Yseop
{{Short description|French software company}}
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Yseop (pronounced 'Easy-Op') is a French software company, specializing in no code intelligent report automation, using natural language generation (NLG). Established in 2000 with offices in Paris,{{Cite web|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/2012/04/les-logiciels-dyseop-ecrivent-pour-la-societe-generale-355124|title=Les logiciels d'Yseop écrivent pour la Société Générale|date=2012-04-13|website=Les Echos|language=fr|access-date=2020-02-04}} New York,{{cite web|url=http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/179_84/five-companies-to-watch-from-finovate-1067246-1.html|last=Wack|first=Kevin|title=Five Companies to Watch from Finovate|newspaper=American Banker|date=1 May 2014|access-date=4 February 2020}} Lyon and Bogota. Yseop was a pioneer in NLG which laid the groundwork for Chat GPT and Generative AI.{{Citation needed|reason=promotional tone; no evidence provided|date=December 2023}} Yseop's original founding team [https://nextstage-am.com/participations/yseop/ sold their stake in the company to Next Stage], a French Private Equity Company.
History
Yseop was established in 2000 by Alain Kaeser, based on his research at the École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay (formerly ENS Cachan).{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} Research and development for Yseop's technology began in the mathematical lab École normale supérieure de Cachan. The company was co-founded with John Rauscher, after he sold his start-up called Sunopsis to Oracle in 2006.
Yseop first commercialized its product as a middleware at the end of 2008, and opened up its American subsidiary in Dallas, Texas in 2012.
The Yseop Team
Former and current Yseop executives include Emmanuel Walckenaer (current CEO), John Rauscher (former CEO), Matthieu Andre (former CFO and currently at Groupe PSIH{{Cite web |title=Groupe PSIH - Mieux Comprendre, Mieux Décider, Mieux Soigner |url=https://groupepsih.com/ |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=Groupe PSIH |language=fr-FR}}), Maxine Azoulay (former US CTO and formerly of Meero and now at Airship) and Arden Manning (formerly at the DNC and currently cofounder of Nituno{{Cite web |title=About Us Nituno |url=https://www.nituno.com/about-us/ |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=Nituno |language=en-US}}). Alain Kaeser, Yseop's founder, has been with the company since 2000 and continues to lead its strategic planning.{{Cite web |title=Alain Kaeser {{!}} Yseop |url=https://www.yseop.com/people/alain-kaeser |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=www.yseop.com}}
Products
Yseop commercializes natural language generation (NLG) software, which reasons on data and turns it into written recommendations and reports.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/print-edition/2013/08/30/tech-titans-technology-inventor-yseop.html|title=Tech Titans Technology Inventor Award Finalist: Yseop Team|last=|first=|date=|website=www.bizjournals.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-02-04}}
Yseop's software writes in English, Spanish, French and German.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/12/artificial-intelligence-data-journalism-media|title=The journalists who never sleep|last=Eudes|first=Yves|date=2014-09-12|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-02-04|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}
Yseop has worked with Société Générale.
Recognition
In 2014, Tom Austin, vice president and fellow at Gartner, cited Yseop, Narrative Science and Automated Insights as part of the Smart Machine, technological revolution that "has the promise to be one of the most disruptive changes ever".Tom Austin. Slideshare presentation, pages 48-55: http://www.gartner.com/it/content/2648000/2648016/february_13_smart_machine_taustin.pdf{{Cite web|url=https://www.gartner.com/it/content/2648000/2648016/february_13_smart_machine_taustin.pdf|title=The Rise of the Smart Machines: Their Technical, Business, Economic and Social Impact|last=Austin|first=Tom|date=2014|website=Gartner|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-02-04}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official site|http://yseop.com/}}
Category:Software companies of France