Damien Henault
Managing Director
Forgepoint Capital
About Me
Damien is the Managing Director of ForgePoint Capital International focusing on cybersecurity, AI and infrastructure software investments. He has nearly three decades of international experience as technology investor, M&A advisor, Strategy & Corporate Development executive and entrepreneur.
He has executed over $250 billion in M&A, IPOs, and financing through public and private transactions with startups and Fortune 500 companies around the world.
Prior to Forgepoint, Damien was a Partner at European growth-stage technology fund TempoCap where he focused on cybersecurity and deep tech investments.
He was previously a Partner at early-stage venture capital firm Andurance Ventures, a Senior Director of Strategy and Corporate Development at Hewlett-Packard, and a TMT M&A Investment Banker at J.P. Morgan. Earlier in his career, Damien founded an IT Services firm in Paris and an ISP in Montreal.
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Frugal AI: Optimizing AI Infrastructure for Efficiency and Scale
As AI models grow in size and complexity, scaling infrastructure efficiently becomes a critical challenge. This panel will explore strategies for optimizing AI systems, focusing on reducing the high costs and energy consumption associated with training and running large language models (LLMs). The discussion will cover recent innovations that improve performance while optimizing cost and energy efficiency. The conversation will also address the future of AI infrastructure, examining how it can evolve to meet the growing demands of machine learning while prioritizing cost-effectiveness and sustainability.