Meet Pierre-Jean Tiné, selected in the third call with his project ALYZAI.
Tell us briefly about yourself and your background!
I am the CEO and co-founder of Alyzai, a company where we help industrial organisations leverage the expertise of their workforce at scale through a sovereign artificial intelligence platform. Throughout my professional career, I have been guided by one key question: how can we transform advanced technology into solutions that genuinely change the way organisations operate?
Today, I am convinced that the next major industrial transformation will not come from AI models alone, but from systems capable of executing decisions across the entire organisation.
How did you find out about SCAIRA?
I discovered SCAIRA while browsing the Aerospace Valley website.
What stage is your start-up currently at?
Alyzai is currently in an early traction stage and already has two active clients in the aerospace sector.
What is the nature of your project, and what problem does it aim to solve?
Alyzai is a European sovereign artificial intelligence platform designed to accelerate operational AI transformation across the manufacturing and industrial sectors. We deliver concrete value to manufacturing and supply chain activities, including a 25% reduction in the costs associated with managing non-conformity (NC) processes and a 5% reduction in purchasing volume costs. Within two years, we aim to become the reference AI operating system for European industrial companies, with more than 100 customers integrating artificial intelligence into their daily operations.
Which SCAIRA services have you chosen?
Services 3 and 4: National public funding opportunities for start-ups and green innovations.
Services 6 and 7: Development of Proof of Concept (PoC) and Minimum Viable Product (MVP).
Service 11: Preparation of the business plan and the Business Model Canvas.
Service 9: Assessment of the impact of an industrial project on the green transition and the territory, in line with environmental sustainability criteria and objectives.
Service 13: Preparation of the project for presentation to industry stakeholders and investors, including registration on LOOM.
Service 12: Market research and identification of target customers.
Service 14: B2B meetings between start-ups and industrial companies, and B2F meetings between start-ups and investors.
What are your short-term objectives during the acceleration programme?
For Alyzai, joining the SCAIRA programme represents a strategic opportunity with tangible benefits. On the one hand, it provides us with direct access to specialised mentoring, industry experts, and cross-border collaborations that will help refine our solution and validate it alongside major industrial companies. On the other hand, it offers key support in facilitating access to public and private funding needed to drive our development forward.
Who is your target market and what customer need are you addressing?
Our target market consists of mid-sized and large industrial manufacturing companies in Europe (with more than 50 employees and over €20 million in revenue), operating complex supply chains and production processes. We address a critical execution gap: although companies already use ERP, MES, or procurement systems, up to 90% of operational decisions and workflows remain manual, limiting performance and scalability. This results in unpredictable purchasing outcomes, production disruptions, and margin erosion.
Our sovereign artificial intelligence platform orchestrates enterprise applications and automates repetitive operational decisions while keeping people at the centre of control. Customers typically achieve up to twice the negotiated purchasing volume, 30% faster resolution of production incidents, and a 25% reduction in operational costs associated with production disruptions.
What challenges do you identify today?
Alyzai has validated its solution in the aeronautics sector and already has a strong reference customer. The challenge now is to accelerate our market penetration in the aerospace, space, and defence sectors—industries where credibility and networks are just as important as technology. Joining Starburst will first allow us to increase our visibility among decision-makers in these industries, particularly through participation in specialised trade fairs such as Eurosatory. Our concrete objective is to secure two new clients through the Starburst network within the next six months.
This is also the right time to prepare for our next funding round. We need expert support to define target funding amounts, structure the sequencing of the rounds, and access both public and private investors within the network—investors who understand the specific dynamics of the aerospace, space, and defence sectors and who can bring strategic value beyond capital.
Do you already have a team?
Alyzai is led by three co-founders with complementary profiles and nearly 30 years of combined experience in the manufacturing industry, particularly in highly demanding sectors such as aerospace, defence, and automotive.
Abdennacer Bengueddoudj, our CPO, has more than eight years of experience in companies such as Michelin and Sopra Steria, where he developed digital and AI-based processes and solutions to improve the efficiency of production teams and the performance of procurement functions in the aerospace and automotive sectors.
Delphes Jabri, CTO of Alyzai, brings over seven years of experience as a Technical Lead at Sopra Steria, where he specialised in developing real-time applications for Airbus (MOM–MES) and designing artificial intelligence architectures capable of identifying similarities between technical cases, thereby reducing diagnostic times on complex assembly lines.
In my case, I have more than 13 years of experience at Safran and Airbus, where I led digital transformation programmes, including the design of artificial intelligence agents to automate the management of production non-conformities, such as the detection and resolution of quality deviations. I am also a serial entrepreneur, holder of six patents and recipient of three innovation awards, and I have developed IoT solutions aimed at improving traceability across supply chains.