Jade Le Maître is technical director and co-founder of Hease Robotics, a robotic startup which was liquidated by court order on the 7th of November 2019. She also co-launched Lyon-Is-AI and co-founded the Social Robots Community. She grew up in Châteaufort (

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Education

Le Maître is a graduate engineer. She graduated from the

EPF School of Engineering EPF School of Engineering (formerly ''École polytechnique féminine'') a French engineering College created in 1925. The school trains engineers with a multidisciplinary profile, who work in all sectors of industry and services. Each class is m ...

in Sceaux and the

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Career

Le Maître worked in the Communications directorate at the University Pierre and Marie Curie, then joined Innorobo where she worked for two years. In 2016, she co-founded Hease Robotics, a start-up based in Lyon. She is an expert advisor to the

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. She figured in the

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' "Europe's Top 50 Women In Tech" and "The World's Top 50 Women In Tech" lists of 2018.

Awards

Le Maître was Silver national laureate in the category "Promising Woman Business Executive" for the prize "Les Femmes de l'économie" in 2017.

References

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