Summary
Glenn Sonna is a seasoned software engineer and founder with 11 years building consumer products and scalable systems, currently focused on on-device AI at a stealth startup. He’s led engineering and technical strategy as a founding engineer and CTO across multiple startups, scaling services to millions of users and helping early-stage companies secure funding. Based in Paris with a background teaching computer science, he blends hands-on mobile and backend architecture experience with product instincts honed from both operator and investor perspectives as a seed investor at StudAngels. Known for shipping production-grade apps (15+ Play Store releases) and unifying native iOS/Android codebases, he brings pragmatic engineering leadership to edge AI innovations. An entrepreneurial builder who moves between writing code, mentoring teams, and evaluating startups, he favors solutions that push ML models securely onto devices rather than relying solely on cloud inference.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Université Paris 13
Bachelor's degree Computer Software and Media Applications, Bachelor's degree Computer Software and Media Applications at GOBELINS Paris
French, English, Japanese