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Le Fourgon’s Big Bet: Reinventing The Milkman To Crush Single-Use Plastics
The company has developed a delivery service offering groceries in reusable glass containers designed to be cleaned and reused dozens of times. But with high infrastructure costs, can the company scale to achieve its impact goals?

🤖 La Machine #16: Special AI Action Summit Edition 🤖
Inside: France Digitale CEO Maya Noël wants to help the Summit get down to business; FD's AI startup mapping makes the case for France as an AI player; meanwhile the DeepSeek freakout continues.

AI Research: January Recap
🧠 Traditional vs. AI-Generated Meteorological Risks for Emergency Predictions | SIRRI Naoufal, UMR6174 Institut Franche Comté Électronique Mécanique Thermique et Optique Sciences et Technologies (FEMTO-ST), Besançon, France. | Frontiers Abstract: This study aims to analyze and examine in-depth the feature selection process using Large Language Models (LLMs) to optimize firefighter prediction performance. Although

France Digitale AI Mapping: 750 Startups And Dreams Of Digital Greatness
On the eve of the AI Action Summit, France is staking its claim to be a leader in this critical sector. The report highlights the vast potential -- and the big challenges.

AI Action Summit: France Digitale CEO Maya Noël Is All Business
On the Summit's Business Day: "The idea is to make people understand the use and not just talking about what are the models, what is the value chain, but very concrete stuff to inspire a lot of companies to use more AI in their business."

Le Fourgon’s Big Bet: Reinventing The Milkman To Crush Single-Use Plastics
The company has developed a delivery service offering groceries in reusable glass containers designed to be cleaned and reused dozens of times. But with high infrastructure costs, can the company scale to achieve its impact goals?


Deep Dive: How La French Tech Grand Paris is Shaping Innovation in France’s Capital
Alexandra André: “AI is reshaping industries worldwide, and Paris has all the ingredients to lead this revolution."

Why Insight Partners Backed AI Simulation Pioneer Cosmo Tech
The deal with the global PE firm provided a welcome boost for a French startup. But it also highlighted the hurdles companies face in raising capital for international scaling.

Spotlight Interview: Keles' Laurent Van Lerberghe On Digital Health Investing
"The region between the UK, France, and Benelux is becoming something like a new Palo Alto. Everything is reachable within two and a half hours, creating a concentrated ecosystem of talent, capital, and market opportunities."

Spotlight Interview: Fly Ventures' Marie Brayer
"What's really exciting is seeing the emergence of academic entrepreneurship in France."

A Fight for Fairness: Maud Sarda on building a more ethical economy with Label Emmaüs
Sarda: "This isn’t just about the survival of a business; it’s about justice and survival as a whole. We’re fighting for a fairer world where second-hand goods are valued and everyone has access to high-quality, sustainable options."

Spotlight Interview: ValueCo CEO Mariem Mhadhbi On Making ESG Count in Capital Markets
"The name reflects what we aim to do: create real financial and market value while leveraging the collective intelligence of investors to inspire meaningful change."