Karim Beguir is Co-Founder and CEO of InstaDeep, a decision-making AI company acquired by BioNTech in 2023 for approximately $680 million.

Karim graduated from Ecole Polytechnique in France and was a Program Fellow at NYU's Courant Institute, where he studied applied mathematics. He previously worked in finance before founding InstaDeep in 2014.

Karim is a Google Developer Expert in Machine Learning, received the TIME100 Impact Award in 2024, and serves on the World Economic Forum's Council on the Future of AI. He is also a mentor at Google for Startups Accelerator and steering committee member of Deep Learning Indaba.

InstaDeep raised $107 million across Series A and Series B rounds from investors including BioNTech, Google, CDIB Capital, and Alpha Intelligence Capital. The company partnered with Google DeepMind, BioNTech, and Deutsche Bahn, and was named to CB Insights AI 100 for three consecutive years.

InstaDeep developed a COVID-19 early warning system that identified high-risk variants two months earlier on average and was acquired by BioNTech for up to $680 million, marking Africa's largest deep-tech exit. The company operates offices across London, Paris, Tunis, Cape Town, Lagos, Berlin, San Francisco, and Kigali.