# Lionel Mora

> Lionel Mora is the co-founder and CEO of Marble, an AI-powered learning world for children aged 6 to 12. A former Google product marketer and co-founder of Neoplants, he combines consumer product work with deep technology and an independent creative practice in painting, photography and film.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Marble
- **Organizations:** Marble (withmarble.com), Neoplants, Google, Entrepreneur First, Caleche, YO4000
- **From:** Vienna, Austria
- **Nationality:** French
- **Education:** Master of Science, Strategy and Marketing, emlyon business school, Preparatory class, Mathematics and Geopolitics, Lycée Sainte-Geneviève
- **Known for:** Co-founded Neoplants in 2018., Co-founder and CEO of Marble, an interactive learning product for children aged 6 to 12., Caleche team won the 2015 Techstars Global Startup Battle Champions Track, according to his LinkedIn project description.

## Career timeline

- **2011-2015** — Studied at emlyon business school.
- **2015-2018** — Worked as a product marketing manager at Google, as recorded in the Choiseul directory.
- **2015** — Helped build Caleche, a mobile cab comparator, during a 48-hour startup weekend in London; his team won the Techstars Global Startup Battle Champions Track.
- **2018** — Co-founded Neoplants with geneticist Patrick Torbey after meeting through Entrepreneur First at STATION F.
- **2023** — Appeared on STATION F’s Entrepreneur Talks podcast and was a Choiseul 100 laureate.
- **2024** — Helped deliver early Neoplants products to customers in San Francisco.
- **2024** — Presented the painting exhibition Bleu at Les Heures Bleues in Paris on December 12.
- **2026** — Announced a new education company with Guillaume Boniface-Chang, now named Marble; launched its beta and released an open curriculum taxonomy.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Neoplants in 2018.
- Co-founder and CEO of Marble, an interactive learning product for children aged 6 to 12.
- Caleche team won the 2015 Techstars Global Startup Battle Champions Track, according to his LinkedIn project description.
- Choiseul 100 laureate in 2023.
- Marble released a curriculum graph with 1,590 topics and 3,221 prerequisite links across eight subjects; Mora credited co-founder Guillaume Boniface-Chang for building it.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Announced the launch of Marble’s community beta, sharing examples of children exploring marine biology, multiplication and fossils.
- **2026-07** — Announced open sourcing the Marble curriculum, crediting Guillaume Boniface-Chang.
- **2026-07** — Announced a generative craft system inside Marble.
- **2026-08** — Shared a watercolor simulator with 52 pigments and a code mode, saying a child-friendly version was in development for Marble.

## Links

- Website: https://withmarble.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lionelmora
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/lionel_mora
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lionelmora/

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Last updated: 2026-10-09