Alan and Mistral cofounder Jean-Charles Samuelian-Werve

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The big interview

January 28, 2026

The serial founder behind Alan and Mistral: ‘I try to focus on what I can control’

With a couple of multi-billion-dollar businesses under his belt, Mistral and Alan cofounder Jean-Charles Samuelian-Werve isn’t ready to settle down

Jean-Charles Samuelian-Werve greets me at the entrance of his office in Paris on a freezing January afternoon. 

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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