Braincube was founded in 2007 by three French engineers who wanted to help manufacturers use their data to improve upon their performance. They uncovered an algorithm that could analyze and prioritize thousands of parameters and data points to revolutionize the way people in industry worked, all within minutes.
The Braincube founders Laurent Laporte (President and CEO), Hélène Olphe-Galliard (COO), and Sylvain Rubat du Mérac (CTO) have continued to evolve the Braincube suite to help customers reimagine their digital transformation.
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Braincube users
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Manufacturing companies using Braincube in their factories
Production lines running Braincube across 30 countries
With more than 250 production sites using Braincube on six continents, we continue to make a positive impact in the manufacturing sector.
We keep the start-up spirit of our early beginnings: flexibility, continuous radical innovation, and atypical positioning in the market. We hire the best and brightest engineers, data scientists, sales teams, and consultants to ensure we lead the market and remain innovative. We transform the ways in which manufacturers operate, bringing data driven insights at factory sites and within corporate.
Our headquarters are located in Issoire, France, with additional offices in Versailles, France, Portland, Maine, and Campinas, Brazil. We continue to grow with more than 150 employees worldwide.
Corporate Team/Founders
Laurent Laporte
Laurent Laporte is the current President and CEO of Braincube.
Laurent Laporte received his MSc in Engineering and Manufacturing Arts at Métiers University, France’s first engineering school. Laurent worked as a process engineer, production manager, plant manager and Operations Director in France, Italy, and the USA.
Laurent co-founded Braincube with Hélène and Sylvain in 2007.
He is the President of a consortium of companies in the Campus du Numérique in Lyon, and President of the Software committee of the Gimelec (the largest pro-union for French industrial solutions providers).
He has three children and has been married to his wife for almost 30 years. In his free time, Laurent plays music, watches and plays sports, and travels the world.
Hélène Olphe-Galliard
Hélène Olphe-Galliard, serves as the Braincube Chief Operating Officer.
Hélène graduated from the Institut Supérieur Agricole de Beauvais engineering school and has spent the majority of her career within the manufacturing industry with a focus on production efficiency. Starting as a process engineer in the food industry, she expanded her portfolio to serve as a consultant for a range of industries including automotive, plastic, and chemical.
After specializing in a sales role at an engineering search firm, she began designing and selling projects for industrial efficiency.
She co-founded Braincube with Laurent Laporte and Sylvain Rubat du Mérac and has been inspiring customers and employees alike for the past decade.
As the COO of Braincube, she manages the global operations and business development team. She splits her time between Versailles, France, Campinas, Brazil, and Portland, Maine, and is fluent in French, English, and Spanish.
She is passionate about humanities and organizational behavior—specifically personal development tools, and foreign languages.
Sylvain Rubat du Mérac
Sylvain Rubat du Mérac is a co-founder of Braincube and its Chief Technology Officer.
Sylvain graduated from the Grenoble Institute of Technology, studying Power Electronics Engineering. He spent time working for Sainte-Florine, Johnson Controls, and Valeó before he co-founded Braincube.
Key Dates
2007
December
Braincube becomes a company.
2008
March
Braincube has its first customer.
September
Braincube big data platform with scalable architecture in private cloud is launched.
2009
November
Subsidiary offices open in Maine, USA and Sao Paolo, Brazil.
2010
January
Launch of MX Brain middleware for real hypercubic modeling of data in cloud.
2011
July
Patent issued on manufacturing process diagnostics technology.
2012
September
Launch of Braincube Live for real hypercubic job directives app.
2013
September
Engie Cofely Services selects Braincube as its energy optimization solution branded Blue.
2015
January
Partnership with OSIsoftworld leader in real hypercubic data infrastructure.
March
Braincube first official cyber security audit by certifying authority.
2016
February
BCG selects Braincube to integrate its Innovation Center of Operations ecosystem.
2017
April
Siemens chooses Braincube as its partner for IoT and AI applications on MindSphere for its Edge solutions.
2019
March
Edge Platform released.
June
Braincube launched the Edge Platform with the Edge Box from Siemens.
Gartner selects Braincube as a 2019 Cool Vendor.
September
First customers started using Braincube Edge Applications in France.
2020
August
Braincube is recognized as a Niche Player on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Industrial IoT 2020.
November
Braincube was Named a 2020 'Top Tech Tomorrow' by KPMG France.
2021
January
Braincube launches new software to get data streams and Big Data on central dashboard in their IIoT Platform.
September
Braincube welcomes new partners including Neovision, SAS, and Rapidminer.
October
For a second year in a row, Braincube is recognized as a Niche Player on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for IIoT Platforms and a Top Tech Tomorrow by KPMG France.
2022
January
Braincube reaches new milestone of 2,000 production lines!
April
Now available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, Braincube ready-to-use BI apps provide quick-time to value for customers looking to gain insights from their production data.
December
Braincube is recognized as a Niche Player on the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Global Industrial IoT Platforms.