About Hapster
Companies’ competitiveness is in your hands.
Patent Filed
Unique method
Hapster has its roots in TWI and adapts the method to today’s challenges.
The Hapster story
From TWI to AI
Hapster has its roots in the TWI (Training Within Industry) method, developed in 1942 to effectively transfer industrial know-how in wartime.
We adapted this method to modern industrial challenges, then developed it into a standalone digital solution enhanced by AI.
Incubated within Safran, Hapster became an independent start-up in 2024, dedicated to capturing and transferring industrial know-how.
1942
TWI
Training Within Industry
2007-2016
Adaptation
to modern industrial challenges.
2017-2021
Bootstrap
digital solution.
2022-2023
Incubation
at Safran.
2024
Since 2024
100% independent start-up.
Co-founders
Operational excellence, the birthplace of Hapster
Over 100 years of combined experience across the four co-founders.
Franck Vermet
Franck Vermet (CEO) brings 30 years of operational management experience across the mining, oil, chemical and aerospace industries. He initiated Hapster’s PoC, which he led within Safran’s intrapreneurship program.
Cyril Brun
Cyril Brun (COO), a mechanical engineer, draws on his experience in development projects and customer support in the automotive and aerospace industries to drive operational performance and customer success.
Valérie Manier
Valérie Manier (CFO/HR) combines 25 years of operational management experience in aerospace and defense with 10 years in human resources and organizational transformation, supporting performance and sustainable growth.
Salah Awad
Salah Awad (CTO) has 16 years of experience in technology and 4 years in product management. This dual expertise enables him to drive the technological dimension of the project, ensuring sustainable and scalable innovation at the core of the product.
Hapster has a positive impact on our clients’ CSR initiatives.
CSR impacts
A responsible approach
Thanks to the solution’s features and the results achieved, Hapster has a tangible impact on corporate social responsibility for its clients.
#1
First Pass Yield (FPY)
700
languages available
Text-to-speech
enhanced accessibility
Mastery of work gestures
= quality and safety
And therefore:
Employment and Inclusion
Access to employment, employability, inclusion.
Safety
Reduced MSDs and accident rates at the workstation.
Environment
Reduced consumption of raw materials and energy use.
Support and partner ecosystem
Born within Safran’s intrapreneurship program at its R&D site on the Saclay campus, Hapster was spun out in January 2024 to become 100% independent. Hapster has a strong network of partners:
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Support
Hapster received early non-dilutive support, reflecting strong recognition from the ecosystem.
- 01
Grant
French Tech
Bourse French Tech – Sept. 2024
- 02
Incubation
IXCAMPUS
Versailles Grand Parc IXCAMPUS local incubation program · Jan. 2025
- 03
Support
Réseau Entreprendre
Réseau Entreprendre Yvelines – Apr. 2025
- 04
Innovation Award
Rotary Club
Rueil Bords de Seine – June 2025
- 05
Start-up Award
La SIM Congress
La SIM Congress Start-up Award · October 2025
Intellectual Property
A proprietary method
Hapster owns 100% of the Intellectual Property relating to the solution and the method. In addition, two books on the method have been published by Franck Vermet, CEO & co-founder of Hapster.
Patent application filed for the innovative solution, including:
The method
Associated hardware for future developments
The digital solution and algorithms
The source code is registered with the APP (Agence pour la Protection des Programmes)
Authority through writing
Reference book
Transmettre des savoir-faire et gestes métier
F. Vermet et J-R. Houllier · Dunod
The book “Transmettre des savoir-faire et gestes métier”, by Franck Vermet & Jean-Roch Houllier, published by DUNOD, shares practical methods to:
🔹 preserve key skills
🔹 make work gestures visible
🔹 accelerate autonomy and performance
Reference book
Adaptive Production Systems
Franck Vermet
The book “Adaptive Production Systems: The Next Evolutionary Step in Industrial Darwinism”, by Franck Vermet.
This book is designed to facilitate the learning of key skills that help improve production systems. It provides a synthesis of the Lean, Six Sigma, Theory of Constraints, Toyota Kata and TWI (Training Within Industry) schools of thought.
They’re talking about us
Hapster In the press
Va-t-on se fracasser sur le mur des compétences ?
Franck Vermet intervient dans l'émission B Smart – Job
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