Seeking an AI internship in the US · from May 2027

Grégoire
Desparain

AI/ML Engineer · Full-stack developer · Founder of ShakeUp

Engineering student at IMT Nord Europe in France, focusing on artificial intelligence with a strong software background: I’ve already shipped complete products, from the backend all the way to the App Store.

§01 — About

AI, code and building a company.

I’m a graduate engineering student at IMT Nord Europe (formerly Mines de Douai), one of France’s grandes écoles, after three years of integrated preparatory classes. I’m now focusing on artificial intelligence: I’ll spend January to May 2027 at ÉTS Montréal for a software engineering semester, I’m aiming for an MS in Machine Learning at Georgia Tech, and I’m looking for an AI internship in the United States.

What sets me apart is that I already know how to ship. I led ShakeUp from Figma mockups to the App Store with a team of five: a mobile app, an admin dashboard, about fifty serverless functions, and a first AI feature that turns a photo of a venue’s floor plan into structured data with an LLM.

On the business side, I’m turning ShakeUp into a SaaS so any event organizer in France can use it, and launching WikiStudent, a campus card game I built by orchestrating AI coding agents. My internship at CLEEVEN in Basel, pitching C-suite leaders at fast-growing startups and global enterprises in tech, banking and pharma, taught me the other half of the job: selling, negotiating and hiring.

Outside of work, I’ve been a national fencing referee since 2016 and I run the technical side of the Challenge Aramis in Lyon, an international tournament with 200+ fencers.

100+ShakeUp users
50Cloud Functions in prod
5students led
3.48GPA · Data/AI track
955TOEIC score
200+fencers at Aramis
§02 — Projects

What I’m building.

From AI to embedded hardware, with a product live in the stores. Every finished project has a full case study: context, problem, architecture and what I learned.

  1. P—01 ShakeUpFounder · Product Owner · 2025– Nightlife event platform live on iOS and Android with 100+ users: table bookings, QR entry passes, in-venue ordering, point of sale, admin dashboard and LLM-powered floor-plan import. Next step: a SaaS rolled out across France. React NativeFirebaseCloud FunctionsNext.jsLLMSaaS Read →
  2. P—02 WikiStudentFounder · 2026– A collectible card game for college campuses: students turn their school’s inside jokes into cards and open booster packs. All game rules live in SQL functions; built by orchestrating AI coding agents from my own spec. In beta. Next.jsSupabasePostgreSQLStripeAI agents Read →
  3. P—03 AI projectArtificial intelligence Details coming soon. In progress
  4. P—04 AI projectArtificial intelligence Details coming soon. In progress
  5. P—05 Fencing results readerFrench Fencing Federation · 2024 PHP tool that turns a tournament’s raw XML export into pools, rankings and stats coaches can actually read. No more rebuilding everything by hand in Excel. PHPSimpleXMLDataStatistics Read →
  6. P—06 Connected weather stationSchool project · IoT Two Arduinos linked by XBee radio: an outdoor probe measures temperature, humidity, wind and light, and an indoor unit displays the data and drives motorized shutters. ArduinoXBeeSensorsServos Read →
  7. P—07 Self-service gas pumpSchool project · Embedded A full simulation of a self-service fuel pump: card, PIN code, nozzle detection, live volume and price on an LCD screen. ArduinoCState machineLCD Read →
  8. P—08 Pac-Man in CSide project · in progress The arcade classic rewritten in plain C: ghost movement, collisions, scoring. A training ground for memory management and clean data structures. CGame loopLow-level In progress
§03 — Experience

Experience & education.

2025 – presentFrance

Founder · Product Owner & full-stack developer · ShakeUp Solutions

  • Led a cross-functional team of 5 students through development sprints, all the way to release on iOS and Android.
  • Shipped to 100+ users on a tight €300 budget.
  • UX/UI mockups, React Native + Firebase development, serverless architecture, database design and budget.
  • Built LLM-assisted floor-plan import into the admin dashboard.
  • Now turning the app into a SaaS to roll out across France.
May – Sep 2026Basel, Switzerland · 60 h/week

IT business engineer intern · CLEEVEN He IT

  • Drove business development with C-suite leaders at high-growth startups and global enterprises in tech, banking and pharma.
  • Scoped clients’ IT needs (data/AI, cyber/network, software, ERP), selected and qualified consulting engineers, ran interviews and took part in negotiations.
  • Followed ongoing engagements, managed the client–consultant relationship and tracked performance metrics.
Jun – Aug 2025Lyon, France

IoT & network engineering intern · Passman

  • Diagnosed and fixed 25+ incidents involving sensors, the PMS and their connectivity.
  • Set up and tested the Passenergy solution ahead of its nationwide launch.
  • Fed the product roadmap with technical feedback and fixes documented on GitHub.
Jun – Jul 2024Paris, France

Web developer intern · French Fencing Federation

  • Gathered functional requirements and got a visual mockup signed off.
  • Built a PHP tool that processes tournament results with statistical algorithms.
  • Demoed it, collected feedback and shipped an improved version.

Leadership

2020 – presentLyon, France

Technical director · Challenge Aramis

  • Organize a yearly international fencing tournament with 200+ participants.
  • Run the competition on the day, coordinate referees and settle disputes.
2016 – presentFrance & abroad

National fencing referee · FFE

  • Referee national competitions and supervise groups of 3 to 15 referees.

Education

TargetAtlanta, GA, USA

MS in Machine Learning · Georgia Tech

  • Planning to apply to go deeper into machine learning after my engineering degree.
Jan – May 2027Montréal, Canada

Exchange semester in software engineering · ÉTS Montréal

2025 – 2028Douai, France

Master’s-level engineering degree, Data/AI track · IMT Nord Europe (formerly Mines de Douai)

  • GPA: 3.48.
2022 – 2025Lille, France

Integrated preparatory program · IMT Nord Europe

§04 — Skills

The toolbox.

AI & data

Artificial intelligence

PythonScikit-learnPandasNumPyData preprocessingFeature engineeringModel trainingClassification & regressionEDALLMs & prompt engineeringSQL

Certification

AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate (in progress)
Engineering

Languages & frameworks

TypeScriptJavaScriptReact / React NativeNext.jsNode.jsFirebaseDockerKubernetesCPHPHTML/CSSArduino / IoT
Product & business

Entrepreneurship

Product ownershipAgile sprintsUX/UI (Figma)Sales & negotiationHiringSEO
Languages

I speak

FrenchNative
EnglishC1 · TOEIC 955
ItalianB1
ChineseBasic