Simon Coste
Website: scoste.fr
Address: Paris, France
Email address: simon.coste@u-paris.fr
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Work Experience

07/2024 – present
Co-founder BANG!

Chief Scientist Officer - building vision, image processing and AI features. Bang! is a French startup at the crossroads of AI tech, Consumer apps and Traditional publishing. We adapt iconic comics and manga IPs into mobile-first, vertical stories with a cutting-edge ethical AI approach.

bang-comics.com 🔗

09/2022 – present
Permanent Researcher Université Paris Cité

Permanent researcher in Mathematics (Maître de conférence) @LPSM.

01/2022 – present
Founder Eigen

Angel syndicate to invest 100–200k in pre-seed and seed AI startups with a strong scientific scope. We are a small team of 5 comprised of mathematicians, entrepreneurs and finance people. As of 2025, we have a portfolio of 11 startups (1 exited, 1 failed).

09/2021 – 10/2022
Postdoctoral Researcher École normale supérieure

Postdoc researcher in deep learning and mathematics under the supervision of Stéphane Mallat.
Co-organizer of the 2022 season of Challenge Data.

10/2019 – 09/2021
Postdoctoral Researcher INRIA

Postdoc researcher in mathematics & ML under the supervision of François Baccelli.

Education

09/2016 – 09/2019
Mathematics | PhD Université Paul Sabatier and Université Paris-Cité

PhD on the spectral theory of random matrices and random graphs, with applications to machine learning and high-dimensional statistics. Under the supervision of Charles Bordenave and Justin Salez.

2015
Mathematics | Agrégation École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay

National exam for higher-education math teachers.
Ranked 30 out of ~1800 participants and ~300 selected.

01/2011 – 01/2016
Mathematics | Full curriculum École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay

Final year of Masters in Theoretical Probability at Sorbonne-Université.

01/2009 – 01/2011
Mathematics and Humanities Collège Stanislas

Highly selective two-year undergraduate preparation courses for the entrance exams to top French Schools.