Foaster
The AI-native consulting firm for AI transformation.
Note: This is a preliminary assessment based on limited publicly available information. We did not have access to LinkedIn profiles or live product screenshots for this analysis. We will update this entry with a more thorough review soon.
Verdict
Foaster is a compelling narrative around a real problem but lacks any visible proof of execution. The 'AI-native consulting firm' positioning is coherent but the market is brutally competitive with well-funded incumbents who can deploy similar agent tooling. Alexandre's prior work at Répondia is the strongest signal here — he's shipped AI voice products at scale — but Raphaël's background is unusual and unproven in deep tech. No customer evidence, no press, no product artifacts visible means this is pre-traction by any measure. The thesis needs to be proven out with named enterprise customers and documented transformation outcomes before this is fundable at a premium.
Active Founders
Alexandre is the co-founder and CTO of Foaster. He previously built Répondia, where AI agents handled 60k+ customer calls for major restaurant groups in France. More recently, he co-built two LLM benchmarks that reached 12M+ views and were shared by leading figures in tech. After a year spent with his co-founder Raphaël helping enterprises think through AI deployment, he became convinced the real blocker was not AI itself, but companies’ lack of visibility into how they actually work.
Raphaël is the Co-founder and CEO of Foaster. He started building online tennis fans communities at 11 that grew to more than 400,000 people. At 18, he joined Rafael Nadal’s team as an agent. More recently, he co-built two LLM benchmarks that reached 12M+ views and were shared by leading figures in tech. After a year helping enterprises think through AI deployment, he became convinced the real blocker was not AI itself, but companies’ lack of visibility into how they actually work.