# Alain Fanet

> Alain Fanet is a French technology entrepreneur and computer-science PhD who co-founded Arteris and served as its founding CEO. He previously co-founded network-processor company T.sqware and later led Tagsys/CXIgnited. He is now co-founder and CEO of Bondzai, which develops embedded AI software for industrial applications, including acoustic anomaly detection and predictive maintenance.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Bondzai
- **Organizations:** Bondzai, Arteris, T.sqware, Globespan, Tagsys, CXIgnited, Matra Semiconductor, European Technology Tour Association, Global Bioenergies
- **From:** Belfort, France
- **Nationality:** French
- **Education:** PhD in Computer Science, Télécom Paris (ENST / ParisTech)
- **Known for:** Co-founded semiconductor interconnect company Arteris and led its founding phase., Co-founded T.sqware, subsequently acquired by Globespan., Led Tagsys and later CXIgnited in RFID and supply-chain traceability.

## Career timeline

- **1997** — Co-founded T.sqware with colleagues César Douady and Philippe Boucard after working together at Matra.
- **2000** — T.sqware was acquired by Globespan in a transaction reported at approximately $200 million.
- **2003** — Co-founded Arteris and served as founding CEO; a $12 million initial round was announced in February.
- **2005** — Charlie Janac joined Arteris as CEO; Fanet is a former CEO, not the current chief executive.
- **2009** — Appointed CEO of Tagsys, an RFID technology business.
- **2018–2019** — Began working with mathematician Bijan Mohammadi through SATT AxLR on embedded AI; an initial maturation programme began in 2019.
- **2019** — Elected an independent director of Global Bioenergies on 18 April.
- **2021** — Bondzai was registered in December with Fanet as president and CEO.
- **2024** — Bondzai introduced iDetect-4.0 at Global Industrie; Fanet presented an industrial AI session involving Renault at SEPEM Colmar.
- **2025** — Bondzai announced iDetect-5.0 on 29 October.

## Achievements

- Co-founded semiconductor interconnect company Arteris and led its founding phase.
- Co-founded T.sqware, subsequently acquired by Globespan.
- Led Tagsys and later CXIgnited in RFID and supply-chain traceability.
- Co-founded Bondzai with collaborators including mathematician Bijan Mohammadi.

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Bondzai announced iDetect-5.0, describing operator participation, continuous local learning and lower-energy analytical processing as product priorities.
- **2024-06** — Fanet was listed as presenter of a 5 June SEPEM Colmar session on industrial AI applications involving Renault.
- **2024-05** — Bondzai and Linebreak announced an edge-AI partnership; Linebreak later merged with New Icon in April 2025.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alainfanet/

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Last updated: 2026-10-21