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FX Leduc
François-Xavier (FX) Leduc is a French serial entrepreneur and CEO who builds AI companies that turn technical breakthroughs into products for large enterprises. He is currently co-founder and CEO of DeepIP, a New York-based AI patent assistant used by law firms and in-house IP teams, which he started in 2024 with longtime partner Edouard d'Archimbaud. The two previously built Kili Technology, a data-labeling platform for enterprise AI that raised over $30M and served customers like Airbus, SAP and Louis Vuitton. Across ventures, Leduc pairs a commercial, go-to-market instinct with a conviction that AI should augment expert professionals rather than replace them.
Stephanie Trunzo
Stephanie Trunzo is the CEO of MERGE, a hybrid marketing-and-technology firm working at the crossroads of health, consumerism, and storytelling. A 20-plus-year technology leader, she launched Oracle Health and steered the Cerner acquisition, scaled the IBM Garage across 16 co-creation studios worldwide, and earlier doubled revenue year over year as COO/CDO of PointSource before its acquisition by Globant. She holds more than 20 patents, is a certified yoga instructor, and is a vocal advocate for authentic leadership and women in technology.
Chris Parsonson
Chris Parsonson is the co-founder and CEO of Solve Intelligence, an AI platform for patent professionals that he started in 2023 after finishing a machine learning PhD at UCL. He built the company alongside his brother Angus and fellow UCL researcher Sanj Ahilan, ran it profitably to $10M+ in revenue with a single salesperson, and raised over $55M from Thomson Reuters, Microsoft, Y Combinator and 20VC. His work turns deep optimisation research into software that drafts and analyses patents for 400+ IP teams across six continents.