Selected work & references
I'm Erwan Gallo, a founder and product builder based in Paris. My work brings together software, applied AI, product design and startup partnerships. These are some of the projects, teams and publications behind the story on this site.
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Products and applied AI
PoCodex
Status: Demonstrated prototype. OpenAI Codex × Mollie hackathon, June 2026. Second place.
I built and demonstrated a networking application in one day with Codex. It combined Pokémon-inspired battles with enriched contact profiles and sales follow-ups, turning a familiar contact-exchange problem into something people could try at the event.
Contribution: Product concept, implementation and demonstration.
Cliccc
Status: Built and tested, 2025-2026.
I founded Cliccc and independently built its first iterations, starting with a Telegram bot and developing it into an application for capturing, enriching and following up on business connections. I led product design and integrations before expanding the founding team.
Contribution: Founding, product design, first implementations and integrations. The full chronology is in my CV.
Burning Man operations and AI FAQ
Status: Operations tooling built and AI FAQ deployed, 2026. For a 100-person camp.
I built an operations system with Apps Script, Sheets, Forms and dashboards for registrations, membership, payments and camp logistics. I also deployed a source-grounded AI FAQ with Telegram integrations, unanswered-question tracking and administrative tools, then added logging and evaluation tools to assess answer quality.
Contribution: Operations workflows, software integrations and AI support tooling. Project details are in my CV.
Wireframe
Status: Three.js prototype, Generathon, August 2026.
I prototyped an interface for controlling composition and camera angles before AI image generation. I developed the concept into a model-agnostic creative production system for CPG brands, combining product and compliance knowledge with reusable AI workflows.
Contribution: Product concept, 3D interface prototype and creative workflow design. Project details are in my CV.
What I'm building now
ErwanOS
Status: Ongoing independent development, 2026-present.
I designed a versioned development system connecting Codex, GitHub, Linear and Figma through reusable skills, specifications and persistent project knowledge. I'm developing workflows for context recovery, agent orchestration, approvals and evaluations, so that work can resume across sessions with the relevant decisions available.
Briques.ai | Business automation and applied AI for SMEs
Founder, May 2026-present. Based in Paris.
Through Briques.ai, I help SMEs automate everyday work: mapping processes, connecting existing software and building workflows that combine business automation, AI agents and human decisions.
I approach this work from the practical context of French and European SMEs: the systems already in place, the data they use, the people responsible for decisions and the teams who will use the tools. My legal education complements the technical work, helping me frame questions about data, responsibilities and constraints before making implementation choices.
Contribution: Workflow discovery, automation design, software integrations and applied AI implementation.
BSF 2.0 | Applying that approach in a family-owned sawmill
Status: Implementation in progress, through Briques.ai.
I'm building around the sawmill's commercial and administrative processes, existing software and company knowledge, connecting these with AI agents and human oversight. It gives the work a concrete operational setting: understanding how the business runs and making the tools understandable to the people who will use them.
Sibelle
Status: Built and testing privately.
A food companion inspired by my sister's experience with SIBO. I built it to help people assess products, ingredients and restaurant menus against individual dietary restrictions and preferences.
GLUE
Status: Exploration and architecture preparation, October 2026. Hardware prototype planned.
I'm exploring a multimodal companion that preserves conversation and task context across devices and physical environments. Current work prepares the software architecture and device interactions for the hardware prototype.
These project entries follow the stages recorded in my CV.
Working with founders and ecosystems
Ledger
Lead Ecosystem Partnerships, December 2024-December 2025.
I managed partnerships with startups and technology companies, led the partner and token-gating strategy for the Solana Edition, and coordinated product positioning and cross-functional teams through launch. I also led Ledger's first airdrop campaigns from strategy to execution.
Solana French delegation / Superteam France
Vice-Lead, June-December 2024.
I helped establish the French ecosystem, supporting early-stage founders with product development, technical integrations, partnerships and grant opportunities. I also contributed to events, hackathons and developer initiatives.
Founders Inc., San Francisco
Artifact program, January-February 2026, within a three-month stay in San Francisco.
During the program I built Cliccc and supported fellow founders with product, storytelling, content strategy and design. Across my stay, I was building alongside other founders and learning from their projects.
Founders Inc. post · Professional background on LinkedIn
Hackathons and mentoring
- Anthropic × Lovable, Slush Helsinki, 2025: first place.
- ElevenLabs, Paris, March 2026: first place.
- OpenAI Codex × Mollie, Paris, June 2026: second place with PoCodex.
- Anthropic × Sillage × Gamma, Paris, July 2026: first place, Gamma track.
- Cursor × Supabase, Generathon, August 2026: first place, Dev Track.
- Mistral × Legora × Stanford Law, Paris, October 2026: finalist.
These results and dates are listed in my CV. The PoCodex recap above includes the project demonstration and event context.
I also took part in ORBIT's Chief of Staff Hackathon in Stockholm as a mentor and juror, sharing lessons from building with AI and helping participants work through practical business challenges.
Writing and making technology understandable
- From Muggle to Wizard: The Magic of Web3: an educational explanation built around a familiar fictional world.
- Gucci's Web3 strategy: luxury, technology and consumer experience.
- Starbucks Odyssey: loyalty programmes and product strategy.
- Polygon × Immutable, Only the Zest: a technical and ecosystem explainer.
How the pieces connect
Across these projects, the same combination keeps coming back: hands-on building, work with founders and users, technical communication and reusable workflows.
- Building and demonstrating: PoCodex is a concrete example of taking a problem I knew from Cliccc, implementing a new version with Codex and demonstrating it within a day. The Burning Man operations system and deployed FAQ show another setting for integrations and AI support tools.
- Working with founders and users: Cliccc, Superteam France, Ledger and Founders Inc. gave me experience building a product, supporting founders, coordinating partners and explaining product choices. Through Briques.ai, I apply that experience to business automation for SMEs, including the workflows of a family-owned sawmill. My legal background also informs how I consider data, responsibilities and the European operating context.
- Teaching and reusable workflows: ORBIT mentoring and published explainers show how I share what I learn. ErwanOS is my ongoing work on making context recovery, checks and development workflows reusable across projects.
These are examples of work I can discuss and demonstrate. The individual project entries above retain their dates and current stages.
Portrait and story visuals
Erwan Gallo
My LinkedIn profile photograph. View the original image or my LinkedIn profile.
Story illustrations
These are the original cut-paper story illustrations used on this site. They illustrate the story; project demonstrations and professional references are linked beside the relevant work above.
The chimera
The opening illustration of the story. View the original image.
Building PoCodex
The story illustration accompanying PoCodex. View the original image or the actual project and hackathon recap on LinkedIn.
Fort Maison
The story illustration accompanying my San Francisco stay. View the original image or my Founders Inc. post on LinkedIn.