Pierre Touzet
Valenciennes, France
Instructional design and code.
Head of national programs across 6 campuses. Alongside that, a workshop: bets built with AI, one of them earning revenue. The ledger is public, failures included.
Intent before the tool.
15
years of experience
6
campuses managed
400+
learners
7 bets run alongside my job.
Launch three ideas per sector, built with AI, to see what works. Here are the results, failures included.
1
earning revenue
1
published
1
relaunching
1
shipped, never sold
3
POCs, never launched
Games & engagement design
Two published mobile games, built as a lab for engagement, progression and habit mechanics — the same levers I apply to learning.
The only sector that paid.
- Esport Tycoon Revenue 2026 — Present Idle management game, "from bedroom to worldwide": recruit, train and grow an esports organization. Shipped and maintained on the App Store.
- Glyfo Published 2026 — Present The daily word game: one shared grid for everyone, streaks and a leaderboard. Available on iOS and Android.
Education & pedagogy
Platforms and case studies to reshape the learning experience.
One internal client said no, one product converts a little. Relaunch under way.
- Distil Academy Relaunching 2026 — Present Online training platform for generative AI: short, dense, up-to-date courses to skill up fast.
- Gradly Shipped · unsold 2023 — Present Admin time ÷ 3: the tool that automates RNCP competency bulletins for training centers.
- Pedagogical Digital Transformation Active 2022 — Present Identification, design and deployment of digital tools that transformed how dozens of educational teams operate.
Around grief
Three bets in a single sector: built, shipped, never commercially launched. Sector tested, then set aside.
Three bets, sector set aside before launch.
- Le Cahier Bleu POC · never launched 2026 Write a eulogy worthy of the memory, in fifteen minutes. (opens in new tab)
- Mémoire gardée POC · never launched 2026 Restore a tribute portrait in thirty seconds, print-ready. (opens in new tab)
- Maison Veillance POC · never launched 2026 Fifteen post-mortem cancellation letters, hand-written and hand-checked. (opens in new tab)
Labs
Technical experiments and personal projects.
2026-01 — Present
Head of National Programs
IEFT - Tourism Management School
Promoted after two years as national coordinator. I lead the academic strategy across 6 campuses, with a team of 11 on the ground and around 400 learners.
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