Geoffrey Negiar
| Geoffrey Negiar | |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, computer scientist |
|---|---|
| Known for | Co-founder and CEO of The Forecasting Company |
Geoffrey Negiar is a French entrepreneur and machine learning researcher who is the co-founder and CEO of The Forecasting Company, a Paris-based startup that builds planning systems powered by foundation models for time series data. The company was part of Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch.[1]
Early life and education
Negiar holds a master's degree from the ENS in France. He subsequently completed a PhD at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was affiliated with the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR) lab. His doctoral research focused on optimization and machine learning, with published work in areas including stochastic optimization methods for constrained minimization problems.
Career
Prior to founding The Forecasting Company, Negiar gained industry experience at several major technology and finance firms. He worked at Amazon within its Forecasting Science group in the Supply Chain Optimization Technologies (SCOT) division, at Google Brain, and at Bloomberg L.P., where his work involved forecasting, optimization, and deep learning research.
Negiar's academic research has been cited over 296 times according to Google Scholar, with contributions spanning optimization, machine learning, and forecasting.
In 2024, Negiar co-founded The Forecasting Company alongside Joachim Fainberg, who serves as Chief Technology Officer. The company is headquartered in Paris, France, and develops enterprise-grade forecasting systems based on proprietary foundation models designed specifically for time series data. Its flagship model, designated t_0, is offered through both a browser-based platform called Retrocast and an API, enabling businesses to generate forecasts across various time horizons without requiring specialized machine learning expertise.[2]
The company operates in the artificial intelligence, B2B, supply chain, and enterprise software sectors. Its initial focus has been on logistics and operational decision-making use cases, aiming to replace traditional labor-intensive forecasting methods with plug-and-play AI systems.
The Forecasting Company raised a $500,000 seed round in September 2024, with Y Combinator participating as an investor. The company's team and backers include individuals with experience at organizations such as Google, Bloomberg, OpenAI, DeepMind, Meta, Amazon, Datadog, JPMorgan Chase, INRIA, and Hugging Face.
References
- ↑ "The Forecasting Company – Y Combinator". 'Y Combinator}'. Retrieved 2026-03-18.
- ↑ "The Forecasting Company". 'The Forecasting Company}'. Retrieved 2026-03-18.