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Three levers to build that lead
Whether you run the company, the transformation or the innovation, the starting point is not the same. We begin with the decision, with the deployment or with the build. The person across the table stays the same.
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A sparring partner who has run and built companies, not a consultant who theorises. We define where AI actually pays off in your business, and where to start.
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Patrick de Carvalho is a Franco-Portuguese entrepreneur, author and speaker. Nearly 30 years in tech, from home automation to mobile to artificial intelligence. A pluri-entrepreneur, he runs the Apps Velocity studio with Pascal Roche and launched the Je ne perds jamais® ecosystem: podcast (110 episodes), talks, publishing house. Author of « Je ne perds jamais » and several professional books on AI.
My story
Lose everything, then learn it all again
December 2000. The dot-com crash takes down my first company. A bailiff seizure. Everything to rebuild.
I had no choice about winning. I had the choice to understand. That's the night the motto became mine.
Twenty-five years and nearly ten companies later, from Paris to China, I never truly lost again. I won, or I learned. And I'm still on the ground.
My motto
I never lose.Either I win, or I learn.
I made it mine after my first crash. Since then it follows me around every Cape Horn and every Himalaya that rises in the way. A deliberate nod to Nelson Mandela. My own reading: learn relentlessly, stay curious, keep moving and never give up.
This motto has many doors. I give you mine. Yours belongs only to you.
Out in 2026
Je ne perds jamais
The mindset and resilience that move you forward, to learn and win.
Nearly 30 years building, sometimes falling, always getting back up. "Je ne perds jamais" (I Never Lose) isn't a memoir: it's the mental method that turns every setback into learning, and every lesson into progress. Resilience and the hunger to learn as the engine to move forward and win. Signed edition available for pre-order.
- The mantra as method: I either win or I learn.
- Resilience and mindset as the engine of progress.
- Turn every setback into a decisive step forward.
Go further with me
On stage, in your earbuds or in training.
Book me to speak
I take the stage to talk about entrepreneurship, resilience and AI. Lived experience, not overloaded slides.
The talks Listen to meThe podcast I host
#JNPJ: 110 episodes, 250+ hours of interviews with entrepreneurs. The raw field, unfiltered.
Listen LearnThe training
26 hours to launch your business. 100% human, real support, 12-month mentoring.
Get trainedWriting
What I'm writing right now
Op-eds, in-depth reports and analysis. I publish what I see in the field, with the figures to back it, without the consulting-firm filter.
- Patrick de CarvalhoAugust 27, 2026· 10 min
The AI Act: four questions to answer before 2 December
Since 2 August 2026, part of the European AI regulation has applied to your company. Not the part everyone wrote about. And you have until 2 December.
Read the article - Patrick de CarvalhoAugust 25, 2026· 33 min
Hugging Face: 13 billion dollars for the choke point of global AI
A company founded by three Frenchmen is exploring a sale at more than 13 billion dollars. Most directors have no idea it sits inside their technical chain.
Read the article - Patrick de CarvalhoAugust 21, 2026· 24 min
8.3 billion virtual humans: I read the study everyone is commenting on without having opened it
I read the study everyone is commenting on without having opened it. The decisive figure is not 8.3 billion, it is 98.3% against 27%.
Read the article
The foundation
The #JNPJ podcast
To do business is to learn.
Launched in May 2022. 110 episodes, 250+ hours of interviews with founders, leaders and builders. Startups, real estate, HR, AI, finance, sport. The field told by those who live it.
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The field, in numbers
What I've built
- ~30 years
- on the ground
- ~10
- companies founded
- 2 continents
- from Paris to China
- 110
- episodes hosted
- +250 h
- of interviews conducted
Frequently asked questions
Who is Patrick de Carvalho?
A Franco-Portuguese entrepreneur, author and speaker, with nearly 30 years in tech. A pioneer of home automation, the web and mobile, today of AI. Several companies created from Paris to China. He runs the Apps Velocity studio with Pascal Roche and launched the Je ne perds jamais® ecosystem: podcast, books, talks.
What can Patrick de Carvalho do for me?
Above all, help you, as an SME leader, make the AI leap: decide where it pays off, deploy it where it creates value with the RAPID method, or build the product you need. Not a consultant who theorises, a business owner who has already done it in his own companies. He also speaks as a keynote speaker on AI and entrepreneurship. The simplest way is to contact me.
Why the motto I never lose?
Patrick made it his own after the crash of his first company, in the year 2000. When a bailiff drains your accounts and you're left with nothing, you need an anchor. His: no situation is a dead loss. Either you win, or you learn.
Multi-entrepreneur or serial entrepreneur?
Multi-entrepreneur. Patrick runs several projects in parallel, not in sequence. Digital studio, podcast, publishing, talks: everything moves at once, tied together by the same obsession with the field and execution.
How do I work with him?
For a talk, training, an appearance or an AI transformation project, the entry point is the contact page. Patrick answers directly.