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 #48: Probabl's Cause Takes AI From Lab to Launchpad
Scikit-learn’s creators aim to turn France’s AI research into global business with Probabl. Plus: Doctolib’s AI parenting assistant, Mistral’s new enterprise platform, France’s civil-service chatbot, OpenAI’s Paris expansion, and this week’s top AI funding rounds.
Mission Probabl: The Quest to Transform French AI Research into A Tech Champion
Scikit-learn, born at a French research institute, is one of the world’s most-used machine learning libraries. Probabl aims to turn it into a global business. Its journey reveals France’s AI potential and the structural hurdles of commercializing public research.
La Machine #47: Superbugs, Beats, and Billions
Phagos uses AI-designed bacteriophages to fight bacterial infections; Claimy is building algorithms to chase lost musical royalties. Plus: Mistral AI gets a fancy new crib; Paris ranks #3 in global AI hubs; Probabl leads AI funding with €13M round.
Claimy Wants to Use AI to End Music’s Missing Money Problem
Claimy, a Paris startup backed by €1.5 million in pre-seed funding, is building an AI-powered platform to locate and reclaim lost royalties, attacking a $15 billion global problem that’s eroded transparency and trust in the booming music economy.
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La Machine #48: Probabl's Cause Takes AI From Lab to Launchpad
Scikit-learn’s creators aim to turn France’s AI research into global business with Probabl. Plus: Doctolib’s AI parenting assistant, Mistral’s new enterprise platform, France’s civil-service chatbot, OpenAI’s Paris expansion, and this week’s top AI funding rounds.
Mission Probabl: The Quest to Transform French AI Research into A Tech Champion
Scikit-learn, born at a French research institute, is one of the world’s most-used machine learning libraries. Probabl aims to turn it into a global business. Its journey reveals France’s AI potential and the structural hurdles of commercializing public research.
French Tech Funding Wire Oct 27: Why Grenoble Might Be France's Most Underrated Startup Powerhouse
Between Oct 20 and Oct 24, a total of 15 French Tech companies raised €150.25 million, including: Lattice Medical, Dracula Technologies, Hublo, UPCITI, Lisaqua, Nutropy, Volta Software, Playse, Kotcha, Exeliom Biosciences, Seaber, Fleetiz, Certificall, MNGRS AI, and Tibeka Protections.
🇫🇷 French Tech Wire: Certificall Battles Visual AI Insurance Fraud
Also in this edition: ImCheck’s €1B biotech exit shakes up the scene, Lemlist snaps up Claap to boost AI sales, France’s startup job engine stalls, and OVHcloud’s founder returns to reclaim the cockpit.