Olivier Oullier

Olivier Oullier

Olivier Oullier, PhD, is the CEO and co-founder (with Paul Barbaste) of Inclusive Brains, a startup developing Multimodal Cognitive AI Agents™️ to power Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) that enable digital and physical environments to adapt in real time to how people feel and who they are, regardless of their physicality, abilities, or special needs.

In partnership with Allianz Trade, Inclusive Brains developed Prometheus BCI, a multimodal AI interface that enabled three non-invasive BCI world premieres in the past 12 months:

• The first mind-controlled torch relay during the Paris 2024 Olympics;
• The first tweet exchange (without any vocal command or physical interaction) with none other than President Macron, live from the stage of the 2024 AI for Good Summit;
• The first-ever parliamentary amendment finalized and sent “hands off” during the AI Action Summit in Paris to the President of the Assemblée Nationatile.

Oullier is also the founder of the Assistive Tech & AI for Inclusion Impact Initiative (AT4i) with fellow Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum. Together, they support the funding and execution of impact projects that improve the lives of people with disabilities and special needs.

He serves as Chairman of Biotech Dental Group’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence and is a Visiting Professor of Human-Computer Interaction at the Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) and Professor of Behavioral & Brain Sciences at Aix-Marseille University.

Oullier’s previous roles include: President of EMOTIV, the global leader in portable brain-sensing solutions; Global Head of Strategy in Health and Healthcare and Executive Committee Member at the World Economic Forum (WEF); Scientific Adviser to the French Prime Minister in charge of the Neuroscience and Public Policy Program.

He has (co-)authored more than 250 scientific, medical, business, and opinion pieces in leading publications including Nature, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Fortune. He regularly contributes to The National (UAE) and Les Echos (France), and is also the host and producer of the podcast “The Centaurs.”