Pierre Le Guen
AI Consulting for Privacy-First Solutions
Independent consultant specializing in AI solutions that users fully own and control.
My mission is to help organizations build the future of AI with a strong emphasis on privacy and security.
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Current Focus
I am currently 100% dedicated to NEAR AI, a platform that enables developers to build and deploy AI agents in a secure and private environment. NEAR AI provides the infrastructure for running AI models in Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs), ensuring data privacy and model security.
Speaking Engagements
- Keynote: "Got Trust Issues? The Power of TEEs" at Encryption Day: ZK, FHE, & MPC during EthCC in Cannes on July 3, 2025. View Slides
- Keynote: "How to Achieve User-Owned AI?" at AI Agents Summit 2025 in Berlin on June 19, 2025. View Slides
- Keynote: "Towards User-Owned AI" at Telekom & Friends Vol. 2 during Berlin Blockchain Week on June 18, 2025.
- Keynote: "The Road to One Trillion Agents" at 499 & The Scaling DeAI Summit in Denver on February 28, 2025.
- Fireside: "Privacy in the Age of AI" at ETH Rising on February 28, 2025. Watch Video | View Slides
- Session: "How to Create and Host your AI Agent in a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE)" at The Road to One Trillion Agents (Day 2) on February 26, 2025. Watch Video
- Panel: "Panel on Private AI" at DePIN + AI Summit by CrunchDAO on February 25, 2025.
- Panel: "AI & Blockchain: Building Open-Source Intelligence" at Investing in AI | Supermoon, Peanut Trade, Bitte, Techstars, Forbes on November 12, 2024.
- Workshop: Build AI Agent using NEAR AI at Redacted on November 15, 2024. Watch Video
Publications
- Decentralized Confidential Machine Learning - A comprehensive exploration of privacy-preserving machine learning techniques in decentralized environments. Read Paper