Simon Bussy, PhD — Founder & CEO, Califrais. Simon Bussy is a French entrepreneur and AI researcher whose scientific work has received several prestigious awards. He is the founder and CEO of Califrais, a deeptech company pioneering the use of artificial intelligence to transform food supply chains and wholesale markets. Califrais at the intersection of cutting-edge AI research and real-world food supply chain operations. Today, the company collaborates with 12 leading French research laboratories and more than 200 researchers and professors, developing advanced technologies in machine learning, operational research and large-scale optimization. Califrais works closely with some of Europe’s leading food retailers and distributors. Since 2021, the company has also been the official digital and logistics operator of the Rungis International Market, the world’s largest wholesale food market. This unique position has turned Rungis into a living laboratory where AI is developed, tested and deployed at scale. Simon’s vision is to build the operating system of the wholesale market of the future: a real-time digital twin capable of modelling, predicting and optimizing millions of interactions between products, merchants, buyers and logistics flows. His ambition is to demonstrate how AI can transform wholesale markets into intelligent food ecosystems — making them more efficient, resilient and sustainable.