Nicolas Chourrout

Nicolas Chourrout

AI engineer and founder of Flowful AI, based in Waterloo, Belgium. I build AI that businesses actually use. Previously Director of Engineering at Yelp.

Nicolas Chourrout

Nicolas Chourrout

AI engineer and founder of Flowful AI, based in Waterloo, Belgium. I build AI that businesses actually use. Previously Director of Engineering at Yelp.

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Projects

What I'm building now, mostly at Flowful AI.

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  • Flowful AI

    Chatbots, AI agents and workflow automation, shipped to production for real businesses.

  • CAD Skill

    Open-source Claude Code skill for text to CAD.

  • Overhang

    AI-first CAD editor for 3D printing. Describe the part you need, get a print-ready model in minutes.

  • Mailflow

    AI email assistant for support teams, trained on your company data.

  • GEO Ready Score

    Free analyzer that checks whether a website is ready for AI discovery through ChatGPT, Claude and others.

  • Focus

    Pomodoro focus timer for macOS that blocks distracting websites and plays focus music.

  • Macrest

    A Time Machine alternative for macOS, built on restic.

Experience

Where I've worked, most recent first.

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  • Founder and AI Engineer, Flowful AI, 2024 – now, Waterloo, Belgium. Production AI for businesses: chatbots and assistants, workflow automation, custom AI applications.
  • Director of Engineering, Yelp, 2015 – 2024, London, San Francisco, Brussels. Previously Engineering Manager and Senior iOS Engineer. Led the Core Experience engineering group, responsible for the core screens of the Yelp website and mobile apps.
  • Engineering Manager, Blinkbox Music, 2013 – 2015, London, United Kingdom. Previously iOS Engineer. Led the iOS engineering team, enhancing app features and initiating scrum-based project management.
  • Founder and iOS Engineer, Sparkling Code, 2011 – 2014, Lyon, France. Developed and launched multiple iOS apps.
  • Software Engineer, Esker, 2010 – 2011, Lyon, France. Worked on the development of a SaaS platform for document automation.
  • Software Engineer, Bull SAS, 2008 – 2010, Lyon, France. Developed project management software for large companies.

  • 2024 – now · Waterloo, Belgium

    Founder and AI Engineer, Flowful AI

    Production AI for businesses: chatbots and assistants, workflow automation, custom AI applications.

  • 2015 – 2024 · London, San Francisco, Brussels

    Director of Engineering, Yelp

    Previously Engineering Manager and Senior iOS Engineer. Led the Core Experience engineering group, responsible for the core screens of the Yelp website and mobile apps.

  • 2013 – 2015 · London, United Kingdom

    Engineering Manager, Blinkbox Music

    Previously iOS Engineer. Led the iOS engineering team, enhancing app features and initiating scrum-based project management.

  • 2011 – 2014 · Lyon, France

    Founder and iOS Engineer, Sparkling Code

    Developed and launched multiple iOS apps.

  • 2010 – 2011 · Lyon, France

    Software Engineer, Esker

    Worked on the development of a SaaS platform for document automation.

  • 2008 – 2010 · Lyon, France

    Software Engineer, Bull SAS

    Developed project management software for large companies.

A year in code

@nchourrout

The last twelve months as a landscape, with my repos as stars in the sky.

Horizon, 2025–26 · Eighteen ridgelines in one-point perspective
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contributions
13,503
active days
333
stars
771
longest streak, days
48
busiest day, Apr 14
215
public repos
27

Writing

Recent posts from Medium and the Flowful blog.