About

The Manifesto

AI doesn't replace leaders. It reveals those who are ready to evolve.

We've trained thousands of people in innovation. Startups, large corporations, entrepreneurs. And then AI arrived. Not as just another tool. As a paradigm shift.

We watched teams get trained, experiment, tinker. And leaders? They watched. They delegated. They waited to understand before acting.

The problem is, you don't understand AI by watching it. You understand it by practicing it.

AI x Leaders was born from this conviction: the leader must be the first to practice.

Not to become a technician. To become a pilot. To make informed decisions, bring their teams on board, and transform their company with clarity.

We don't sell AI. We make leaders capable of steering it.

And when they're ready, we support them in transforming their company. From awareness to deployment, that's the entire journey we take together.

The Team

Elodie Hughes

Founder & CEO

Ex-Silicon Valley, 25 years of experience in strategy and innovation. Elodie makes AI accessible to leaders and supports them in transforming their companies. 35K LinkedIn followers, featured on BFM and Les Echos. She leads the masterclasses, designs the programs and drives the vision of AI x Leaders.

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Nash Hughes

Co-founder & Strategy

Architect of the AI x Leaders ecosystem. International network spanning Paris-Singapore-San Francisco. Nash shapes the strategic vision, develops partnerships and drives growth. Author of The Ugly Truth newsletter (13K subscribers).

Richard N'Dumu

AI Creative Director

AI Artist & award-winning Creative Tech (Lovie Awards). Richard merges art, technology and AI to create immersive experiences. He co-hosts the masterclasses, directs AI film production, designs custom AI agents and produces the visuals and live demos for all events.

Sonia Mancy

Development & Marketing

Former CMO at Dim, 20 years of experience in marketing and brand strategy. Sonia leads business development, program positioning and relationships with partner companies.

Our Journey

2016

Lightmeup Founded

Innovation studio. Silicon Valley. The beginning of the adventure.

2017-2024

1,500+ entrepreneurs trained

500+ startups and large corporations accelerated. Paris, Singapore, San Francisco.

2024

The AI Pivot

We sell AI services. We discover the problem: the gap between leaders and teams.

Oct. 2025

Bootcamp Launch

The AI Leadership Program. The 3-month collective intelligence bootcamp.

2026

AI x Leaders

4 bootcamps. A community of 400 leaders. And this is just the beginning.

Lightmeup

AI x Leaders was born from Lightmeup, our innovation studio founded in 2016. Lightmeup continues to support startups and large corporations in their innovation and transformation projects.

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