Founders / Jean-François Gagné
Jean-François Gagné
Jean-François Gagné is the former co-founder and CEO of Element AI, an enterprise SaaS AI company based in Montréal. Jean-François Gagné co-founded Element AI with Anne Martel, Nicolas Chapados, Jean-Sébastien Cournoyer, Yoshua Bengio and others. Element AI is listed in the portfolios of Real Ventures and BDC Growth Venture Fund. Element AI was acquired by ServiceNow in November 2020.
Formerly Co-founder/CEO of Element AI.
Element AI
Enterprise AI products and applied research (historical).
- Former role
- Co-founder/CEO
- HQ
- Montréal, QC
- Status
- Acquired by ServiceNow
Co-founders: Anne Martel, Nicolas Chapados, Jean-Sébastien Cournoyer, Yoshua Bengio, Philippe Beaudoin
Investors: BDC Growth Venture Fund, Real Ventures
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Data as of November 10, 2026.