Jean-Philippe Vert is the co-founder and CEO of Bioptimus, an AI-first tech company developing foundation models to drive breakthroughs in biology and medicine. A leading expert in AI for life sciences, he previously served as Chief R&D Officer at Owkin and Research Lead at Google Brain, and held academic positions at institutions such as ENS Paris, the Curie Institute, Mines ParisTech, and UC Berkeley. He holds degrees from École Polytechnique, the Corps des Mines, and a PhD in mathematics from Paris University. He has authored over 190 publications, and is a member of the National Academy of Technologies of France.