once upon a time, in 1997, a curious boy was born in 🇲🇦 rabat, morocco.

in 2004, he got his first 🖥️ computer. then the 🌐 internet: games, videos, things people had made. but he always wanted to make his own.

so he started a 📻 school radio project, streamed it online, handed out flyers to his classmates. at 11, he was making something, too.

he moved to 🇫🇷 france to study 💻 computer science. there, he discovered startup weekends. he was amazed by the whole experience.

he wanted younger kids to have a chance to try, too. so in 2020, he created teen startup day and brought 16 teenagers together. then lockdown happened.

so he went online with startupoklm: stories about starting companies, for young french founders. over three years, he grew it into something big alongside his job.

but the french tech scene’s obsession with fame, money, and personal branding wore him down. he had always wanted to make good, useful things. so he stopped.

feeling lost, he was introduced by a good friend to buildspace: people making things for the love of it on their nights & weekends. he felt at home again. but buildspace shut down...

months later, in 2025, he opened anomalie.space in paris. over a hundred builders, sometimes working until 5 a.m. the space ended up closing too, but the friendships stayed for life.

one thing all his friends agreed on: he needs to go to 🌉 san francisco. so he went for one week and stayed for six. he felt at home again.

months later, he came back again and this time made silicon mania. 🎬 videos, 📖 magazines, and 🎙️ shows. he wanted to make tech fun again.

but he believed the world needed more magic beyond silicon valley. so he moved to 🌴 los angeles, where he’s building ✨ mania, inc. an 🎪 entertainment company for people who still want to be amazed.