Team · Founders & advisors

Two founders who met on Autodesk's Core Rendering Team and who have scaled AI systems worldwide.

Founders

Nicolas Duval

Nicolas Duval

Co-founder & CEO

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Two decades turning ambitious software into products used by tens of millions.

  • Autodesk: Principal Engineer. Led the Tinkercad modernization and built on the Forge platform.

  • Adobe: Shaped Adobe Express across cloud infrastructure and generative AI.

  • Repeat founder: Started out in the French defense industry, then spent his career shipping at scale.

At Synthium

Leads vision, business strategy, and go-to-market, and owns the engine that turns everyday interaction into robot training data.

Previously at

AutodeskAdobeUniversity of Strasbourg
Nicolas Savva

Nicolas Savva

Co-founder & CTO

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Internationally recognized expert in computer graphics and computer vision.

  • Cornell: MS/PhD and former lecturer in computer graphics and computer vision.

  • Autodesk: Led advanced visualization projects. OpenUSD contributor for robotics simulation.

  • Research: Neural image captioning, photorealistic rendering, and energy simulation.

  • Recognition: Fulbright scholar. Granted the O-1 visa for extraordinary ability.

At Synthium

Owns the technical roadmap and core platform architecture, and builds the novel IP that keeps us at the edge of robotics and simulation.

Education & experience

Cornell UniversityAutodeskFulbright

Strategic advisors

Endri Deliu

Endri Deliu

Strategic Advisor & Investor

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Large-scale AI and ML infrastructure, and the high-volume applications built on top of it.

  • Deepentix: Head of AI, working on modular AI systems, self-hosted SLMs, and decentralized AI.

  • TU Vienna: Teaches ML Systems at the Technical University of Vienna.

  • Silicon Valley: Architect, Principal Architect, and Distinguished Fellow at Salesforce, PlayStation, and Indeed.

  • Based in: San Francisco and Vienna.

His focus

Democratizing AI through small, efficient, decentralized hardware.

Previously at

SalesforcePlayStationIndeed
Philip Chan

Philip Chan

Strategic Advisor

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Venture builder and investor who has taken companies from idea to growth stage.

  • Liminal: Rainmaking at the Temasek-founded venture studio that co-builds with early-stage founders.

  • Norwest Venture Partners: Growth equity investor.

  • Perella Weinberg: Mergers and acquisitions.

  • Based in: Singapore.

His focus

Backing early-stage AI and deep-tech founders, and getting them in front of the right people.

Previously at

LiminalNorwest Venture PartnersPerella Weinberg Partners

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