# Gregory Renard

> AI architect and Cognitive Orchestration pioneer. Since 1996, Gregory Renard has built real-world AI systems — from the first French conversational assistant to industrial-scale agentic architectures — helping global enterprises move from AI ambition to AI in production. He advises governments and Fortune 500 boards, founded the applied AI lab Freedom.AI, and is a recognized keynote speaker on applied and responsible AI.

## Who he is

- Field AI architect with 30+ years of experience across conversational AI, knowledge graphs, NLP, LLMs and agentic systems.
- Creator of "Angie", an early French conversational assistant ("the French Siri").
- Recipient of the 2022 NASA FDL AI Merit Award (Space & Earth Science) and member of the programme's AI Technical Committee since 2016.
- Recipient of the 2025 Walloon Merit distinction (Belgium).
- Co-initiator of the AI4Humanity public-policy effort (2018).
- Founder of Freedom.AI, an applied AI lab building production-grade GenAI across cloud, on-premise and edge.

## Method

Gregory Renard's "Applied AI" approach is a proven three-phase method that takes organizations from strategy to production at scale — no hype, no endless proofs-of-concept — turning AI ambition into measurable operational impact for large enterprises.

## Pages

- [Home / Vision](https://gregory-renard.com/): AI as the execution layer of modern organizations — overview, biography and recognitions.
- [AI Transformation](https://gregory-renard.com/AI-Transformation): From AI ambition to operational reality — the three-phase Applied AI method.
- [Advisory & Execution](https://gregory-renard.com/Advisory-Execution): Advisory and hands-on execution for leaders and boards architecting AI-native organizations.
- [AI Lab](https://gregory-renard.com/AI-Lab): Inside Freedom.AI — prototyping and shipping cutting-edge GenAI to production.
- [Why](https://gregory-renard.com/Why): Who is Gregory Renard — career timeline, vision and values.
- [Keynote Speaker](https://gregory-renard.com/Keynote-Speaker): AI keynotes for executive decision-makers, with topics and references.
- [Ethics](https://gregory-renard.com/Ethics): A human-centered, responsible approach to artificial intelligence.
- [Publications](https://gregory-renard.com/Publications): Patents, peer-reviewed research and applied-AI work spanning three decades.
- [Press](https://gregory-renard.com/Press): Awards, distinctions and media coverage.
- [Contact](https://gregory-renard.com/Contact): Get in touch to move from experimentation to real results.
- [AI for Good 2026](https://gregory-renard.com/AI-for-Good-2026): Recap of Gregory Renard's UN/ITU AI for Good Global Summit talk with Dr. Mathilde Cerioli — toward a safety label for the AI tools children use (like a TV age rating), with photos, the slide deck, and the AiA Safety Builder.

## Elsewhere

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregoryrenard/)
- [Wikipedia](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%A9gory_Renard)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Khit-6kAAAAJ&hl=fr)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/gregrenard/)
- [X](https://twitter.com/Redo)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@GregoryRenard)