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                <title>[EN] From VC to the Next Frontier in Natural Risk – Aurore Falque-Pierrotin (CEO of Darwin Data)</title>
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                <title>[EN] From the French army to electrifying corporate fleets – Alfred Richard (CEO of Nelson)</title>
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                <title>[FR] De l'armée à la révolution des flottes électriques – Alfred Richard (CEO de Nelson)</title>
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                <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dans cet épisode, Antonin Léonard a échangé avec Alfred Richard, CEO et co-fondateur de Nelson.</p><p><br></p><p>Alfred a co-fondé Nelson il y a quatre ans avec trois ingénieurs de l'École Polytechnique, des amis forgés pendant leur service militaire et trois mois passés ensemble à Berkeley.</p><p><br></p><p>Avant de se concentrer sur l'électrification des flottes, ils ont exploré des projets solaires et d'agri-photovoltaïque, avant de choisir une approche data pour décarboner la mobilité d'entreprise.</p><p><br></p><p>Les gestionnaires de flotte veulent passer à l'électrique mais ils n'ont pas les données pour décider qui bascule en premier, dans quel ordre, et à quel coût.</p><p><br></p><p>Nelson agrège les données d'usage, de véhicule et de comportement conducteur pour offrir aux entreprises une feuille de route d'électrification claire et personnalisée.</p><p><br></p><p>Dans cette conversation, nous explorons :</p><p><br></p><p>→ Pourquoi les flottes d'entreprise sont la vraie clé de l'adoption massive du véhicule électrique en Europe</p><p>→ Comment la simulation de données débloque des décisions paralysées par le biais cognitif</p><p>→ Pourquoi construire sur "un marché à date de péremption" est en réalité leur meilleur atout stratégique</p><p>→ Comment co-fonder une entreprise avec ses meilleurs amis de l'armée et de l'école d'ingénieurs</p><p>→ Comment le futur de la gestion de flotte sera réinventé autour des coûts de recharge et de la donnée opérationnelle</p><p>→ Ce que ça signifie d'être CEO pour la première fois à 25 ans et comment construire le bon réseau de mentors</p><p><br></p><p>Pour en savoir plus : <a href="https://asterionventures.com">https://asterionventures.com</a></p><br/><p>Hosted on Ausha. See <a href="https://ausha.co/privacy-policy">ausha.co/privacy-policy</a> for more information.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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                <title>[EN] From La Redoute CEO to reinventing textile dye – Philippe Berlan (CEO of Ever Dye)</title>
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                <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For this episode, Antonin Léonard sat down with Philippe Berlan, CEO of Everdye.</p><p><br></p><p>Philippe spent 25 years in the fashion industry, leading iconic French brands like Petit Bateau and La Redoute, where he orchestrated a remarkable turnaround through a management buyout.</p><p><br></p><p>Today, he's joined Everdye, a deeptech startup founded by Amira Erokh, to tackle one of fashion's biggest blind spots: textile dyeing.</p><p><br></p><p>Textile dyeing alone is responsible for 52% of the fashion industry's carbon impact and 20% of global water pollution. Yet while the industry focused on organic cotton and fiber recycling, nobody was fixing the dye.</p><p><br></p><p>Everdye's patented green chemistry technology enables dyeing at room temperature, reducing energy consumption by 8x, greenhouse gas emissions by 61-89%, and water pollution by over 90%.</p><p><br></p><p>In this conversation, we explore:</p><p><br></p><p>→ Why textile dyeing is fashion's hidden carbon problem</p><p>→ How a PhD discovery by accident led to a breakthrough in green chemistry</p><p>→ What it takes to leave a corporate career and join a 20-person startup at 55</p><p>→ The difference between running a 2,000-person company and a startup (the boat metaphor)</p><p>→ How to build a complementary relationship with a technical founder when you're not the inventor</p><p>→ Why Everdye could become the "Intel Inside" of sustainable fashion</p><p><br></p><p>To learn more: <a href="http://asterionventures.com">asterionventures.com</a></p><br/><p>Hosted on Ausha. See <a href="https://ausha.co/privacy-policy">ausha.co/privacy-policy</a> for more information.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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                <title>[FR] De DG de La Redoute à la réinvention de la teinture textile – Philippe Berlan (CEO d'Ever Dye)</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 10:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
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Pour cet épisode, Antonin Léonard s'est entretenu avec Philippe Berlan, PDG d'Everdye.


Philippe a passé 25 ans dans l'industrie de la mode, à la tête de marques françaises emblématiques telles que Petit Bateau et La Redoute, où il a orchestré un red...</itunes:subtitle>

                
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                <title>From Tesla Autopilot to autonomous trains – Alex Haag (CEO of Futurail)</title>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>For this episode, Antonin Léonard sat down with Alex Haag, CEO and co-founder of Futurail.</p><p><br></p><p>Alex spent more than 15 years building autonomous systems in the automotive industry from being among the first engineers on Autopilot at Tesla to leading Audi’s autonomy unit.</p><p><br></p><p>Today, he’s applying that same execution discipline to one of Europe’s most critical, and most constrained, infrastructures: rail.</p><p><br></p><p>Rail is already one of the most efficient transport systems we have.</p><p><br></p><p>In Europe, it is widespread, trusted, and deeply embedded in everyday life.</p><p><br></p><p>We Europeans love trains. It’s part of our culture and part of our social contract. And that is precisely why what’s happening matters.</p><p><br></p><p>On many secondary lines, the economics no longer work. Capacity exists, but cannot be deployed.</p><p><br></p><p>The social cost is tangible: fewer connections, weakened territories, and people increasingly cut off from nearby cities.</p><p><br></p><p>In this conversation, we explore:</p><ul><li><p>Why rail autonomy is becoming a strategic necessity for Europe</p></li><li><p>How driver shortages and operating costs are pushing the system to its limits</p></li><li><p>Why Futurail starts with depot automation to unlock certification</p></li><li><p>What it really means to build certifiable AI in open, non-fenced rail environments</p></li><li><p>Why autonomous trains are fundamentally different from autonomous cars</p></li></ul><p><br></p><p>🌍 Learn more: <a href="http://asterionventures.com">asterionventures.com</a></p><br/><p>Hosted on Ausha. See <a href="https://ausha.co/privacy-policy">ausha.co/privacy-policy</a> for more information.</p>]]></description>
                <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For this episode, Antonin Léonard sat down with Alex Haag, CEO and co-founder of Futurail.</p><p><br></p><p>Alex spent more than 15 years building autonomous systems in the automotive industry from being among the first engineers on Autopilot at Tesla to leading Audi’s autonomy unit.</p><p><br></p><p>Today, he’s applying that same execution discipline to one of Europe’s most critical, and most constrained, infrastructures: rail.</p><p><br></p><p>Rail is already one of the most efficient transport systems we have.</p><p><br></p><p>In Europe, it is widespread, trusted, and deeply embedded in everyday life.</p><p><br></p><p>We Europeans love trains. It’s part of our culture and part of our social contract. And that is precisely why what’s happening matters.</p><p><br></p><p>On many secondary lines, the economics no longer work. Capacity exists, but cannot be deployed.</p><p><br></p><p>The social cost is tangible: fewer connections, weakened territories, and people increasingly cut off from nearby cities.</p><p><br></p><p>In this conversation, we explore:</p><ul><li><p>Why rail autonomy is becoming a strategic necessity for Europe</p></li><li><p>How driver shortages and operating costs are pushing the system to its limits</p></li><li><p>Why Futurail starts with depot automation to unlock certification</p></li><li><p>What it really means to build certifiable AI in open, non-fenced rail environments</p></li><li><p>Why autonomous trains are fundamentally different from autonomous cars</p></li></ul><p><br></p><p>🌍 Learn more: <a href="http://asterionventures.com">asterionventures.com</a></p><br/><p>Hosted on Ausha. See <a href="https://ausha.co/privacy-policy">ausha.co/privacy-policy</a> for more information.</p>]]></content:encoded>
                <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 12:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
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For this episode, Antonin Léonard sat down with Alex Haag, CEO and co-founder of Futurail.


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                <title>From NASA to building the ocean’s autonomous workforce - Patricia Apostol (CTO of Bubble Robotics)</title>
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                <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For the first episode of Humans of Asterion, Antonin Léonard, partner at Asterion, spoke with Patricia Apostol, CTO and co-founder of Bubble Robotics.</p><p><br></p><p>Patricia previously worked at NASA JPL on robotic systems for extreme environments. Today, she’s building autonomous underwater systems to monitor offshore infrastructure, climate and biodiversity.</p><p>They discussed what it takes to design systems that must operate without humans, for long periods, in hostile environments.</p><p><br></p><p><b>We covered:</b></p><p>→ Space engineering applied to the ocean</p><p>→ Offshore infrastructure as a climate and security challenge</p><p>→ Strategic autonomy of Europe</p><p>→ Data as the compounding layer</p><br/><p>Hosted on Ausha. See <a href="https://ausha.co/privacy-policy">ausha.co/privacy-policy</a> for more information.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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For the first episode of Humans of Asterion, Antonin Léonard, partner at Asterion, spoke with Patricia Apostol, CTO and co-founder of Bubble Robotics.


Patricia previously worked at NASA JPL on robotic systems for extreme environments. Today, she’s b...</itunes:subtitle>

                
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