Founder of IONA, investor in deep tech, and writer on autonomy and the physical world — building and backing the future of the physical internet.
In conversation with Jason Calacanis on building autonomous systems and the future of drone logistics.
On the journey of building IONA and scaling autonomous cargo delivery.
Etienne Louvet's Forbes profile — founder of IONA and deep tech investor.
On his Substack, Thinking Out Loud, Etienne works through ideas on autonomous systems, deep tech, and the world around them. A few recent pieces:
A reflection on conviction and action — why standing for peace doesn't mean standing still.
Why the era of the office software suite may be ending — and what AI means for how knowledge work gets done.
Entrepreneur, investor, and writer. Etienne began in strategy consulting and studied at London Business School, then set out to build rather than advise. Today he runs IONA and ROMO Ventures, and backs deep tech founders.
Technology has always been about encapsulating complexity and moving up a level of abstraction — going further and faster, doing more with less. Autonomy is the next revolution, fueled by commoditized software and robotics. I build and back that future — and the companies serving humans as they climb the Maslow pyramid: health, entertainment, and beyond.
IONA is building the future of air delivery for B2B operators — connecting any point, any time, in an instant, at the cost of electricity. The physical internet.
ionadrones.comHolding, investment, and consultancy in autonomous systems and deep technology. Where software meets the real world.
romo-ventures.comBacking founders building autonomous systems and deep tech — and the consumer companies riding the same wave, from health to entertainment.
Two newsletters covering different angles — one on the broader deep tech landscape, another on the day-to-day of building a drone company.
