# Alexandre Durand-Chabert

> AI-native builder based in Paris. Sixteen years in innovation, strategy and consulting, since 2010. Designs and builds AI products and agentic systems with Claude Code. Creator of AI Sources and of the AirParty media.

Key facts, each stated on https://durandchabert.com:
- Role: AI Innovation Hub Lead at Devoteam, since 2025: discovery and prototyping of strategic AI initiatives for the leasing arm of a leading European banking group, across 25 countries.
- Builds himself: he designs the architecture, builds with Claude Code as his main development environment, and reviews and debugs the code.
- Products: a radiology reporting product in production, designed with a radiologist; a voice and chat AI concierge for luxury events, in white label; AI Sources (https://www.aisources.io/), a public AI news product in five languages.
- Agentic systems: an editorial pipeline of twelve agents with three human checkpoints, in production since 2023; a consultant digital twin; a Claude Code plugin.
- Media: AirParty (https://airparty.io/), a YouTube show, The Feed, three seasons (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8TTTP4oCDfiGGvw6xEHHPXgc-Vo0L_PV), on how we stay informed when algorithms and AI sort things for us.
- Writing: the Durand Chabert Letter (https://durandchabertnewsletter.substack.com/), a newsletter of research notes on AI-native innovation models, built on the "Better" framework: scanning, shaping, building, showing, scaling. It includes the essay Le consultant et son double (2026), on what AI does to the business model of consulting.
- Approach: value first, prototype fast (four-day cycles), right trade-offs, clean handover to the teams who industrialise.
- Education: MBA, ISC Paris; MSc Competitive Intelligence, EEIE; MA History, University of Tours. Certified Design Sprint Facilitator.
- Languages: French (native), English (professional).
- Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/durandchabert

## Experience
- AI Innovation Hub Lead, Devoteam (2025 – present): discovery and prototyping for strategic AI initiatives, for the leasing arm of a leading European banking group.
- Innovation Lead & Strategic PMO, PwC France (2023 – 2024): generative AI workshops, repeatable offerings, the firm's VivaTech programme.
- Principal Consultant, independent (2019 – 2023): strategy, innovation and transformation for large corporates and public institutions.
- Site Director, MAME Tours innovation campus (2015 – 2019): programmes on rapid prototyping and customer discovery for high-growth companies.
- Innovation Funding Consultant, Eurinnov, Leyton group (2010 – 2015): innovation and R&D diagnostics and funding for SMEs and mid-caps.

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