Helene Guillaume Pabis

Energy Wins ⚡️ You’re the authority: I help you be seen | LinkedIn sold my Company | Sold my AI company (NYSE) | Keynote Speaker | Board

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About

AI made intelligence "cheap".
Energy is the new intelligence.

Anyone can now rent the smartest brain in the world for $20 a month.
So being smart is no longer the edge.
The edge is the energy to decide, to focus, to lead, and to keep going.

Energy wins.
Most leaders I meet are running on energy debt.
Late nights. One more coffee. One more AI tool to learn.
The bill always comes.

Your energy is your runway.
Manage it like capital, and you'll go further than people smarter than you.

Let the machine think. You bring the energy.

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Why me?
I built Wild.AI to make it cool to be a woman.
I sold it to NYSE:ZEPP to get our science into the hands of millions.

I've seen the tough, the ugly and, yes, the beauty of building a startup.
Would I do it all over again? Ah. I would.

I've always been coached. As an athlete. As a leader.
Now I bring that to founders and leadership teams.

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How we can work together
→ Keynotes: Energy Wins: How to Lead When AI Does the Thinking.
Yes, I charge. And it'll be the best part of your event.

→ AI for leadership teams: "Should I fire my team, or upskill them with AI?" Maybe a bit of both. I help you and your team become AI-native, so your company becomes impossible to ignore.

→ 1:1 founder coaching: copilot to CEOs. Build. Raise. Exit. With a few fewer hurdles. It's hard enough.

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Where you've seen me

I've spoken at MIT, Stanford, Oxford, INSEAD and Nova, and at companies from Google to Strava.
UK Government AI Advisor. Board Member.
I asked President Macron the tough questions, so we don't wake up in 2030 with an AI that has no female data.
I've interviewed The North Face CEO, Olympians, Dr. Stacy Sims and the author of Invisible Women.

DM me, or visit heleneguillaume.com for past keynotes and bookings.

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Experience

  • Founder

    Be Soon

    - Present 2 months

    Be seen.
    Be soon seen.
    Be soon.

    Go from being a leader no one sees to a leader everyone soon sees.

    We're your LinkedIn Power machine taking you from one to the next.

    Our clients achieved 15 million compounded views in the last year!

    You're already the authority in your field.
    Be known for it.

  • Helene Guillaume

    1 year 2 months

    • Keynote Speaker

      Helene Guillaume

      - Present 1 year 2 months

      Energy Wins.

      AI made intelligence cheap. Energy is the new intelligence.

      My keynote Energy Wins: How to Lead When AI Does the Thinking shows leaders how to stop running on energy debt and turn their energy into runway.

      Spoken at MIT, Stanford, Oxford, INSEAD, Nova, Google and Strava.

      Booking: erik@heleneguillaume.com

    • Host at The Helene Guillaume Podcast

      The Helene Guillaume Podcast

      - 6 months

      Amazing guests but I stopped keeping this alive.
      I might re-ignite in the future ;)

      You know. One of those projects that grow and crash 😂

  • Advisory Board Member

    Labour Digital

    - Present 1 year 3 months

    My focus is on AI: how can we make the UK,
    and to a larger extent, Europe,
    the best place in the world to be a citizen,
    to create AI companies,
    and use safe yet competitive AI products.

  • Member

    PEF Community

    - Present 10 months

    Post Exit Founder Community

  • Wild.AI (acquired by Zepp Health (NYSE:ZEPP))

    9 years 6 months

    • Chairman

      Wild.AI (acquired by Zepp Health (NYSE:ZEPP))

      - Present 1 year 3 months

      But as a woman, so Chairwoman

    • Acquired by NYSE:ZEPP

      Wild.AI (acquired by Zepp Health (NYSE:ZEPP))

      - 1 month

      Led the process from beginning to completion, with the amazing advise of my investors, advisors, lawyers, accountants, and friends.
      Had a baby in the process.
      Don't tell me being pregnant means I can't work.

    • Founder + CEO

      Wild.AI (acquired by Zepp Health (NYSE:ZEPP))

      - 8 years 4 months

      San Francisco Bay Area

      Wild.AI is the category defining longevity platform for women.
      Acquired by Zepp Health (NYSE:ZEPP), the company behind Amazfit wearables (200m+ sold).
      The acquisition followed a partnership, bringing Wild.AI's technology to millions of women.

      Stayed with the buyer Zepp Health for 6 months post-acquisition to transition smoothly and maximise the impact.

      I built this company to reply to my deepest insecurity: I didn't think it was cool to be a woman.
      Seemed…

      Wild.AI is the category defining longevity platform for women.
      Acquired by Zepp Health (NYSE:ZEPP), the company behind Amazfit wearables (200m+ sold).
      The acquisition followed a partnership, bringing Wild.AI's technology to millions of women.

      Stayed with the buyer Zepp Health for 6 months post-acquisition to transition smoothly and maximise the impact.

      I built this company to reply to my deepest insecurity: I didn't think it was cool to be a woman.
      Seemed annoying.
      But I discovered that it's an incredibly powerful body.
      Just didn't know it.
      So we did the research to understand it.
      And it worked.

      Science-backed,
      Wild.AI gives daily personalised recommendations
      on how to eat, move, and sleep,
      with women's hormonal fluctuations.
      We serve women who menstruate, use birth control
      or are in peri+menopause.

      Built with female physiology legend Dr. Stacy Sims.
      This is where I learned that energy isn't something that "comes" magically. It can be managed and engineered.

      --
      Featured in Fortune, Forbes, WIRED, Sifted, Marie Claire, BBC, any many more ;)

      www.wild.AI

  • CEO Co-Pilot Coach

    The CEO Co-Pilot

    - Present 2 years 4 months

    I coach female founders.
    As an exited AI female founder: I know what it takes.
    Most founders don't run out of ideas or money first.
    They run out of energy.
    I help them build runway.

    Being a CEO is hard.
    I was a solo female founder, raising milions single-handedly and exiting while also creating 2 babies.
    I haven't seen many examples to be inspired by.

    So I'm being that now.
    And helping along the way other CEOs to navigate the waters, and come out…

    I coach female founders.
    As an exited AI female founder: I know what it takes.
    Most founders don't run out of ideas or money first.
    They run out of energy.
    I help them build runway.

    Being a CEO is hard.
    I was a solo female founder, raising milions single-handedly and exiting while also creating 2 babies.
    I haven't seen many examples to be inspired by.

    So I'm being that now.
    And helping along the way other CEOs to navigate the waters, and come out empowered.

    CEOs from launch, through fundraising, all the way to exit.

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    I created an industry, with a strong recognizable brand.
    I created an AI company before AI was cool, and definitely before it was in b2c.
    Had to create a personal brand and have a voice to make people care.
    And I exited to a publicly listed company.

    DM' to work with me!

  • Advisory Board Member

    Women in Sports Tech, Inc.

    - Present 4 years 10 months

  • Pledger

    Founders Pledge

    - Present 8 years

    As a member of the Founders Pledge community I have committed to leveraging my success for good. We pledge a % of our future fortune for good.

    Founders Pledge is an initiative enabling philanthropy amongst founders and investors through data driven donation, education and transformative relationships between business and charity.

    My focus is on fighting for men's equality and clean oceans.

  • Founder - Investment vehicle

    Millennials Partners

    - Present 6 years 5 months

    London Area, United Kingdom

    I invest in what I'm interested in,
    and in people who make me think the world needs more of what they're having.

    I have nothing against men, I actually love men.
    But I don't like being the only one talking about methods to breast-pump in a meeting.
    So spare your time (and mine ;)); if you don't have women in the C-team, I'm not right for you.
    And increasing the diversity of your cap table is not a great selling pitch 😂

    Investments include:

    • Askdiem - search…

    I invest in what I'm interested in,
    and in people who make me think the world needs more of what they're having.

    I have nothing against men, I actually love men.
    But I don't like being the only one talking about methods to breast-pump in a meeting.
    So spare your time (and mine ;)); if you don't have women in the C-team, I'm not right for you.
    And increasing the diversity of your cap table is not a great selling pitch 😂

    Investments include:

    • Askdiem - search engine for women
    • Makelovenotporn.com by Cindy Gallop - reframing sex Ed
    • Humanity.health app - Longevity app
    • Voyagers.io Health Fund - LP
    • Advisor to Tellapp.com - Remote Storytelling
    • Causalens.com - AI for Financial Time Series
    • EdgeFolio.com - Identify, analyse and track the best Hedge Funds, through AngelCube
    • Reedsy.com, through AngelCube - Book editing Platform
    • Sliide.com, through AngelCube - News & entertainment App
    • Milesbooster.fr - Turn online shopping into airmiles
    • AngelsCube.com - Angel Investment Vehicle

  • Co-Founder

    AI Ready Leaders

    - Present less than a year

    Should you fire or AI-upskill yourself?
    We train leaders to be AI-native and upskill their teams to be competitive.

  • Writer

    The AI Sovereign Standard

    - Present 8 months

    Why Europe is the only superpower capabable of saving AI from itself

  • Guest Speaker & Mentor - Stanford Class of Engineering

    Stanford University

    - 4 years 4 months

    Mentoring entrepreneurs in their early journey

  • Guest Speaker

    MIT Lincoln Laboratory

    - 1 month

    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    MIT's Research Lab and The Valkyrie Project (women's US military organisation) invited me to speak about human performance.

  • Guest Speaker

    INSEAD

    - 1 month

    Fontainebleau, Île-de-France, France

  • Guest Speaker

    University of Oxford

    - 1 month

    Women’s Network: Technology, Sport and the Menstrual Cycle

  • Guest Speaker - Masters in Entrepreneurship

    University of Cambridge

    - 1 month

    Guest Speaker for the Masters in Entrepreneurship, University of Cambridge Judge Business School

  • EF8 Cohort Member

    Entrepreneur First

    - 1 year 7 months

    London Area, United Kingdom

    www.joinef.com

    EntrepreneurFirst is considered the best Deep Technology incubator for technical talent.
    Backed by Reid Hoffman (on the board), Demis Hassabis (founder Deepmind), Lake Star Capital, Founders Fund, Greylock, McKinsey

    Alumnis include Magic Poney ($150m exit to Twitter), Bloomsbury AI (acquired by Facebook, founder investor in WILD.AI), Scape, Kheiron, GTN, CloudNC, Cleo

  • Manager

    Founders Intelligence

    - 10 months

    London, United Kingdom; Washington, DC, US

    My main client was Fannie Mae (on how to optimize internal risk models using AI, or cut the settlement and clearing of the trading houses using blockchain).

    Other projects included Management Consulting to Fortune500 companies: Fannie Mae (Natural Language Processing, Data visualisation technologies), Sky (Cross-device targeting), Diageo (Marketing Technologies) and large Private Equity firms (early stage investment / acquisition / partnership focus)

    FI was born out of Founders…

    My main client was Fannie Mae (on how to optimize internal risk models using AI, or cut the settlement and clearing of the trading houses using blockchain).

    Other projects included Management Consulting to Fortune500 companies: Fannie Mae (Natural Language Processing, Data visualisation technologies), Sky (Cross-device targeting), Diageo (Marketing Technologies) and large Private Equity firms (early stage investment / acquisition / partnership focus)

    FI was born out of Founders Forum, www.ff.co, an exclusive network of the most successful technology entrepreneurs and investors

    I was made redundant. That one was painful, as I actually did love that job.
    But it enabled me to start Wild.AI.
    So: a good outcome! ;)

  • In-house Founder + Strategy

    LabTech London Limited

    - 7 months

    London Area, United Kingdom

    Founding team of in-house startup "Nomad" - online booking platform for offices (company has closed down). We had big budgets and a salary: quite different than my "real" entrepreneurship journeys.
    We failed and closed the company.
    --

    Strategy for Interchange, a co-working space in Camden Market, within the larger project of regenerating the whole area and bring Londoners back

  • Co-Founder, Shareholder

    AngelsCube

    - 1 year 2 months

    London Area, United Kingdom

    Selected Investments include Reedsy, EdgeFolio and Sliide.

    Shareholder of the company after co-founding it.

    Learned a lot. Investing in startups whereas I had no operational background - thanks to all the founders who had patience dealing with me back then.

  • Associate

    Globalpraxis Group

    - 1 year 2 months

    Spain, Serbia, Morocco

    Management consulting firm, advising Fortune500 companies with their route-to-market: in short, how to sell more bottles of coca-cola.

    I was made redundant.
    Would there be more coca-cola sold if I hadn't?
    To be honest, I'm not sure. I'm also not sure that was the biggest impact I could have on the world, so as all the painful experiences of getting kicked out: it was for the best! ;)

  • Senior Quantitative Analyst / Data Scientist

    Stable Asset Management

    - 2 years 3 months

    London Area, United Kingdom

    This is where I really started my career, building the tools for the traders: their pricers and Risk Modeling software, from scratch. Sat with them to understand what to highlight - and code it out.
    We seeded 2 commodities Hedge Funds, raising $400mio AUM, and I participated in the fundraising and investor relations.
    The funds: Base and precious metals; Oil & derivatives Options.
    (Formerly Energy Alpha Strategies)

  • Asian Equities Sales & Marketing

    Amundi Asset Management (Credit Agricole Asset Management)

    - 5 months

    Hong Kong SAR

    Asian markets.
    I automated all the tasks and got myself out of work.

  • Trading Assistant FX & MM

    BNP Paribas Securities Services

    - 7 months

    Greater Paris Metropolitan Region

    This is where I learned to code, with the star trader of the desk.
    I was also given positions to trade.

  • Trading Assistant - Intern

    Bank of America

    - 3 months

    London Area, United Kingdom

  • Private Banking - Intern

    Deutsche Bank

    - 2 months

    Philadelphia, USA

Education

  • Audencia Nantes Ecole de Management

    Master's degree Finance and Financial Risk Management

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    Activities and Societies: Triathlon & Rugby Team (3rd division)

  • School of Life

    Self-certified World Traveller Nature, Adventure; Land, Water&Air travel optimisation

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    Trans-Siberian by train, Mongolia on a horse, China, HK, Brazil by night bus, Bolivia, Peru, Chile (failed attempt to reach Cape Horn by sailing boat), Argentina, Ecuador --> back to Europe to find a job in Hedge Funds

  • Universidad ESAN

    MBA courses

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  • Audencia

    Research Assistant to Head of Research Insurance - Fraud, Security, Growth Strategy Analysis

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  • IPECOM

    Prepa HEC Mathematics, Economics, Geopolitics Philosophy

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  • Lycée Fénelon Sainte-Marie

    Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering Sciences

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    Activities and Societies: Sports: Physical army training

    Personal favourite being the String Theory (some of Quantum gravity) - the Theory of Everything.

    Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science

  • Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI)

    Bachelor's degree Technology Science, Advanced Mathematics

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  • Assomption Lübeck Paris

    French Scientific Baccalaureate (Equivalent of A levels), with Distinction Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology

    Activities and Societies: Sports: swim training, racehorses riding, ski

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Pledger

    Founders Pledge

    - Present 8 years

    Science and Technology

    As a member of the Founders Pledge community I have committed to leveraging my success for good. Founders Pledge is an initiative enabling philanthropy amongst founders and investors through data driven donation, education and transformative relationships between business and charity.

    My focus is on fighting for men's equality and clean oceans.

  • Co-Founder

    Peak AI

    - 4 years 2 months

    Science and Technology

    STOCHASTIC GRADIENT ASCENT
    Group of AI researchers and founders climbing peaks together.

    We believe technology and AI has the capability of solving the world's most pressing challenges – but only if the the right people come together. Networking sucks, but taking on a shared challenge brings people together to make lasting bonds and great memories

    PeakAI is on a mission to connect London and San Francisco's AI community through shared adventure.

    After 4 trips bringing…

    STOCHASTIC GRADIENT ASCENT
    Group of AI researchers and founders climbing peaks together.

    We believe technology and AI has the capability of solving the world's most pressing challenges – but only if the the right people come together. Networking sucks, but taking on a shared challenge brings people together to make lasting bonds and great memories

    PeakAI is on a mission to connect London and San Francisco's AI community through shared adventure.

    After 4 trips bringing 100+ AI lovers to sweat together, we wrapped our project.

  • Project lead "Women in Tech"

    Doteveryone

    - 2 months

    Science and Technology

    I helped Baroness Martha Lane Fox (founder Lastminute.com), leading her project "Women in Tech" to get more women into Tech.

    Her broader mission is to make the UK a brilliant place to build tech.

    I was made redundant. Who knows if there would be more women in tech if I hadn't? 😂

Publications

  • How we turned 451 white papers on female physiology into the most powerful algorithm

    Wild.AI

    Turning raw data into insights and recommendations for women

    See publication
  • Incredible Women in AI - Deepmind & Wild.AI

    Imperial College

    At 'Incredible Women in AI', some of the most influential women in the field, from companies and organisations that are changing the world, including Deepmind and Women in AI. They will explain the importance of AI and diversity within it, showcase their research and detail how they got to where they are.

    This event will be an opportunity for you to get involved with the technology that is driving the future. If you don't believe that you can benefit from machine learning, then come…

    At 'Incredible Women in AI', some of the most influential women in the field, from companies and organisations that are changing the world, including Deepmind and Women in AI. They will explain the importance of AI and diversity within it, showcase their research and detail how they got to where they are.

    This event will be an opportunity for you to get involved with the technology that is driving the future. If you don't believe that you can benefit from machine learning, then come along and our fantastic guests will explain to you why that is not the case.

    EVERYONE is welcome, regardless of background, field of study or age.

    Proudly sponsored by Forward Partners

    See publication
  • WILD - Push your limits and live extremes

    Inspiring stories of our athletes - amateurs and pro's - pushing themselves over their limits

    https://medium.com/wild-push-your-limits-and-live-all-extremes

    See publication
  • How and when to approach an angel investor

    Virgin Startup

    How and when to approach an angel investor


    As the needs of startups change and funding options evolve, platforms are emerging that combine elements of different funding models. Founder Helene Guillaume is a Virgin StartUp mentor and founder of Millenials Partners – here she shares her strategy for how (and when) to approach an angel investor.



    “One of the most common questions I hear is ‘How to get funding?’ obviously; more specifically, ‘How to access angel…

    How and when to approach an angel investor


    As the needs of startups change and funding options evolve, platforms are emerging that combine elements of different funding models. Founder Helene Guillaume is a Virgin StartUp mentor and founder of Millenials Partners – here she shares her strategy for how (and when) to approach an angel investor.



    “One of the most common questions I hear is ‘How to get funding?’ obviously; more specifically, ‘How to access angel investors, and how early should I contact them?’” says Helene. “To this common question, I would say the best way to get funding from an angel investor is to follow a good preparation path.”



    Define yourself


    “First define properly your startup, the sector you’re in, and who could potentially be interested in this sector,” advises Helene. “For example a fintech startup would naturally get you thinking about approaching investors from a financial background, but if it’s a phone payment system it could equally interest restaurant chains and other consumer-facing businesses.”



    Think laterally about the possibilities that your product offers, and what industries it could be used in beyond the immediately obvious. Defining your product and where it stands will also ensure that when it comes to approach an investor you have a really strong sense of what you’re offering, why it’s important, and where it fits.



    Define investor personas


    “Now you’ve defined your own offering, define ‘personas’ – the profiles of typical investors that would be interested in your sector, team and profile,” says Helene. “KNOW your investor. If you know what they like and understand, you’ll be more likely to approach them with an idea that’s relevant and which they can feel passionate about.”

    [... For full article see link]

    See publication
  • Show me the Money

    TechMeetups "Show me the Money" Conference

    TechMeetups has been setup to create a global network of Tech communities from San Francisco to Sydney.

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    Like the famous words spoken to Tom Cruise in the film Jerry Maguire, “Show me the money!” is a phrase we are all familiar with. Startups want to know how to raise funding, what are the sources, how much equity do they have to give away, and what should they be looking for in their investors beyond hard cash…

    TechMeetups "Show me the Money" Conference

    TechMeetups has been setup to create a global network of Tech communities from San Francisco to Sydney.

    --

    Like the famous words spoken to Tom Cruise in the film Jerry Maguire, “Show me the money!” is a phrase we are all familiar with. Startups want to know how to raise funding, what are the sources, how much equity do they have to give away, and what should they be looking for in their investors beyond hard cash.

    Statistics reveal that 90% of startups close down in the 1st year alone due to the lack of funding. This triggers a constant battle to stay afloat and generate income for oneself. With advancement of the net and various public & private initiatives, there are actually quite a few ways Startups can raise that crucial funding to get off the ground. TechMeetups is bringing you a workshop to cover various ways that you as a Startup can raise that important initial funding to get your business off the ground.

    See publication
  • Conversations

    Medium

    Unique and unprecedented bridge between two generations

    Other authors
    See publication

Courses

  • CoderCourse - Ruby on Rails - 2014

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Projects

  • The Performance Podcast

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Honors & Awards

  • Zepp Best Health App Awards Winner

    Zepp Health

    Won The Best Health App at the Zepp OS Developer Activity-Ecosystem Awards

  • MIT Technology Review's Innovators Under 35 Europe FrontRunner

    MIT

    I didn't win, but I put it here because I was still proud of it ;)

  • Garmin Health Awards Winner

    Garmin

    Won the Most Innovative Solution Award

  • NVIDIA Inception Startup Prize

    NVIDIA

    Won Titan RTX to power our AI research

  • Women's Health Fitness Awards Winner

    Women's Health Magazine

Languages

  • French

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Spanish

    Full professional proficiency

  • Polish

    Elementary proficiency

  • German

    Limited working proficiency

  • Portuguese

    Elementary proficiency

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