Vivien Perrelle

I’m an AI engineer and founder with a background in biosensors and lab automation.
I’m at Station F with the Pioneers program, looking for the next company to build.

Paris, France

Selected Work

LocusLab

Investigating why small changes to automated lab methods can trigger extensive revalidation work, and how to reduce that burden.

Lab AutomationCustomer DiscoveryStartup

epibudget

Built an open-source experimental-design tool that chooses protein variants by the interaction structure they expose under a fixed lab budget.

Open SourceProtein EngineeringExperimental Design

Scientific Claim Verifier

Open-source engine that verifies cited scientific claims against their sources with deterministic, traceable provenance and regression-tested evaluation.

Open SourceAI for SciencePython

Finexov

Built an AI platform for public-funding applications and sold it to consulting firms.

Full-Stack DevelopmentAI AgentsStartup

PyLabRobot Contributions

Contributed structured lifecycle events for plate readers, imagers and thermocyclers, making software operations easier to trace.

Lab AutomationPythonOpen Source

Research Intern @ PKvitality

Hands-on R&D on enzymatic microneedle biosensors inside a VC-backed team developing a continuous glucose monitoring smartwatch.

MedTechBiosensorsR&D

Wearable Biosensor Research

Built a smartwatch prototype for wearable glucose and lactate enzymatic biosensors, including electronics, software and experimental work.

ResearchBiosensorsHardware

Mistral AI MCP Hackathon

Contributed to an MCP server that helps companies find relevant European funding calls directly from Le Chat.

HackathonMCPMistral AI

Green-Grown

Designed, manufactured and crowdfunded a modular wood construction game that shapes a living climbing plant.

Student ProjectProduct DesignMarketing

Bione

Coded an open-source WebGL app that teaches how a microneedle glucose biosensor works through an interactive 3D model.

Student ProjectWebGLProgramming

E-Textile Motion Suit

Co-built an e-textile platform whose fabric sensors capture a wearer's movements through stitched stretch, crumple and inertial sensors.

Student ProjectElectronicsE-Textile

Beyond Work

Vivien Perrelle as an Air Force reservist

Engagement

I enlisted as a reservist in the French Air Force at 18.

Hiking in the French Alps

Hiking

I love hiking in the French Alps.

Charcoal drawing of an eye and flowing hair

Art

I used to draw.

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Work with me

Lab Automation Software

Software engineering for existing laboratory automation workflows: Python development, instrument and service integration, and testing. I work with integrators, instrument vendors and internal automation teams.

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AI Training & Workshops

Practical AI training for professional teams, built around the work they actually do: confidential AI use, local models, and Claude, ChatGPT and MCP workflows. Delivered to law firms, accounting professionals, business leaders and university audiences.

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