The AI that understands your software
Agora Software builds the sovereign AI stack that enables software publishers to integrate intelligent agents into their products.
Our story
Agora Software was founded in 2019, well before the ChatGPT effect. At the time, we were already working on conversational agents and natural language understanding -- not as a trend, but as a conviction: natural language is the best way to solve interoperability problems.
When LLMs emerged, we didn't pivot -- we accelerated. Our proprietary NLU engine was enriched with a local inference layer, then RAG, speech recognition, and agentic workflows. Every component was built to integrate into publishers' software, not to be a standalone product.
Today, we are one of the few French companies that masters the entire chain: from speech to text, from understanding to generation, from inference to orchestration, all hosted in France. Security and quality are in our DNA: the founding team has strong cybersecurity experience, and every project includes continuous quality processes to ensure agents stay reliable over time.
Team
Thierry Grenot
CEO
Entrepreneur, co-founder of Agora Software. Over 25 years in software and telecoms.
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Yann Torrent
CTO
Entrepreneur, co-founder of Agora Software. Over 20 years in software, several startups co-founded.
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Mary Cazanove
COO
Entrepreneur, co-founder of Agora Software. Drives growth and publisher partnerships.
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Mélanie Mayer
R&D Linguistic Engineer
LLM, RAG, NLU. Conversational agent optimization and conversation analysis.
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Arthur Dauchez
Solution Architect
Applied AI architect. In charge of agent quality and control processes.
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World-class researchers in conversational AI.
Michael McTear
Ulster University
International expert in dialogue systems and conversational agents.
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Zoraida Callejas Carrion
University of Granada
Researcher in natural language processing and human-machine interaction.
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David Griol Barres
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Researcher in dialogue systems, machine learning, and conversational AI.
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