What we believe

The breakthrough in AI adoption is systems architecture.

Every company is exploring AI.

Most get stuck running pilots that never scale.

harperOS helps you break this cycle. It's an operating system that brings organized knowledge, trained agents, and repeatable workflows into a single operating layer — making AI work across your entire organization.

How we got here

Built from the inside

harperOS was born under pressure. At a global digital assets firm, our founder wore three hats — COO, CMO, and CHRO. Hiring wasn't an option. He needed leverage.

So he became his own Chief AI Officer.

He learned something early on. The popular models — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini — are tools. Tools don't propel a company. What was missing was the operating system around them: one that connected AI across the business and ran on shared knowledge.

Over 24 months, he studied, tested, and built.

That work became harperOS.

Origin of the name

harper. The keeper of knowledge.

Back in the day, a harper was more than a musician.

They were the court's historians and advisors — the keepers of knowledge. When a harper played, the room learned what had come before.

That's what inspired us to name our OS harper. It's the operating system that holds your company's knowledge, preserves what works, and compounds it across every person and every agent in your organization.

Founding team

Operators first. Builders always.

Michael Chauliac

Michael Chauliac

Co-Founder & CEO

Head of Growth at PayPal (US & EMEA). VP Marketing at Victoria's Secret. CMO at EyeEm. President & COO at Stablehouse. Chief Operating, Marketing & People Officer at XBTO.

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20+ years building growth engines across Fortune 100 companies and high-growth startups. Built harperOS from the inside over 24 months of enterprise-scale AI deployment. The focus is on sustainable, repeatable systems over one-off ideas — Michael created harperOS and is our Co-Founder and CEO.

Patrick Adams

Patrick Adams

Co-Founder, President & CMO

Recognized as Forbes 'Top 50 Most Influential CMOs in the World'; Patrick has led marketing organizations at PayPal, Victoria's Secret, Chase, and Citibank.

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40+ years leading high performance teams building marketing-driven growth engines for some of the most recognized brands. Patrick has a proven track record of scaling both mid-stage startups and global enterprises. Customer-focused, data-driven, results-oriented — Patrick joins harperOS as Co-Founder, President & CMO.

Pierre Merzeau

Pierre Merzeau

Co-Founder & CTO

Director of Engineering at XBTO. CTO & Co-founder at Ouro Capital. Senior Quantitative Analyst at BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking.

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20 years of deep infrastructure and engineering experience. One of the earliest AI adopters — and built an entire company on it. Pierre joins harperOS as Co-Founder and CTO, bringing engineering rigor and the instinct of a repeat founder.

Mike Lamb

Mike Lamb

Co-Founder & Commercial Advisor

President and Chief Commercial Officer at RTB House. General Manager, Consumer and VP of Performance Marketing at PayPal. President at MediaMath. Partner at McKinsey. Co-founder at X+1.

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20+ years as a General Manager managing enterprise relationships for the world's largest brands. Multi-time founder with deep commercial operating experience. Mike joins harperOS as Co-Founder & Commercial Advisor, guiding harperOS on enterprise client relationships and the commercial engine.

The truths we build on

AI is transformative.

Intelligence compounds.

Knowledge matters more than technology.

You own your own OS and data.

Execution belongs to AI.

Security and compliance scale with the system.

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