Who is Yassir Haouati ?

AI Economic Autonomy

• Founded DeGNZ Labs to drive AI Business Process Automation (BPA) and DeepTech innovation.

• Shifted focus to AI economic autonomy and decentralized autonomous execution systems.

• Developing AI automation for business, finance, and decentralized governance.

• Researching Industry 4.0 & 5.0 to explore the engineering of next-gen AI decision-making and self-operating digital infrastructures.

Co-Founding & Scaling Brickken

• Co-built Brickken, a decentralized RWA tokenization platform, scaling it to a $22.5M valuation.

• 2020-2021: Chief Growth Officer:
- Co-developed Brickken’s core tech stack & business automation.
- Co-led marketing, sales, and fundraising efforts.
- Achieved Top 10 EU FinTech Award at South Summit Madrid.

• 2021-2022: Chief Marketing Officer:
- Engineered Brickken dApp 2.0 and co-led the BKN Token ICO, securing $2.2M fundraising.
- Speaker at AIBC Malta on Tokenomics & Web3 Innovation.

• 2022-2024: Chief Operating Officer:
- Scaled the company to 30+ team members & 11 engineers.
- Lead Expert & Lecturer for a Blockchain Master’s Program at Nuclio Digital School (2022).
- Represented Brickken at the World Economic Forum, Davos (2023).
- Co-led a $2.5M Seed Round, achieving a $22.5M valuation.
- Exited daily operations in October 2024, retaining shareholder status to pursue new Industry 4.0 innovations.

Education, Growth & DeepTech

• Higher Education in Engineering & Informatics:
Digital Systems Engineering Degree – ENSEM, Nancy, France (2016-2018).
Master in Innovation & Research in Informatics – UPC, Spain (2018-2019).
• Entrepreneurial Breakthroughs:
Launched E-commerce Dropshipping Business (2016-2018).
Built & monetized Android mobile apps (2017-2018).
Founded a SaaS Growth Marketing Agency, scaling to 7 team members (2018-2021).
• Freelance Growth & Tech Roles:
Head of Growth at a Neobank FinTech SaaS (2020).
Frontend Developer at an E-signature LegalTech SaaS (2020).
Head of Growth at a Blockchain Analytics SaaS (2020-2021).
• Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs (EYE) Program:
Mentorship under Carlos Martinez, CEO of Epinium, via European Commission & CCI Paris (2020).

Foundations

• Started in web development & programming (Frontpage, Dreamweaver, Visual Basic) (2006-2010).
• Entered SEO-based affiliate marketing, mastering organic traffic monetization (2010-2012).
• Built a monetized YouTube channel, later terminated due to copyright updates (2010-2012).
• Worked as a freelancer on Fiverr, offering graphic design, web development, and software engineering services (2013-2016).
• Academic Excellence:
- Baccalauréat Sciences Maths B – Lycée d'Excellence Meknes-Tafilalet (2014).
- Classes Préparatoires Maths-Physique MP* – Ibn Ghazi Meknès (2014-2016).

Birth - Meknès, Morocco