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

Thierry Grenot

CEO

Entrepreneur, co-founder of Agora Software. Over 25 years in software and telecoms.

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Yann Torrent

Yann Torrent

CTO

Entrepreneur, co-founder of Agora Software. Over 20 years in software, several startups co-founded.

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Mary Cazanove

Mary Cazanove

COO

Entrepreneur, co-founder of Agora Software. Drives growth and publisher partnerships.

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Loïc Dupuy

Loïc Dupuy

R&D Project Manager

Infrastructure, databases, admin console, cybersecurity.

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Mélanie Mayer

Mélanie Mayer

R&D Linguistic Engineer

LLM, RAG, NLU. Conversational agent optimization and conversation analysis.

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Arthur Dauchez

Arthur Dauchez

Solution Architect

Applied AI architect. In charge of agent quality and control processes.

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Strategic advisory board

Experienced entrepreneurs and professionals who support us daily.

Jean-Yves Leclerc

Jean-Yves Leclerc

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Caroline Le Bigot

Caroline Le Bigot

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Loïc Carrère

Loïc Carrère

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Béatrice Piquer

Béatrice Piquer

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Olivier Denigot

Olivier Denigot

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Scientific advisory board

World-class researchers in conversational AI.

Michael McTear

Michael McTear

Ulster University

International expert in dialogue systems and conversational agents.

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Zoraida Callejas Carrion

Zoraida Callejas Carrion

University of Granada

Researcher in natural language processing and human-machine interaction.

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David Griol Barres

David Griol Barres

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Researcher in dialogue systems, machine learning, and conversational AI.

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Ecosystem and certifications

Active member of the French AI and digital ecosystem.

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