Gemma Garriga

Hi, I'm

Gemma Garriga

VP of Engineering at GitHub

Researcher. Engineer. Repeat.

About

I run applied science at GitHub, the org behind GitHub Copilot. My team works at the intersection of deep applied research and product engineering for 150+ million developers.

Before GitHub, I grew AI teams and built and deployed ML at Allianz and Google. Before that, I was in academic research at INRIA in France and HIIT & Aalto University in Finland, working on foundational machine learning problems.

I believe the best work happens when you solve genuinely hard problems alongside people who care about getting it right.

Ventures & Entrepreneurship

Co-Founder

Parlapp

A marketplace for short, live voice exchanges between people who have something to share and people who want to learn. We built it in Paris and went through the AWS Startup Loft Accelerator in 2022.

parlapp.net
Venture Advisor

AV8 Ventures

Helped early-stage deep tech founders think through AI strategy, team structure, and what actually matters when you're going from zero to one.

av8.vc
Fellow

Deeptech Labs

Supported startups building real technology, from the first idea to a product people use.

dtl.vc

Projects

Project Areas

Agents Agentic Evals AI-Native Dev ML Systems AI Engineering

Advisory Roles

  • MCML, Scientific Advisory Board, Munich Center for Machine Learning
  • Crane Ventures, CXO Advisory

Speaking

I like to talk about AI that ships, the teams that build it, and what gets lost between research and product.

Selected Talks

INSEAD Global AI Forum Series

INSEAD, 2025

AI for developers: how applied science shapes the tools that millions of engineers use every day.

ICON Innovation Week, Women in Tech

ICON, 2025

Keynote at Women in Data Science

Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue, Zurich

Let's talk if it's interesting. Get in touch →