Other startups that raised a round between June 16 and June 20 include: DESKi, Skarlett, Sifflet, Arlequin AI, Fungu'it, Jubilé, La Bourse aux Livres, Base for Music, Angel, Daven, Jockiz, ArcaScience, Alsanor, OLENERGIES, and Descartes Underwriting.
Union activism hits startups, Nabla and Descartes raise big rounds, agri-robotics stumbles, and Nantes bets on healthtech. Plus: VivaTech 2025 brings humanoid robots to life, raising bold questions about AI, work, and the future.
Agility Robotics Chief Business Officer Daniel Diez: “Right now, we're focused on areas where it's hard to find people to take certain jobs."
Traditional AI startups sell software to existing businesses, but full-stack AI companies are becoming the businesses themselves.
From NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang’s grand AI vision to Mistral AI’s sovereign playbook, and robots roaming the halls, this year’s edition spotlighted France’s global tech ambitions in several next-generation technologies. This Special Edition will dig into the big AI news.
Other startups that raised a round between June 9 and June 13 include: Expliseat, Elkedonia, Enterome, Kolet, ENYO Pharma, PeopleSpheres, Arlequin AI, Olyzon, STEPS ORTHO, KONCRETE, and Circulacar.
CEO Arthur Mensch: “The race is not over. Europe is not late. We just needed the right tools—and now we have them.”
The CEO set the tone for the mega-tech conference with his focus on next-generation computing, robotics demos, and major French partnerships in a wide-ranging keynote.
Mistral AI targets $1B to scale globally and launches Mistral Code, Hugging Face debuts efficient robotics model SmolVLA, Kyutai unveils voice AI Unmute, H Company rolls out cost-cutting agents, and Aive raises €12M for enterprise AI video.
The French AI startup, backed by top investors, released a suite of cost-efficient autonomous agents that it claims outperform OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. Designed to execute real-world tasks, these "action models" signal a shift from chatbots to true AI-powered productivity.
Other startups that raised a round between June 2 and June 6 include: Califrais, Thunder Code, Enrise, Reekom, Kumulus, Sounduct, Pletor, Delpha, Ordalie, Zenior, Kivala, and Inside Therapeutics.
Constellation Technologies wants to compete with Starlink. Aldebaran’s robots bid adieu. Pasqal’s takes a quantum acquisition leap, French regulators take on porn, hate, and #Skinnytok. Plus: The 2025 French Tech Next40/120 unveils its new digital favorites.
Constellation Technologies wants to partner with operators to offer space-based internet to help them compete with the SpaceX service.
Cathay Innovation launches a €1B AI fund; Macron inks a France–Singapore AI pact; Capgemini, Mistral & SAP join forces on GenAI for regulated sectors; Hugging Face unveils humanoid robots; and Mistral rolls out powerful new tools for code and agents.
Other startups that raised a round between May 26 and May 30 include: Hemerion Therapeutics, Kyron.bio, Dastra, Ecomer, Novem, and Danim. Plus: TreeFrog Therapeutics and Ankar.
