Co-Founder & CTO at Onix, building Personal Intelligence. Previously CTO at 1X, SmartOne.ai, and AON3D. Ph.D. in robotics and AI.https://www.nicholasnadeau.comhttps://www.nicholasnadeau.com/2026/02/confoo-vector-search-normalization-mdxhttps://www.nicholasnadeau.com/2026/02/confoo-vector-search-normalization-mdxA ConFoo 2026 talk on the silent normalization bug breaking RAG systems, and the one-liner that fixes it.Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.nicholasnadeau.com/2026/02/genai-montreal-confoo-agentic-routing-mdxhttps://www.nicholasnadeau.com/2026/02/genai-montreal-confoo-agentic-routing-mdxA talk on why agents fail in production and how embedding-based routing, expertise graphs, and the abstention pattern build resilient agentic systems.Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.nicholasnadeau.com/2025/12/founders-toolkit-mdxhttps://www.nicholasnadeau.com/2025/12/founders-toolkit-mdxThe tools, podcasts, and unexpected things that kept me sane and shipping during Onix's zero-to-one year.Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.nicholasnadeau.com/2025/11/ai-salon-flagship-live-mila-mdxhttps://www.nicholasnadeau.com/2025/11/ai-salon-flagship-live-mila-mdxFounders and investors share hard-won lessons on scaling AI companies globally from Montreal.Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.nicholasnadeau.com/2025/09/onix-top-100-all-in-mdxhttps://www.nicholasnadeau.com/2025/09/onix-top-100-all-in-mdxMon, 08 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.nicholasnadeau.com/2025/09/onix-cofounder-announcement-mdxhttps://www.nicholasnadeau.com/2025/09/onix-cofounder-announcement-mdxFri, 05 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.nicholasnadeau.com/2025/08/garage-co-board-president-mdxhttps://www.nicholasnadeau.com/2025/08/garage-co-board-president-mdxFri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.nicholasnadeau.com/2025/2025-07_startupfest-mentor-montreal-mdhttps://www.nicholasnadeau.com/2025/2025-07_startupfest-mentor-montreal-mdWed, 09 Jul 2025 00:00:00 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