Kevin Lourd

I'm a French engineer who loves building things. 40+ apps, 20+ microservices, all open source — I rebuild tools for my own use cases instead of settling for existing ones, then reuse those primitives to ship faster every time. Engineering background in applied mathematics and computer science ( ENSIMAG, ESSEC, IIM Ahmedabad).

I co-founded Walnut Algorithms, an AMF-regulated AI hedge fund — raised $10M pre-revenue, grew to 25 people, 5 years as COO. Before that, consulting at Bain & Company.

Today, I build AI products. I know the full stack — data pipelines, APIs, frontends — and I go from idea to deployed product very fast. Currently running PressBeat, the first organic press-as-a-service — 15 clients served, articles in DR70+ publications. Based at Network School in Malaysia.

In parallel, I've spent 35+ years practicing polarity — the energetic dynamics between masculine and feminine. This is where I have the deepest skills. Raised in Buddhist monasteries and hippie gatherings from childhood, I went deep into tantra, somatic practices, and conscious relating. I built and led France's largest sex-positive community (1,000+ members), facilitated 100+ workshops, and trained extensively in trauma-informed care.

The thread that connects everything: I build from foundations I've revisited and trust. In polarity, 35 years of practice became a movement — 1,000+ members, 100+ workshops. In tech, each tool I build becomes a reusable primitive for the next one. The stack compounds: every microservice, every workflow, every lesson feeds the next product. Same approach, two domains.