Julien Bouvrais

Julien Bouvrais is a technology leader with more than 25 years in game development, now focused on what generative AI means for how games are made and played. He is co-founder and CTO of aNormal, a game studio built from the ground up around the possibilities of AI, and co-founder of PragmaFrame, a consultancy that helps studios and creative organizations integrate AI into their production pipelines.

Previously, as VP R&D Tech at The Believer Company, Julien led multidisciplinary AI/ML teams and drove the company’s push to embrace AI, including reinforcement-learning systems that produce emergent behaviors and LLM-driven dynamic experiences. Before that, he ran Eidos-Sherbrooke, where his team focused on machine-learning-assisted content creation and automated testing.

Julien spent 14 years at Eidos-Montréal, from lead programmer on Deus Ex: Human Revolution to CTO overseeing technology across franchises such as Tomb Raider and Guardians of the Galaxy. He began his career at Ubisoft, working on Splinter Cell and Rainbow Six.