Jean-Philippe Vert

Co-Founder and CEO at Bioptimus

Speaker

Jean-Philippe Vert is co-founder and CEO of Bioptimus, a pioneering AI-first biotech company building foundation models to transform our understanding of biology and accelerate biomedical innovation, and professor (on leave) at PSL University.

A leading figure in AI for biology, Jean-Philippe has over 25 years of experience at the frontier of machine learning and life sciences. Prior to his current roles, he was the Chief R&D Officer at Owkin and a Research Lead at Google Brain. Prior to moving to the industry he has held professorships at ENS Paris, the Curie Institute and Mines ParisTech, was a visiting Miller professor at UC Berkeley, and began his research career at Kyoto University.

He holds degrees from École Polytechnique and a PhD in mathematics from Paris University, and is a member of the National Academy of Technologies of France. He has authored over 190 publications and is recognized globally for his contributions to AI, biomedical data modeling, and translational research.