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Vice President, Strategic Finance
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Guillaume Defrance de Tersant is Vice President of Strategic Finance at Lila Sciences, where he drives capital allocation, financial planning, and strategic initiatives to support the company's growth.
Prior to LILA, Guillaume held finance, strategy, and innovation roles at Indigo Ag, an agricultural technology company focused on advancing sustainable agriculture.
He holds a dual degree in Engineering and Management from MIT, and an MSc in Management from HEC Paris.
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4/26/2026
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Scientific Superintelligence: The Deep Blue Moment
In 1997, Deep Blue defeated the world chess champion. In 2016, AlphaGo’s Move 37 showed AI could generate creative strategies no human had ever conceived. Now, in 2026, we are witnessing the equivalent moment for all of science. Companies like Lila Sciences are building AI systems that autonomously perform the scientific method (generating hypotheses, designing experiments, running physical labs, and iterating) at superhuman speed and scale.
3/20/2026
Blog
AI is not going to solve all the problems in the energy sector. But it might fix this one.
Shell's Pearl GTL plant took 40 years and $19 billion to deliver ROI — a timeline oil and gas can no longer afford. This piece explores how Lila Sciences' technology is compressing R&D cycles from decades to months through autonomous, lab-based experimentation.