AI — Deep Dives
Growl's AI Boxing Bag Delivers A Knockout Fitness Experience
A pair of French entrepreneurs in Texas have launched Growl, a connected fitness startup that reimagines the traditional boxing bag as an AI-powered, interactive home coach. As the company moves towards commercialization, CEO and co-founder Léo Desrumaux explains the vision.
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La Machine #45: AI That Watches What You Don’t Eat
France gets a new AI and digital minister as Naïma Moutchou joins the Government du Jour. Kikleo uses computer vision and AI to fight food waste. Gojob secures €120 million to scale its AI temp platform globally. Plus: ETIs embrace AI, a real fake-news network exposed, and data centers under fire.
AI That Watches What You Don’t Eat: Kikleo Uses Cafeteria Leftover Data to Fight Food Waste
The FoodTech startup just raised €3.5M for its system that uses AI-powered cameras to track every uneaten bite in cafeterias. By turning food waste into actionable data, it helps kitchens cut costs, shrink their carbon footprint, and serve smarter, more sustainable meals.
Inside TiHive: How a French Deeptech Startup Is Revolutionizing Quality Control, One Diaper at a Time
The Grenoble-based company just raised €8M to scale its terahertz-AI technology that can see inside products on production lines
La Machine #44: A €100M AI Fund To Defy Silicon Valley's Siren Song
C4 Ventures launches a €100M fund as French AI startups raise €30M+ across 8 deals, from Juisci's medical research platform to Chat3D's generative models. Yet Gigi and Rippletide still decamp for Silicon Valley despite strong European momentum.
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La Machine #45: AI That Watches What You Don’t Eat
France gets a new AI and digital minister as Naïma Moutchou joins the Government du Jour. Kikleo uses computer vision and AI to fight food waste. Gojob secures €120 million to scale its AI temp platform globally. Plus: ETIs embrace AI, a real fake-news network exposed, and data centers under fire.
AI That Watches What You Don’t Eat: Kikleo Uses Cafeteria Leftover Data to Fight Food Waste
The FoodTech startup just raised €3.5M for its system that uses AI-powered cameras to track every uneaten bite in cafeterias. By turning food waste into actionable data, it helps kitchens cut costs, shrink their carbon footprint, and serve smarter, more sustainable meals.
French Tech Funding Wire Oct 3: Vibe, Edflex, RDS & More!
A look at Q3 funding. (Be afraid!) Between September 29 and Oct 3 a total of 19 companies raised €138.5M including: Qovery, TiHive, DJUST, iNGage, Clarifeye, Plasana Medical, UP&CHARGE, Synboli, Popsink, MokN, Metreecs, SeaBeLife, MyFit Solutions, Kapsera, Sonar Clarity (Avanoo), and Initiativ.
🇫🇷 French Tech Wire: €500M in New VC Firepower For AI And Deeptech
Refugee women break barriers with Sistech, TiHive raises €8M to reinvent quality control, Serena closes €200M AI & energy fund, EF exits Europe for Silicon Valley, Harmattan AI eyes $1B valuation, and Paris solidifies its spot as France’s startup powerhouse.