Hi, I'm Martin Nussbaum - Founder & CEO at Pascal
I am passionate about transforming ambitious real estate visions into tangible realities, blending creative strategy with rigorous financial and operational management. I thrive in leading complex development projects from concept through to successful market delivery, driving growth and performance.
At a glance
Curated signals on strengths, focus areas, and how they can help.
Led P&L for real estate business units, driving profitability and market alignment.
Currently directs a business unit, leveraging extensive experience to drive strategic growth and performance.
Can help others by providing expertise in real estate development and financial structuring.
🚀 Career trajectory
Foundation in Architecture + Economics & Operations & Tender Engineering
Began career with foundational training as a Construction Economist and worked in architecture firms, gaining a deep understanding of the built environment. Specialized as an Operations Engineering and Tender Manager, orchestrating the technical and financial structuring of large-scale projects and learning to operate at the intersection of engineering precision and commercial strategy.
✦ Architecture
✦ Construction Economics
✦ Project Engineering
✦ Tender Management
✦ Financial Structuring
Real Estate Development Leadership
Advanced into senior leadership roles within real estate development, managing business units and strategic programs for major French developers. Owned P&L, led multi-disciplinary teams, and delivered ambitious urban development projects from vision to completion.
✦ General Management
✦ P&L Ownership
✦ Real Estate Development
Pivot to AI & Fintech
Channeled a lifelong passion for finance and computing into self-taught AI engineering. Spent over a year building machine learning pipelines, LLM agents, and production infrastructure — transitioning from real estate operator to fintech builder.
✦ Self-Taught ML
✦ Career Pivot
✦ AI Engineering
Founder at Pascal
Currently founder and lead developer of Pαscal, an AI-powered trading copilot for French-speaking retail traders, incubated at SEMIA Starter Class (Strasbourg). Built the full product end-to-end: ML signal generation, LLM-driven narrative briefings, broker integration, and a PWA frontend. Beta launch planned for June 2026.
✦ Founder
✦ AI/ML
✦ Fintech
✦ Retail Trading
💪🏻 Superpowers
Bridging Vision and Execution
Translating complex ideas into shippable outcomes
✦ Led full project lifecycles from architectural vision to delivery and P&L.
✦ Aligned multi-disciplinary stakeholders around ambitious, long-horizon goals.
✦ Now applying the same discipline to shipping an AI-powered trading product.
Self-Taught Technical Depth
Operator mindset meets hands-on AI engineering
✦ Built Pαscal's production ML pipeline end-to-end — from data to signals to UX.
✦ Ship code daily: XGBoost clusters, LLM agents, cloud deployment, PWA frontend.
✦ Rare combination: decade of business leadership + self-taught ML practitioner.
I'm excited about
✦ Building AI tools that make financial markets legible to retail traders.
✦ Meeting founders and operators at the intersection of AI, fintech, and UX.
✦ Learning how others are scaling trustworthy AI products in regulated industries.
I can help with
✦ Pivoting from a traditional industry into tech-driven entrepreneurship.
✦ Leading P&L-owning business units and turning strategy into execution.
✦ Structuring and financing large, multi-stakeholder operational projects.
I would love your help on
✦ Connecting with fintech founders, retail trading communities, and broker partners.
✦ Meeting ML engineers and AI practitioners building in production.
✦ Finding early beta testers, advisors, and investors focused on fintech or AI.