Michel Kurek

CEO France ⚛ Quantum & AI Expert | LinkedIn Top Quantum Voice 2024 | Quant Finance | Founder of Aifiscience | DeepTech Strategy

Paris, Île-de-France, France

About

Innovation has been the driving force throughout my career. From pioneering quantitative models during the electronification of financial markets to helping organizations adopt breakthrough technologies today, I have consistently focused on turning technological change into business value. My current interests lie at the intersection of artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, and digital transformation. I am particularly interested in how these innovations can enhance competitiveness, sustainability, and technological sovereignty while reshaping industries and society at large.

Experience

  • CEO France at Multiverse Computing
    Jan 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 6 mos

    Multiverse Computing is a leading quantum software platform delivering quantum and quantum-inspired solutions to solve complex challenges across finance, energy, manufacturing, logistics, space, healthcare, and defense. Its flagship product, Singularity, accelerates and improves optimization and AI models using existing software tools. The company also developed CompactifAI, an LLM compressor that reduces model size by over 80% while cutting retraining and inference costs by 50%.With 140+ employees, 95 patents, and 40+ research papers, Multiverse is driving quantum innovation. Recognized among the 100 Most Promising Companies in AI, it also received the 2024 Future Unicorn award from Digital Europe. Multiverse operates in Spain, Canada, France.

  • Founder at AIFISCIENCE
    Aug 2019 - Present · 6 yrs 11 mos

    *️⃣ Contractor for blue-chip companies (e.g. Air Liquide), SMEs, and global strategy firms (e.g. BCG) *️⃣ Competitive landscape, IP analysis, and due diligence in deep tech sectors *️⃣ Strategy consulting & market intelligence *️⃣ AI & Quantum technologies teaching & outreach

  • Member of QuantX / Le Lab Quantique at Le Lab Quantique
    Jun 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 1 mo

    *️⃣ Quantum Technologies Specialist *️⃣ Quantum Hackathon business phase co-organizer 2021

  • Administrateur at Feynman Foundation
    Sep 2021 - Jan 2022 · 5 mos

    A public utility foundation for Quantum Science and Technology as a common good for Humanity

  • Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking - SG CIB (15 yrs 2 mos)
    • Global Head of Algo Factory
      Jul 2014 - Nov 2019 · 5 yrs 5 mos

      My team and I provide SG clients with best-in-class algos, and also advisory/consultancy about execution and microstrutures topics. Strong client focus to find right solution by combining SG strengths in the domain of multi-product execution services, especially in the low-touch algo trading. Agency execution algos, Smart Order Routing, Toxicity, Passive/Aggressive orders are some of the keywords characterizing to my job.

    • Global Head of Quantitative Trading - Global Equity Flow - Execution Services
      Oct 2004 - Jul 2014 · 9 yrs 10 mos

      Responsible for the quantitative research Team and development of the Algorithmic Trading offer for SG cash Equities businness. Meanwhile also manage a global correlation book (CRB) to offer a facilitation service (market making : Single Stock, ETF, basket) and Principal Blind Bidding in the SG capital commitment Framework. I am in charge of designing strategies to improve execution slippage; implementation shortfall, VWAP, liquidity seeking algorithms SOR (market fragmentation), etc. I develop also short-term alpha signals, conducting post-trade analysis (adverse selection issue), researching equity market microstructure and working on order placement. Developping Long/Short strategies (pair trading , index reweighting, stat arb strategies)... Optimisation of Client Flow Before that, I set up a systematic futures prop trading activity– All assets, Low, Mid, and High-Frequency strategies