Alexandre Défossez

person·research engineer executive·active

Kyutai executive researcher and former FAIR Paris research engineer who led MusicGen and co-led AudioCraft.

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Official site	https://ai.honu.io/ ↗
Geography	Paris, France
role subtypes	research engineer; research executive; model lead
geography basis	Included for public professional activity based in or materially tied to France, Wallonia, Romandy, or Monaco; residence and nationality are not inferred.
information scope	Public professional information only
organization roles	role: Chief Exploration Officer · status: current · organization name: Kyutai
professional names	Alexandre Défossez
fields of expertise	generative audio; source separation; neural audio codecs
professional languages	unknown
latest relevant activity	date: 2026 · description: Lists current work as Chief Exploration Officer at Kyutai. · date precision: year
professional geographies	Paris, France
public professional biography	Kyutai executive researcher and former FAIR Paris research engineer who led MusicGen and co-led AudioCraft.
works research products events public outcomes	MusicGen; AudioCraft; AudioGen; EnCodec