# Brivael Le Pogam Up: [[Fascism, Nazism and the Left-Right Spectrum]] · [[Post Analysis - brivael on the Far Right Label (2026-10-24)|post analysis]] **Role in this topic:** author of the trigger post and video - French tech founder: co-founder and CTO of **Argil** (AI video avatars), Y Combinator Summer 2024. YC's page lists him as Founder/CTO and **Laodis Ménard** as Founder/CEO; his X bio says "CEO&CTO". Argil was founded in 2023 in Paris with a team of 8 (YC page). - Career (LinkedIn): Air Liquide (2018), Early Birds (2018–20), tech lead at Crownpeak/Attraqt (2020–21), Snipets (2022), Argil (Jan 2023–). He is self-taught and launched an OGame clone at 15 (2006). He had a failed 2016 startup with Ménard, whom he met at Teads. - He writes on Substack (brivael.substack.com) and sells a book, *The Shifting Wall* (Gumroad). Guest on SaaS Connection #161 (Apr 19, 2025) and Mario Nawfal's show (published Oct 19, 2026, 8:37 PM CT). - On X he is [[Users/@brivael/brivael-x-profile|@brivael]]: 226K followers, joined Jan 1, 2025, posts in French and English; "Freedom fighter". Themes: libertarian anti-socialism, immigration and insecurity in France, defense of Musk and Sarah Knafo. - Named by Le Monde (Oct 23, 2026) alongside Thaïs d'Escufon and Alice Cordier ⚠️ (paywalled).