Lab, France
Kyutai
Statistics
- People here now
- 3
- People ever
- 4
- Citations of current people
- 36,967
- Median h-index of current people
- 63
- Full moves in and out
- 4 in, 2 out
Our research follows 7,547 researchers, builders, lab leaders and public voices through cited biographies. Missing career records can lower counts. Outdated roles can overstate current counts and change ranks. Citation figures count 1 of the 3 people here now. People whose OpenAlex record may be incomplete or mixed are left out. Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026. Career and profile data as of 22 October 2026.
We estimate that 4 people shaping AI have worked at Kyutai, including 3 (75%) here now and 1 with a former affiliation. Among 628 labs, the group is tied for 33rd on current people and tied for 85th on all-time people. “Computer vision” and “Language and speech” lead 2 areas of expertise (2 each of 4 people with profile topics), and researchers make up 3 of the 3 people here now (100%). In dated work stints through 2025, active headcount peaked at 4 people in 2023 and stood at 1 in 2025. Across dated career transitions, we record 4 full moves in and 2 out.
A summary of current people at Kyutai. It shows roles, affiliations, profile topics and birth countries known for 0 people. The median birth year uses 1 person.
Role categories
- Research3
Current affiliations
- Kyutai3
Top profile topics
- audio language models1
- computer vision1
- language models1
- multilingual embeddings1
- natural language processing1
Birth countries
Known for 0 of 3 people now.
No birth countries are recorded.
Median birth year
1986 (1 person)
Source: People of Superintelligence profiles, current career records and recorded birthplaces, as of 22 October 2026.
Data table
| Measure | Value | People |
|---|---|---|
| Role | Research | 3 |
| Current affiliation | Kyutai | 3 |
| Profile topic | audio language models | 1 |
| Profile topic | computer vision | 1 |
| Profile topic | language models | 1 |
| Profile topic | multilingual embeddings | 1 |
| Profile topic | natural language processing | 1 |
| Birth country coverage | 0 of 3 people now | 0 |
| Median birth year | 1986 | 1 |
Full arrivals outnumbered full departures by 2 (4 in vs. 2 out): arrivals came 1 from a university (25%), 2 from companies (50%) and 1 from labs, nonprofits or government, while departures went 2 to companies (100%). Today, 1 of the 1 person formerly at Kyutai has a recorded current affiliation elsewhere (1 at a company).
A stacked column chart of our yearly estimates at Kyutai from 2023 to 2025. Each person counts once in each year with an active work stint.
Source: People of Superintelligence dated career stints, as of 22 October 2026.
Data table
| Year | Other | People |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
A list of people who joined or left Kyutai from 2023 through 2026, with the year and move type.
Joined
- Edouard Grave 2023 · from Sorbonne University · Full move
- Hervé Jégou 2023 · from CNRS · Full move
Left
- Patrick Pérez 2026 · to Google · Full move
- Neil Zeghidour 2025 · to Gradium · Full move
Source: People of Superintelligence career moves, as of 22 October 2026.
Data table
| Year | Person | Direction | Other organization | Move type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Edouard Grave | Joined | Sorbonne University | Full move |
| 2023 | Hervé Jégou | Joined | CNRS | Full move |
| 2026 | Patrick Pérez | Left | Full move | |
| 2025 | Neil Zeghidour | Left | Gradium | Full move |
Compared with peer labs, Kyutai ranks higher on current headcount (tied for 33rd of 628) than on all-time headcount (tied for 85th); 3 of its 4 all-time people (75%) hold a current role here. Across work histories (excluding degrees), 4 of the 4 people who have worked at Kyutai (100%) also held a work role at another organization, connecting Kyutai to 14 peer institutions. The 1 current person with a confident OpenAlex author record (Hervé Jégou) has 36,967 citations and an h-index of 63 (tied for 71st among 152 counted labs).
A table compares Kyutai with 8827 organizations and 628 organizations of the same type for current people, people ever and combined h-index where available.
People now
3 people
People ever
4 people
Combined h-index of people now
63 across 1 person
Source: People of Superintelligence organization membership and confident OpenAlex statistics, as of 22 October 2026.
Data table
| Measure | Value | All organizations | Same type |
|---|---|---|---|
| People now | 3 | tied for 395th of 8,827 | tied for 33rd of 628 |
| People ever | 4 | tied for 1,053rd of 8,827 | tied for 85th of 628 |
| Combined h-index of people now | 63 (1 person) | tied for 758th of 1,834 | tied for 71st of 152 |
People here now
All 3 people with a current role at Kyutai are researchers. Earlier in their careers, 3 of the 3 held a work role at another organization, most often at Meta (3). 1 current person also holds a concurrent affiliation outside Kyutai.
People with former affiliations
We record 1 person who formerly worked at Kyutai. That person has a recorded current role at Google.
- Patrick PérezNow at Google DeepMind
Posts that include Kyutai
Kyutai appears in 2 research posts comparing organizations across AI.
- 19% of people shaping AI who founded a dated organization have founded two or more, waiting a median of 7 years before a secondAcross 1,136 people shaping AI who founded or co-founded a dated company, standalone lab or nonprofit, 221 (19%) founded at least two organizations, accounting for 36% of all 1,421 founding events.
- Google alumni have founded or led 133 other organizations, more than any other AI labWe estimate that alumni of 17 major AI labs went on to found or lead 350 other organizations, including 226 they founded, and we trace 472 career moves directly between 23 labs since 2010.