Hi.
I'm Antoine Sakho.
Product leader at Meta / WhatsApp, shipping AI systems that protect billions of users. Previously drove Busuu's $436M exit as Head of Product. Investor in 30+ startups (incl. Anthropic). Sciences Po alumnus.
Hi.
Product leader at Meta / WhatsApp, shipping AI systems that protect billions of users. Previously drove Busuu's $436M exit as Head of Product. Investor in 30+ startups (incl. Anthropic). Sciences Po alumnus.
Promoted after 16 months. Leading the AI transformation of WhatsApp's content enforcement — shipped AI-driven systems that replaced third-party vendors at global scale. Improved harm enforcement accuracy by XXX%+ while cutting vendor costs by $XXM+ annually.
Sole PM for high-severity illegal harms on WhatsApp. Increased recall by XX%+ in under one year — de-risking all priority harms. Shipped the enforcement system that fully replaced third-party vendor operations at global scale.
30+ investments across AI, consumer, ed tech, and marketplace verticals. Portfolio includes Anthropic. Bringing operator conviction to early-stage bets.
Led the entire product department. Rebuilt engagement loops, monetisation, and the core learning experience. Drove the turnaround that culminated in Chegg's $436M acquisition — one of the largest EdTech exits in European history.
Promoted to Head of Product in under a year. Drove 5x conversion improvement, 60% retention increase, and lifted app ratings from 3.6 to 4.7. Shipped the Half-Life Regression ML model for personalised learning.
Built France's first in-store mobile payment platform. Selected for Le Camping accelerator, raised €300K seed, and scaled to >€500K GMV/month.
Master's in Economics from Sciences Po Paris — France's premier grande école for public policy and social sciences, ranked among Europe's top universities.
I've invested in 30+ startups across AI, consumer, ed tech, and marketplace verticals. A few names from the portfolio:
Anthropic Frontier AI Backed by Amazon & Google · $380B valuation 
Paired Relationships #1 couples app · Backed by Eka Ventures 
Alinea Fintech / Gen Z YC · $10M+ raised · 650K users 
Visible Health Tech Illness tracker · Backed by Octopus Ventures 
Upstream AI Messaging YC-backed · ex-Asana & Algolia founders 
Blok Product Simulation $7.5M raised · a16z & MaC Ventures 
Pearl AI Sales 
MyoLab Digital Twins ~20 VCs · Founders from OpenAI, Meta AI & DeepMind 
Twin AI Agents €12M raised · LocalGlobe · Hugging Face founders Led the design and rollout of WhatsApp's AI content enforcement systems within Meta — reducing reliance on third-party vendors and setting a new bar for AI-driven trust and safety at global scale.
Read coverageBacking exceptional founders at the earliest stages across AI, consumer, ed tech, and marketplace verticals. 30+ portfolio companies, including Anthropic, with operator conviction at every bet.
Drove Busuu's product renaissance. Rebuilt engagement loops, monetisation, and the core learning experience before the Chegg acquisition at $436M — a landmark exit for European EdTech.
Read coverageI'm always open to conversations with exceptional founders and operators. Here's what I'm most interested in: