Stephanie Lehuger · The French Philosopher
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Named among the 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics

I build AI for social impact — and I shape the ethics behind it.

Founding-team member at 4 startups, published philosopher, and keynote speaker.

A decade launching and scaling AI in high-growth tech — most recently Rogervoice's US launch, where AI captions calls in real time so deaf and hard-of-hearing people can use the phone like anyone else.

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Stephanie Lehuger
United Nations European Commission World Food Programme The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania ESSEC Business School ENA École 42 Bayes Impact Rogervoice Y Combinator

I don't just think about responsible AI — I build with it.

AI for good
4× startup founding team
Rogervoice — Country Manager, US Defined the US go-to-market strategy and built the US operation and team for an AI captioning app for deaf and hard-of-hearing people — more than tripling annual revenue in the first year.
Actiondesk — Head of Operations & Growth (Founding Team) Built US operations from the ground up — through Y Combinator, a $4M raise, and an acquisition by Datadog.
United Nations — New York Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services — the UN's own watchdog.
Bayes Impact — Chief of Staff (Founding Team) Y Combinator-backed AI career coach for jobseekers — built the French entity operations from zero. Laureate of La France s'engage, awarded personally by French President Hollande himself.
European Commission — AI Expert Evaluator Evaluated deep-tech and AI projects seeking Europe funds.
United Nations — Rome World Food Programme, the world's largest humanitarian organisation.
Master Art Index — Chief of Staff & AI Strategy Lead (Founding Team) Took an AI art-valuation platform from vision to shipped product, recruiting the founding team.
Touch & Sell — Chief Product Officer (Founding Team) Recruited and led the engineering and customer-success organisations, CTO included, for a product that landed on Deloitte's Technology Fast 50.
Unis-Cité — Head of Strategy & Operations Architected and scaled a $5.5M portfolio of social-impact programmes for the NGO that pioneered France's national civic service.

Published books

Awards

2025100 Brilliant Women in AI EthicsWomen in AI Ethics
2023Women in Business AwardsGlobee Business Awards
2016La France s'engageWith Bayes Impact · presented by President Hollande
2016Publicis90 PrizeWith Bayes Impact · Viva Technology
2015Technology Fast 50With Touch & Sell · Deloitte
2015Hack the DroneParrot, Redbird, the French Air Force and Engie

Studies

Master of Business Administration (Grande École), Social entrepreneurshipESSEC
Master of Public Policy and AdministrationENA
Master of Philosophy (Valedictorian)Université de Reims
Computer scienceÉcole 42
FinanceBoston University

Where I've worked

Paris · New York · San Francisco · Boston · New Delhi · Rome · Mexico

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American Philosophical Association Les Philosophes France 24 France Info AJ+ Infrarouge — France 2 Parliamentary forum on artificial intelligence
Keynotes & seminars

How To Develop Critical Thinking Skills In The Age Of AI

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Ethics & societal impact of technology
Can Machines Think? Is Tech Morally Neutral? Does AI Alter the Truth? Are Biases in Algorithms Inevitable? Can Everyone Be Right? The Limits of Truth in a World of Opinions Should There Be a Limit to How Technology Redefines What It Means to Be Human? Can We Ethically Judge a Complex Technological Innovation? How Technology Changes Our Personal Identity Should We Be Polite with ChatGPT?
Other thought-provoking topics
How To Find Meaning In Work Is Authenticity at Work Realistic? How We Become Who We Are Can We Live Without Religion or Doctrine? Does the World Make Sense?

What others say about Stephanie

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“Stéphanie is for me a wonderful example of powerful and kind women leadership.”

Margaux Salzman Creative Ops, Picnic Technologies

“You want Stéphanie in your team! She is full of energy, hard working, honest and competent in every department of a company: technology, sales, partnership, management, HR.”

Gauthier Monserand Founder, Squadracer

“Excellent manager, sparkling woman, brave and fair, it is an everyday joy to expand the business with Stephanie within the team and as a partner.”

Yann Le Quinio Founder

“If curiosity, listening skills and the ability to grasp complex subjects are leadership competencies, then Stéphanie is definitely part of this new generation of leaders.”

Isabelle Hilali Founder & CEO, datacraft

“She's someone who doesn't just talk about execution but lives it.”

Emmanuel Boursin COO, Iconic Art

“As our first employee in the French team, Stéphanie juggled between areas as diverse as partnerships, operations, and product, even during challenging times when we had to build both an ambitious project and a team from scratch.”

Paul Duan Founder, Bayes Impact

“With her outstanding organizational skills and high attention to details, she has set up the entire admin, accounting, and first steps of HR and legal foundations of our US company.”

Jonathan Parisot Co-Founder & CEO, Actiondesk (acquired by Datadog) — now Product Leader at Datadog

“Her ability to bridge disciplines, foster collaboration, and align priorities made her a central figure in the company's progress.”

Roman Klimov, PhD Founding AI Engineer

“She gets to the bottom of things and takes to heart every mission she manages.”

Siwar Achach Boubaya Product Manager

“She has a rare talent for making complex ethical dilemmas in technology accessible and compelling, seamlessly drawing on great philosophical thinkers to illuminate today's most pressing AI questions.”

Dr. Sophie Degât Lecturer, Wharton / The Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania

“She captivated the audience and connected them emotionally with the talk, ensuring a memorable experience for the audience.”

Jonathan Grizou Fractional AI Consultant

“She expertly highlighted the key issues, tailored her presentation to the audience, and provided concrete actionable examples.”

Lucie Portmann Director of Learning and Development, BPCE Assurances

“She is a great speaker, very professional, passionate and fun. We want her back to speak at our event!”

Magali Olivier Director of Editorial Programming, Web2day

Let's build a future where innovation meets integrity.

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