Stanislas Pesic

Building a Platform Cooperative on DAO Infrastructure. What if the platforms we rely on every day — for work, creativity, or connection — were owned and governed by their users? In my latest essay on Mutual Horizons, I explore how DAO infrastructure can empower platform cooperatives that combine automation, transparency, and shared governance. Key ideas: The cooperative movement meets blockchain: Mutualism in code. DAOs as programmable trust — enforcing fairness through transparent logic. Design goals for a cooperative digital economy: self-organization, reciprocity, and long-term sustainability. “Technology alone cannot guarantee fairness — but it can help us enforce it together.” This is the architecture of Post-Labor Mutualism — where participation replaces employment, and cooperation replaces extraction. Read the full post here: 👉 https://lnkd.in/dF9KPPYz #PostLabor #Mutualism #DAO #Cooperation #Solarpunk

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The End of an Era at Meta: Why LeCun’s Bet on "World Models" Matters Yann LeCun’s departure from Meta tells us something about the LLMs and that the "Scaling Laws" debate is far from settled. Reading this article in Le Monde today, I found myself nodding along with his core premise. After multiple implementations of AI initiatives in productions based on LLMs and ML ($150M+ annual savings), I’ve hit the same challenges LeCun describes: ↳ The Probabilistic Trap: LLMs are statistical engines, and still struggle with reasoning. You can refine the weights, but you can’t engineer away the inherent stochasticity. ↳ The Determinism Gap: For enterprise applications, "mostly right" may not be enough. We need systems that can plan, reason, and understand cause-and-effect with high accuracy. Autoregressive text prediction fundamentally struggles to deliver them. LeCun is betting that World Models (learning from physical reality rather than just text) are the path forward. Given the architectural ceilings we're seeing with current Transformers, I think he’s right. We need better architectures. #AI #MachineLearning #YannLeCun #WorldModels #LLM #TechNews #AIUnleashed #LeadingWithAIAgents

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We’re launching the Blue Fellowship 🌍 program because France and Europe host exceptional scientific talents, who deserve stronger, more proactive support from all of us across the ecosystem, VCs, founders and operators. The Blue Fellowship is created to better support them as they transition into entrepreneurship and run by Sofia DAHOUNE with the support of the daphni team. Its mission is to help around ten to twelve scientist-founders move from intent to action with zero fees and zero equity taken. The program targets scientists and technical founders who have already started their project or plan to launch within the next three to six months. It deliberately avoids ideation and broad market exploration, focusing instead on going from zero to one with strong foundations. Over ten weeks, fellows receive hands-on support to turn scientific breakthroughs into real companies quickly and confidently. The curriculum covers core early-stage fundamentals such as legal and cap table basics, market discovery, early product–market fit, team building, business planning, fundraising readiness, and founder mindset. Participants also gain access to a high-quality network of founders, investors, and operators who share practical experience from the first six to twelve months of company building. The program runs from February to April 2026 and combines online workshops with two in-person bootcamps in Paris. It concludes with a Demo Day attended by the daphni team, mentors, and invited guests. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/eCe5v3QJ

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At Wooclap, we believe AI should do one thing: 👉 Free up time for instructors to focus on learners! That’s why, with partners like Sorbonne Université, Sciences Po, North Carolina State University, University of Ottawa,… we’ve been co-building 5 new AI Agents designed to make interactive learning both easier and more impactful. The first one is here: the image labeler 👏 It takes the “Label an image” question type, a favorite for diagrams, maps, visuals sets it up for you automatically. No manual prep, No extra steps, Just active learning in seconds 👩‍🎓 This is the first of 5! Each Agent has its own mission to support educators and trainers and all of them will be revealed in the coming days. (So stay tuned! 😉) 👉 Be among the first to see them in action during our live demo webinar (with 1 month free access): https://lnkd.in/eYiEqXmX #Image #Labeler #Agent #AI #Wooclap

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Thrilled to announce the launch of a new podcast series, Scaling Stateside, where we sit down with successful entrepreneurs and leading US VCs to uncover what it really takes to expand into the US market. From go-to-market motion to fundraising, hiring to founder mindset — we’ll be diving deep into the strategies, lessons, and stories that have shaped some of the most ambitious international growth journeys. Episode 1 is live now featuring yours truly, sharing my own 10-year journey scaling Opal in the US market. Watch this trailer then be sure to catch the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/eK2FqsM8 Subscribe on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, and all major podcast platforms to join us on this journey. A special thanks to Daniel Glazer and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati for supporting this podcast and helping us bring these stories to the founder community.

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🚀 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐈 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 I’m beyond proud to share that we’ve raised an 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 $28𝐌 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐢𝐩’𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 — led by LEA Partners, with strong support from HV Capital, Notion Capital, and many of our existing investors. This isn’t just a funding round. It’s a massive step toward something that has driven me from day one: 👉 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞-𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝. What this funding allows us to do: 🔹 𝐀𝐈-𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Enhancing productivity, reducing process risks, and boosting engagement for frontline teams. 🔹 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Scaling our reach to support more blue-collar workers globally. 🔹 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩: Establishing Flip as the leading AI-powered employee experience platform for the blue-collar workforce. This journey is about more than software; it's about equipping millions of frontline workers with the tools they deserve, reinforcing our economy's resilience when it matters most. Let’s shape the 𝐀𝐈 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 together and for EVERYONE! 📰 Read the full story in Handelsblatt here: https://shorturl.at/uSAKx Dr. Andrej Levin Boston Consulting Group (BCG) #AI #FutureOfWork #BlueCollarTech #SeriesAX #Leadership #EuropeTech #DesklessNotVoiceless #Flip

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I'm really excited to see this partnership go live. We’re proud to be partnering with Lovable to help more builders turn their ideas into real products. At Programmify, we believe the next generation of #founders shouldn’t be limited by lack of tools or access. Through this partnership, builders in our ecosystem will get access to powerful AI tools to build and ship faster. If you're a builder who wants to launch products with the support of a community that guides and mentors you, stay tuned for the Programmify Founders Fellowship.

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One of the most common mistakes founders make? Sacrificing hiring criteria and cultural fit to fill openings quickly.   But the bigger question is: How do you spot misalignment before it costs you speed, culture, or team trust? Last week at Educapital Portfolio Day in Paris, I took the stage to discuss one of the most powerful multipliers for business growth: a strong corporate culture.   Here are some questions you should ask yourself when hiring:   🔹Theory X or Theory Y? by D. McGregor Are you hiring for control and compliance (X), or for autonomy and self-motivation (Y)? Your answer shapes your culture.   🔹 Rockstar or Superstar? From Radical Candor by Kim Scott: Rock stars bring stability and consistency, while superstars seek velocity and change. Which one does your team need right now?   🔹 Which quadrant of the NFL Draft Board? The NFL Draft Board from Just Work helps map teammates by performance and collaboration. Are you hiring a Team Leader, a Specialist, a Team Player, or a Waver?   Culture isn't something you add after scaling. It's how you scale.   Big thanks to the Educapital team and Géraldine Fillet for the invite. It was a pleasure to join and share the stage.

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𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐕𝐂 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞? In “The State of the French Tech Ecosystem 2025”, Alexandre Dewez's study identifies several strategies, including our Operating model. But for Serena, this approach wasn't a differentiation play. We just built the fund we wish we'd had as entrepreneurs. As former founders and operators ourselves (more than half of our team are former founders), we experienced firsthand that building category leaders requires more than just capital. It demands roll-up-your-sleeves operational work, especially in the earliest stages when foundations are laid: GTM strategy, team building, product development, fundraising approach. One that steps in from day one. One that establishes long-term relationships. One that brings capital, yes, but also the tools, experience, and a task force of experienced Operating Partners ready to tackle 100% of scaling challenges. 📊 The results speak for themselves ✅ 75% of our Seed startups reach Series A (vs. 29% average) ✅ In 17 months instead of 25 ✅ Our startups are 4.5x more likely to succeed in their next fundraising (source: Dealroom.co, which ranked Serena in the top 5% of value-add investors). Companies like Descartes Underwriting, Pelico, Electra, and Malt have benefited from this model since their earliest rounds. Today, they're establishing themselves as leaders in their respective categories. Many thanks Alexandre Dewez, for the feature! David Bitton Emilie Stevelinck Benayad Olivier Gérardin Augustin HONORAT Amélie Séguret Elodie Charles Heba Hitti

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