Inside: France is securing massive AI investments, with President Macron announcing €109B in funding. Bpifrance will invest €10B in AI startups. And Mistral AI punched back with its new Le Chat model.
In this edition: Le Fourgon CEO Charles Christory explains his mission to reduce single-use plastics; Laurent Van Lerberghe discusses how new VC firm Keles wants to help European Digital Health startups scale. Plus: French tech budget follies.
Startups that raised from Feb. 3 to Feb. 7 also include: Wildsense, NETRI, Extracthive, Sirius NeoSight, Histovery, Neuralk AI, PAPAYA, NEO ECO, Epyr, Lyv Healthcare, The QA Company, ASTRA IT, Crown Procurement, SuperBranche, Aleph-Networks, Mantle8, Extrajool, Anybuddy, Revolte, Reev, and Fraktion.
"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."
President Trump surrounded himself with tech execs for his 2nd term. In contrast, the French tech ecosystem risks losing its place at the heart of President Macron’s agenda. How do these political shifts change the calculus for French entrepreneurs in terms of where to scale their startups?
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.
🧠 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
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.
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."
In this edition: Fly Ventures' Marie Brayer talks about funding hard tech; inside Alice & Bob's quest to build a fault-tolerant quantum computer; plus the insect alt protein industry is getting squashed; a court delivers some happy veggie tales to the alt meat industry.
"What's really exciting is seeing the emergence of academic entrepreneurship in France."
Startups that raised from Jan. 27 to Jan. 31 also include: 4Elements, Formance, KEEY AEROGEL, Cryptio, Accro, Hopia, Laclaree Vision, Le Fourgon, Clovis, HappyVore, OFFROAD, Neo Earth, Aberyne, Amatera, Expliseat, Carthera, Zaion, Beans, GetVocal, and ClearDrop
Also inside: Inside Microsoft's GenAI Studio in Paris; AI regulatory squabbling, funding news and events galore.
Microsoft's first GenAI Studio just finished its inaugural batch with the 15 startups presenting at a Demo Day last week to a gathering of investors, corporates, and media.
In this edition: Maud Sarda, founder of Emmaüs' online marketplace “Label Emmaüs,” talks about social impact; Alexandra André explains how La French Tech Grand Paris wants to make the city an AI champion; plus a shocking crypto kidnapping.
Startups that raised from Jan. 20 to Jan. 24 also include: AISPRID, Karmen, AdEchoTech, Zilo Énergie, Dylogy, TUITO, and Crime Science Technology.
