Sebastien Mannai

Dr. Sebastien Mannai is founder and CEO of Amplified Industries. Amplified Industries is a start-up out of MIT launched in 2020 and based in Boston, MA. Amplified Industries gathers a team of scientists, engineers and business people sharing a simple vision: our goal is to build the next generation of industrial systems that leverage high speed databases and AI to automate and optimize processes at scale. The company focuses on the upstream oil and gas sector and builds connected devices, data systems and algorithms to eliminate spills and optimize production.
Mannai graduated with an MS & Ph.D from the Aero/Astro department in 2018 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He also completed post-doctoral research work in machine learning and artificial intelligence at MIT under a Siemens Futuremakers grant and a Deshpande fellowship. Before MIT, Sebastien received an MS in mechanical engineering from Ecole Centrale Paris and an MS in quantum physics from Paris XI in France. During his studies, Sebastien conducted research for Schlumberger and Siemens Turbomachinery.