# Galeio

> Galeio is a French AI company that builds geospatial foundation models to automate the analysis of complex satellite, radar, and industrial sensor imagery.

Company page on Leadbay: https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/company/galeio.fr · loaded 2026-10-29

## At a glance

- Website: https://galeio.fr
- Team based in: Cachan (Leadbay's record; Sources disagree: Paris (galeio.fr, a company database))
- Incorporated: Cachan, France (register)
- Registry: SIREN 987 400 421
- Founded: 2024 (galeio.fr and 1 more)
- Founders: Thomas Kerdreux
- Industry: Technology, Information and Internet
- Employees: 5 (employees and founders, investors not counted; galeio.fr and 1 more)
- Backed by: CDL-Paris, Fonds IMT Numérique
- Seen in its site's code: OVHcloud mail (MX mx3.mail.ovh.net) (read 2026-10-30)
- Address: 34 AVENUE CARNOT, 94230, CACHAN, fr

## What it sells, to whom

- Galeio is a French AI company that builds geospatial foundation models to automate the analysis of complex satellite, radar, and industrial sensor imagery. ([galeio.fr](https://www.galeio.fr/), [app.dealroom.co](https://app.dealroom.co/companies/galeio))

## Why it stands out

- Beneficiary of the Fonds IMT Numérique loan (2025) ([fondation-mines-telecom.org](https://www.fondation-mines-telecom.org/galeio-her-third-place-medivie-tech-replico-versant-nouvelle-beneficiaires-du-fonds-de-prets-dhonneur-imt-numerique/))

## Products and services

- Geospatial foundation models (e.g., Icarus, Argus, Nereus) ([galeio.fr](https://www.galeio.fr/), [galeio.fr](https://www.galeio.fr/technology/))
- Foundation Model as a Service (local deployment) ([galeio.fr](https://www.galeio.fr/), [galeio.fr](https://www.galeio.fr/technology/))
- Ready-to-use analytics solutions ([galeio.fr](https://www.galeio.fr/), [galeio.fr](https://www.galeio.fr/technology/))

## Customers and markets

- **Customers**: SNCF Réseau ([linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/galeio_vegetation-control-is-a-critical-component-activity-7430196226324799488-ijdt))
- **Markets**: Satellite operators and geospatial-data providers. ([galeio.fr](https://www.galeio.fr/solutions/), [galeio.fr](https://www.galeio.fr/cases/), [galeio.fr](https://www.galeio.fr/cases/ocean-monitoring/))
- **Markets**: Energy: solar-power mapping, energy transporters/providers and solar-panel manufacturers. ([galeio.fr](https://www.galeio.fr/solutions/), [galeio.fr](https://www.galeio.fr/cases/), [galeio.fr](https://www.galeio.fr/cases/ocean-monitoring/))

## Team

- Thomas Kerdreux, Co-Founder & CEO · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kerdreux-118936237)
- Alexandre Tuel, CTO at Galeio | MIT PhD | AI for Earth Science and Remote… · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandretuel)
- Antoine Audras, Machine Learning Engineer @Galeio · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaudras)
- Yangtao Fang, DataAI master’s student @ IP Paris | Robot Engineering BEng… · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yangtaofang)

Backed by: CDL-Paris, Fonds IMT Numérique

## Latest news

- 2026-09-24 · [2026 French State Innovation Competitions : 8 IP Paris projects among the i-PhD and i-Lab awardees | Institut Polytechnique de Paris](https://www.ip-paris.fr/en/news/2026-french-state-innovation-competitions-8-ip-paris-projects-among-i-phd-and-i-lab-awardees) (ip-paris.fr)
- 2025-10-03 · [Galeio, Her Third Place, MediVIE Tech, Replico, Versant nouvelles bénéficiaires du fonds de prêts d’honneur IMT Numérique. - Fondation Mines-Télécom](https://www.fondation-mines-telecom.org/galeio-her-third-place-medivie-tech-replico-versant-nouvelle-beneficiaires-du-fonds-de-prets-dhonneur-imt-numerique/) (fondation-mines-telecom.org)
- 2025-06-03 · [Innovation, Science and Education: IP Paris Brings Its Entire Ecosystem to VivaTech 2025 | Institut Polytechnique de Paris](https://www.ip-paris.fr/en/news/innovation-science-and-education-ip-paris-brings-its-entire-ecosystem-vivatech-2025) (ip-paris.fr)

## Where to find more

- [This page in Markdown, for agents](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/company/galeio.fr.md)

## Decision makers

- [Thomas Kerdreux](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/thomas-kerdreux--galeio.fr.md), Co-Founder & CEO · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kerdreux-118936237)
- [Alexandre Tuel](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/alexandre-tuel--galeio.fr.md), CTO at Galeio | MIT PhD | AI for Earth Science and Remote… · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandretuel)

Work emails and direct phones come with a Leadbay account: https://wow.leadbay.ai/?register=true

Where it comes from: 20 sites read (galeio.fr, jobs.galeio.fr, app.dealroom.co, linkedin.com, fondation-mines-telecom.org, fr.linkedin.com, ip-paris.fr, esabicnord.fr, …), the French register and the BODACC.

## Best angle

2026-10-29 · Headcount: Headcount up 25% in a year (1 source)

## Best way in

- LinkedIn message to Thomas Kerdreux: Co-Founder & CEO · 5 LinkedIn posts found, latest Sep 28, 2026
- LinkedIn message to Alexandre Tuel: CTO at Galeio | MIT PhD | AI for Earth Science and Remote… · profile linked from the company's record

## Signals: what happened

- 2026-10-29 · Headcount: Headcount up 25% in a year (1 source: [A company database](https://galeio.fr/))
- 2026-10-01 · Traffic: Site visits up 203% in 3 months, 1,258 a month (1 source: [A company database](https://galeio.fr/))
- 2026-09-28 · News: Openings at Galeio! 🌍 Everyone's racing to build foundation models for text and images. Far fewer are building them for the physical world – the harder problem, and one hardly anyone has … (1 source: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/thomas-kerdreux-118936237_openings-at-galeio-everyones-racing-activity-7510221379812651008-2d_-))
- 2026-09-24 · News: 2026 French State Innovation Competitions : 8 IP Paris projects among the i-PhD and i-Lab awardees (1 source: [ip-paris.fr](https://www.ip-paris.fr/en/news/2026-french-state-innovation-competitions-8-ip-paris-projects-among-i-phd-and-i-lab-awardees))
- 2026-06-22 · News: 📡 How can AI transform the sensor world? (1 source: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/thomas-kerdreux-118936237_vivatech-ai-sensors-activity-7474776178986348544-vodf))
- 2026-02-19 · News: 🌳 Vegetation control is a critical component of railway safety and operational continuity. Scaling that monitoring to a national network requires systematic, high-resolution observation and this is precisely what satellite imagery can … (1 source: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/galeio_vegetation-control-is-a-critical-component-activity-7430196226324799488-ijdt))
- 2026-02-11 · Product: Introducing Galeio! 🚀 With cutting-edge technology, Galeio is transforming the interpretation of complex visual data, from satellite and radar imagery to multispectral and X-Ray, across energy, maritime, environmental, and defense-related sectors. 🛰️📈 (1 source: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/build-it-up_galeio-visualintelligence-ai-activity-7427395535168335873-V9i8))
- 2026-02-03 · Fundraising: 🙃 Proud to have supported a historic non-stop round-the-world sail with an all-women crew, led by The Famous Project CIC. (1 source: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/thomas-kerdreux-118936237_oceansar-geospatialai-earthobservation-activity-7424434063597457408-CLxx))
- 2025-10-03 · News: Galeio, Her Third Place, MediVIE Tech, Replico, Versant nouvelles bénéficiaires du fonds de prêts d’honneur IMT Numérique. - Fondation Mines-Télécom (1 source: [fondation-mines-telecom.org](https://www.fondation-mines-telecom.org/galeio-her-third-place-medivie-tech-replico-versant-nouvelle-beneficiaires-du-fonds-de-prets-dhonneur-imt-numerique/))
- 2025-07-03 · News: Fiers d’avoir représenté les startups des incubateurs d’IP Paris lors de l’Opération CIEDS 2025! (1 source: [fr.linkedin.com](https://fr.linkedin.com/posts/galeio_galeio-cieds2025-startup-activity-7346585372174303233-9aGG))
- 2025-06-13 · News: 🚀 Day 3 at VivaTech! (1 source: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/thomas-kerdreux-118936237_vivatech-geospatial-ai-activity-7339325250251223041-Y7ob))
- 2025-04-29 · Product: 🚀 We're proud to announce OceanSAR-1 — the first ocean-focused SAR foundation model! (1 source: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/thomas-kerdreux-118936237_frugalai-cleantech-climateresilience-activity-7322895050365980672-J_QF))

## Solvency

From the national register (INSEE, INPI) and the BODACC, read 2026-10-30. SIREN 987400421.

- Status: active, registered 2024-03-07 · SAS
- Procédures collectives: none in the BODACC (no sauvegarde, redressement or liquidation judiciaire)
- Accounts filed (comptes déposés): 2025-12-31, 2024-12-31
- Legal officers: Thomas Kerdreux; Alexandre Tuel
- Grade (Jev): D, high risk
- Risk of failure within 12 months (Jev, read 2026-10-25): 18%
- Risk of paying 90 days late within 12 months (Jev): 27%
- Pays its invoices (Jev): Within 30 days
- Cash on hand (Jev): Over 24 months of spending
- Debt (Jev): No financial debt
- What Jev read: Active, created 2024-03-07; No procédure collective in the BODACC; Accounts filed for the year closed 2025-12-31 (comptes déposés)

## Working on now

- Building foundation models for complex, high-dimensional physical-world data, especially satellite, aerial, multispectral and radar imagery, with local deployment and reduced labeling requirements.
- Developing Nereus-SAR-1 ocean-radar intelligence for wind-field mapping, oil-spill detection, vessel tracking and related maritime analytics.
- Serving operational customers in energy, offshore wind, maritime/shipping, climate/environmental monitoring, defense and industrial/manufacturing use cases.
- The September 2026 hiring push says Galeio is bootstrapped and owns the stack from pretraining through client-specific fine-tuning and real-world deployment.

From: [Galeio](https://www.galeio.fr/), [Galeio](https://www.galeio.fr/solutions/), [Galeio](https://www.galeio.fr/cases/ocean-monitoring/), [Hey we are looking for some talented people to join Galeio! | Antoine Audras](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aaudras_hey-we-are-looking-for-some-talented-people-activity-7510291239800582144-TLxx), [Openings at Galeio! 🌍 Everyone's racing to build foundation models for text and images. Far fewer are building them for the physical world – the harder problem, and one hardly anyone has … | thomas kerdreux](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7510221379812651008)

## Summary

Galeio is a French AI company that develops and deploys geospatial foundation models to analyze complex visual data, such as satellite, radar, and hyperspectral imagery [1][2]. Founded in 2024 by Thomas Kerdreux, Alexandre Tuel, and L. Thiry, the company provides its technology through locally deployable foundation models and custom analytics solutions [1][3][2]. Its customers include organizations in the energy, manufacturing, maritime, and defense sectors [4][5]. In October 2025, Galeio received a loan from the IMT Numérique fund [6]. Most recently, in February 2026, the company announced a successful nationwide vegetation monitoring project for SNCF Réseau [7].

[1]: https://www.galeio.fr/ "Galeio"
[2]: https://app.dealroom.co/companies/galeio "Galeio company information, funding & investors | Dealroom.co"
[3]: https://www.galeio.fr/technology/ "Galeio"
[4]: https://www.galeio.fr/solutions/ "Galeio"
[5]: https://www.galeio.fr/cases/ "Galeio"
[6]: https://www.fondation-mines-telecom.org/galeio-her-third-place-medivie-tech-replico-versant-nouvelle-beneficiaires-du-fonds-de-prets-dhonneur-imt-numerique/ "Galeio, Her Third Place, MediVIE Tech, Replico, Versant nouvelles bénéficiaires du fonds de prêts d’honneur IMT Numérique. - Fondation Mines-Télécom"
[7]: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/galeio_vegetation-control-is-a-critical-component-activity-7430196226324799488-ijdt "Reshared from thomas kerdreux: 🌳 Vegetation control is a critical component of railway safety and operational continuity. Scaling that monitoring to a national network requires systematic, high-resolution observation and this is precisely what satellite imagery can …"
[8]: https://www.galeio.fr/about-us/ "Galeio"

## Sources

- [Galeio's website](https://galeio.fr)
- [Company record, via Exa](https://galeio.fr/)
- [Galeio](https://www.galeio.fr/cases/ocean-monitoring/)
- [Hey we are looking for some talented people to join Galeio! | Antoine Audras](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aaudras_hey-we-are-looking-for-some-talented-people-activity-7510291239800582144-TLxx)
- [Openings at Galeio! 🌍 Everyone's racing to build foundation models for text and images. Far fewer are building them for the physical world – the harder problem, and one hardly anyone has … | thomas kerdreux](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7510221379812651008)
- [Galeio – Employés, offres d’emploi, informations boursières et culture | LinkedIn](https://fr.linkedin.com/company/galeio)