About
AI engineering for a more secure and sovereign future.
Since 1997, Pertimm designs and deploys AI solutions for organisations operating in complex, sensitive and regulated environments.
Since 1997 A French independent technology company
About us
Full-service digital agency with customised SaaS solutions that match superior experience design with unparalleled technical expertise and industry savoir-faire.
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Experience
26+ years of research and development with deep industry knowledge across sectors.
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AI & ML Expertise
Leading NLP and LLM experts manage the AI roadmap from ideation to deployment.
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Trust
Recognised as one of Europe’s leading R&D firms for algorithmic learning and data management.
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Collaboration
As 360° solution specialists, we customise each solution to meet your unique needs.
Our people
Multidisciplinary team of experts.
Leadership, research, engineering and business development: the people who shape each Pertimm solution, from the first question to long-term operation.
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Charles-Henri PUAUX
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
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Laurent COGNAT
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
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Patrick CONSTANT, PhD
Founder
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Carl LOOF
Head of Growth
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Emmanuel TONNELIER
Senior Business Developer — Government & Defence
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Antoine COURET
R&D Director
Pertimm at a glance
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160+
Projects delivered in 2025
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80+
Experts in AI, data and engineering
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Europe
Collaborative R&D programmes
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France
Headquartered in Paris
Our mission
AI shaped around your organisation.
We are 360° solution specialists. We curate each solution to meet your unique needs, from the first question and data architecture to integration, deployment and long-term improvement.
Our mission is to turn complex information and processes into secure, useful AI systems that your teams can understand, operate and control. Research, engineering and human oversight work together around the realities of your organisation.
Pertimm combines PERTinence, the French word for relevance, and IMMediacy.
In a name
Pertinence & immediacy.
Pertimm is a France-based company specialising in artificial intelligence, with over 26 years’ experience in the fields of virtual assistants, semantic search engines and e-commerce. Since its creation, Pertimm has distinguished itself through its expertise in AI, notably in natural language processing (NLP), neural networks and, more recently, large-scale language models (LLMs). The company’s name reflects its core values of relevance (pertinence) and immediacy, which guide all its developments.
Our commitments
Built for trust. Engineered to last.
Explore the project-specific approach behind these commitments:
Public-sector assurance-
Security by design
Our delivery approach uses GDPR-compliant data practices, with minimisation, controlled access, defined retention and audit trails built in from the start.
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Accountable AI
We follow applicable EU AI Act requirements through use-case risk assessment, documentation, traceability and human oversight.
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Engineering for production
Evaluation, integration and lifecycle monitoring connect promising models to dependable operations.
From research to operations
A continuous engineering discipline.
Our engineering principles. One team across research, design, integration and the full life of each solution.
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Understand.
Define the operational problem, constraints and success criteria.
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Design.
Select models, data flows and deployment architecture.
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Operate.
Integrate, monitor and improve throughout the lifecycle.
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Maintain.
Provide ongoing support, security updates and model maintenance as needs and requirements change.
Ecosystem
European and French collaborative projects.
Headquartered in Paris, Pertimm connects AI, advanced computing and industry through European and French collaborative R&D.
Explore our researchFrench tech ecosystem
Funding & institutional partners of our research
A conversation is the first step
Meet the people behind every deployment.
Ready to unlock the Pertimm expertise?
Whatever your business challenge, we have the industry knowledge and expertise to help.
Let’s go!