# Mohamed Kilani

> Mohamed Ali Kilani, often referred to as Dali Kilani, is a French-Tunisian entrepreneur and the co-founder of FlexAI, a Paris-based startup focused on rearchitecting AI compute infrastructure to improve efficiency and accessibility.

Person page on Leadbay: https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/mohamed-kilani--flex.ai · loaded 2026-10-29

## At a glance

- Role: Directeur général et co-fondateur
- Company: [Flexai](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/company/flex.ai.md)
- Based in: San Francisco Bay Area
- Education: Stanford University
- Previously: Technical Advisor, AIC
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/btripathi
- Medium: https://medium.com/@mohkilani

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

## Working on now

- The latest public FlexAI materials describe the company’s focus as AI-cloud infrastructure for inference, fine-tuning, pre-training and agent execution across different runtimes, models, accelerators and deployment environments.
- A 2024 report said FlexAI was hiring mainly in Paris and had offices in Paris, San Francisco and Bangalore; named roles included cloud-services product and development, hardware architecture and AI compiler engineering.
- Caution: company-registry search results indicate that Mohamed Kilani’s FlexAI Directeur général mandate ended in November 2025, so his status as current DG on 2026-10-29 is not confirmed by the available permitted sources.

From: [La start-up francilienne FlexAI lève 28,5 M€ - Le Monde Informatique](https://www.lemondeinformatique.fr/actualites/lire-la-start-up-francilienne-flexai-leve-28-5-meteuro-93573.html), [How to Benchmark Open-Source Models | FlexAI](https://flex.ai/blog/how-to-evaluate-open-source-models), [FlexAI Platform: The platform beneath agent-native AI](https://flex.ai/platform), [FlexAI: Agent-native AI infrastructure](https://flex.ai/)

## Signals: what Mohamed did lately

- 2026-06-26 · LinkedIn post: I used to question why every new role seemed harder than the last. ([linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/moekilani_i-used-to-question-why-every-new-role-seemed-activity-7476287909910872064-M6LJ))
- 2026-04-07 · Press mention: Campaign's Creative Faces to Watch 2026 ([campaignme.com](https://campaignme.com/creative-faces-to-watch-2026/))
- 2026-03-28 · LinkedIn post: Fyntra Tech was built to change the prop firm industry. ([linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/yahya-abdul-616126217_fyntra-your-prop-firm-fully-operational-activity-7443719284339449856-Lyal))
- 2026-01-30 · LinkedIn post: We recently had an insightful property training session on NIRVANA RESIDENCES conducted by the Meraki Group, and it was a truly valuable experience for our team. ([linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/our-nest-real-estate-llc_nirvanaresidences-nirvanaresidences-merakigroup-activity-7422926054245359617-vpf3))
- 2025-10-22 · Product launch: Thrilled to announce my promotion to Senior Full Stack Engineer! ([linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sal-jarrar-570b0410b_thrilled-to-announce-my-promotion-to-senior-activity-7386825251768291329-jabJ))
- 2025-10-07 · Press mention: Mohamed Kilani, killed while searching for food for his family ([peopleofgaza.com](https://www.peopleofgaza.com/updates/mohamed-kilani-killed-while-searching-for-food-for-his-family))
- 2025-03-13 · New project: I'm thrilled to announce that l've successfully completed my 35 hours of Project Management Professional (PMP) training under the expert guidance of Ahmed Ben Hamouda, PMP®, SCT®, SAFe® ([linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mohamed-kilani-54b8a668_pmp-projectmanagement-continuousimprovement-activity-7306076453337518081-gQyK))
- 2025-01-14 · Press mention: Engineered Legitimacy: Tunisia's Presidential Election and Its Aftermath ([mideastdc.org](https://mideastdc.org/publication/engineered-legitimacy-tunisias-presidential-election-and-its-aftermath/))
- 2024-07-23 · LinkedIn post: 🎓 Thrilled to share that I have officially graduated with an MBA from The University of Manchester! ([linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/huda-parkar_uomgraduation-originalthinkingapplied-activity-7221571333162237952-f85Z))
- 2024-06-19 · Media appearance: Il y a 50 ans naissait la CNEL (BH Bank): le témoignage de Mohamed Kilani ([leaders.com.tn](https://www.leaders.com.tn/article/35990-il-y-a-50-ans-naissait-la-cnel-bh-bank-le-temoignage-de-mohamed-kilani))
- 2024-04-24 · Funding round: La start-up francilienne FlexAI lève 28,5 M€ ([lemondeinformatique.fr](https://www.lemondeinformatique.fr/actualites/lire-la-start-up-francilienne-flexai-leve-28-5-meteuro-93573.html))
- 2024-03-27 · Media appearance: America the Bilingual
               

               
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## Career

- CEO and Founder, FlexAI (2023-10 – now)
- Angel Investor, Hwy Haul (2019-11 – now)
- Technical Advisor, AIC (2024-07 – 2025-06)
- Vice President, AXG, Intel (2021-10 – 2023-09)
- Vice President and CTO, Client Computing Group, Intel (2019-07 – 2021-09)
- Technical Advisor, Analog Inference (2018-11 – 2019-11)

## Summary

Mohamed Ali Kilani, often referred to as Dali Kilani, is a French-Tunisian entrepreneur and the co-founder of FlexAI, a Paris-based startup focused on rearchitecting AI compute infrastructure to improve efficiency and accessibility [1][2][3]. He holds degrees from École Polytechnique and Stanford University [2]. His professional background includes roles at Nvidia, Zynga, and BCG, and he previously served as CTO at the French healthcare startup Lifen [1][4]. Publicly, Kilani has discussed the complexities of AI infrastructure, advocating for simpler, developer-friendly solutions that reduce reliance on specific hardware architectures [4][5]. He has appeared on podcasts like Tech & Co on BFM Business to discuss FlexAI's mission [6][7]. According to official corporate filings, he resigned from his position as Directeur général of FlexAI, effective August 15, 2025 [8].

[1]: https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/23/french-startup-flexai-exits-stealth-with-30m-to-ease-access-to-ai-compute/ "French startup FlexAI exits stealth with $30M to ease access to AI compute | TechCrunch"
[2]: https://kapitalis.com/tunisie/2024/11/27/success-story-dali-kilani-se-fraie-un-chemin-dans-lia-generative/ "Success Story : Dali Kilani se fraie un chemin dans l’IA générative - Kapitalis"
[3]: https://www.lesechos.fr/start-up/deals/flexai-la-start-up-francaise-qui-facilite-lacces-aux-infrastructures-dia-2090884 "FlexAI, la start-up française qui facilite l'accès aux infrastructures d'IA - Les Echos"
[4]: https://www.eu.vc/p/from-curiosity-to-core-tool-ab0c "From Curiosity to Core Tool"
[5]: https://shows.acast.com/deeptechs/episodes/comment-remettre-lia-dans-le-droit-chemin "Comment remettre l’IA dans le droit chemin - DeepTechs | Acast"
[6]: https://www.bfmtv.com/economie/replay-emissions/tech-and-co/dali-kilani-cofondateur-et-cto-de-flex-ai-24-04_EN-202404240973.html "Dali Kilani, cofondateur et CTO de FlexAI – 24/04"
[7]: https://www.bfmtv.com/economie/replay-emissions/tech-and-co/dali-kilani-flex-ai-flex-ai-une-nouvelle-pepite-de-l-ia-24-04_VN-202404240972.html "Dali Kilani (FlexAI) : FlexAI, une nouvelle pépite de l'IA - 24/04"
[8]: https://entreprises.lefigaro.fr/flexai-75/entreprise-978139459 "FLEXAI (75002) : siret, siren, TVA, adresse..."

## Sources

- [Profile, via Exa](https://linkedin.com/in/btripathi)
- [La start-up francilienne FlexAI lève 28,5 M€ - Le Monde Informatique](https://www.lemondeinformatique.fr/actualites/lire-la-start-up-francilienne-flexai-leve-28-5-meteuro-93573.html)
- [How to Benchmark Open-Source Models | FlexAI](https://flex.ai/blog/how-to-evaluate-open-source-models)
- [FlexAI Platform: The platform beneath agent-native AI](https://flex.ai/platform)
- [FlexAI: Agent-native AI infrastructure](https://flex.ai/)
- [Comment réussir votre Pitch ? Rencontrez le gagnant du SiGMA Dubaï Pitch, Mohammed Kilany - SigmaPlay](https://sigma.world/fr/news/rencontrez-le-gagnant-du-sigma-dubai-pitch-mohammed-kilany/)