A team deeply committed to supporting the industrial world
Our story
Highcast was created in 2021, born from Vivien and Flore’s shared vision. Their ambition: to help build an industry that is both competitive and low-carbon, by putting innovation at the service of smarter energy planning.
In a context of energy crisis, geopolitical tensions, and gradual deindustrialization, companies must deal with unprecedented electricity price volatility. This fragilizes their margins and can ultimately threaten the sustainability of their production facilities.
Vivien and Flore chose to act, harnessing artificial intelligence to support the industrial sector. That’s how HIGHCAST came to life: a solution designed to help manufacturers navigate and control their daily electricity consumption in a market that has become increasingly complex.
Three years later—and after six moves—the team has grown and our projects keep multiplying. Our ambition and motivation, however, remain unchanged!
Key figures
Our team
Flore DE LASTEYRIE
Co-founder and CTO
Vivien ROBERT
Co-founder and CEO
Paul DEVIENNE
Data Director
Delphine BANNIER
Senior Data Scientist & Analyst
Eliott GOURVIL
Account Executive
Audrey THOMAS
Account Manager
Elias GHENAIM
Business Developer
Eric BENITES
Full-Stack Senior Developer
Shanti RAVDJEE
Full-Stack Developer
Pierre ZHOU
Full-Stack Developer
Henrique BRITO
Senior Data Product Engineer
Gaspard TARDIEU
Chief of Staff
Joseph MOGAIZEL
Web Developer
HIGHCAST in the media
"Reducing electricity bills and carbon footprint through better industrial production planning—that’s the goal of Highcast, a Paris-based startup founded by two CentraleSupélec alumni: Flore de Lasteyrie and Vivien Robert."
"Réduire le coût de la facture d’électricité et de l’empreinte carbone grâce à une meilleure planification de la production industrielle. C’est l’objectif de Highcast, une start-up francilienne créée par deux anciens élèves de CentraleSupélec : Flore de Lasteyrie et Vivien Robert."
"The startup Highcast has developed software that calculates the energy cost of every decision made in managing production systems in factories. It enables action on planning to reduce electricity bills as well as the associated CO₂ emissions."
"La start-up Highcast a développé un logiciel qui calcule le coût énergétique de chaque décision prise sur la manière de piloter les systèmes de production dans les usines. Il permet d'agir sur la planification afin de réduire la facture d'électricité ainsi que les émissions de CO2 associées."
"Combined with AI-generated forecasts of market energy costs, this pioneering approach—unique among competitors—can help factories save several hundred thousand euros per year."
"Combinée à des prévisions des coûts du marché de l’énergie réalisées par une IA, cette approche, "pionnière" vis-à-vis de la concurrence, peut permettre aux usines d’économiser plusieurs centaines de milliers d’euros par an."
"Their startup helps industrial companies plan their electricity consumption through a platform that centralizes data from each production unit and integrates forecasts of energy costs and CO₂ emissions. The goal is to optimize production without disrupting it."
"Leur start-up aide les industriels à planifier leur consommation d'électricité grâce à une plateforme qui centralise les données de chaque unité de production et intègre les prévisions des coûts énergétiques et des émissions de CO2. L'objectif est d'optimiser la production, sans l'interrompre."
"Highcast has a dual mission: supporting industrial companies in optimizing their electricity consumption and reducing their carbon footprint.Its vision is based on the need to produce—and therefore consume—during the least expensive and least carbon-intensive hours."
"Highcast se donne une double mission : accompagner les industriels dans l’optimisation de leur consommation électrique et réduire leur empreinte carbone. Sa vision repose sur la nécessité de produire, et donc de consommer, sur les plages horaires les moins chères et les moins carbonées."
"Meeting production targets while reducing carbon emissions: an impossible dream for factories? Not for the startup Highcast, which offers an AI-based software solution to optimize the energy consumption of energy-intensive facilities across Europe."
"Atteindre ses objectifs de production tout en réduisant ses émissions carbone : une utopie pour les usines ? Pas pour la start-up Highcast, qui propose un logiciel basé sur l’IA permettant d’optimiser la consommation d’énergie des installations énergivores en Europe."
Highcast was born from the idea of reconciling the ambition to reindustrialize with the energy price inflation that has affected companies—while keeping a strong desire to create a positive environmental impact in the background.
"Highcast est née de l’idée de rendre compatible la volonté de réindustrialisation d’un côté avec l’inflation qui a touché les prix de l’énergie de l’autre tout en gardant en toile de fond le souhait d’ avoir un impact sur l’environnement."
