months
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