Innovation Lead of Meetic Group
Xavier de Baillenx is the Innovation Lead at Meetic. The repurchase of his startup by a European leader of dating allows him to initiate the project “Lara”, the first dating chatbot with more than 400 000 active users every month in Europe. The chatbot is also present on other platforms, such as Match, Facebook Messenger or Google Home. Ecole Centrale Paris graduate, Xavier starts his career in the music business in South Africa and then heads the digital development at Universal Music for 7 years. In 2013, he cofounds Pretty Fun Therapy, specialised in mobile technologies.