🤖 La Machine #4: France's AI Data Center Dreams 🤖
The nation's lack of data centers could hamper its AI economy. So the government wants to unleash a data center boom.
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Altertable emerges from stealth to build an AI-native data stack; Tilt Energy wants to use AI to bring 'flexibility' to the grid. Plus, Genesis Robotics raises $85M, Asterion backs deeptech AI, H Company COO exits, France targets AI in justice and music, and Google eyes a French data hub.
🤖 La Machine #35: Autonomous AI Agents And The Nuclear Future 🤖
Europe bets €70B on tech sovereignty, France’s cloud and AI firms gear up for scale, and autonomous agents take center stage at VivaTech. Meanwhile, nuclear energy makes an AI-powered comeback, ChatGPT flunks the Bac (again), and regulators race to protect kids from rogue AI bots.
🤖 La Machine #34: H Company's Autonomous Agent Assault Begins 🤖
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.
🤖 La Machine #33: How GenAI Made Figma Dump Its Roadmap 🤖
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.
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French AI Paradox: Speed Up or Slow Down?
France is racing to lead in AI...and also tapping the brakes. Between public fear, political urgency, and calls to pause regulation, the country’s AI strategy is anything but straightforward.
French Tech Funding Wire July 4: Genesis AI, NeoFarm, Khimod & More!
Between June 30 and July 4, a total of 20 companies raised €221.5M, including: ATAWEY, Skynopy, Bonx, Kerys Software, Massive Dynamic, RainPath, Cosma, Webyn, MovaLife, E-Sensia, Optitus PV, Dream On Technology, Diago, Bluedigo, Olimpe Technology, Wallace Technologies, and The QA Company.
🇫🇷 French Tech Wire: French Startups Face Funding Famine
French startup funding is down sharply down YoY. But Omnes and Otium are making bigger VC bets. Ÿnsect scrambles to survive.
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French startups raised $3.5 billion in the first six months. That's on par with the last six months of 2024. But it's down sharply from $4.4 billion raised in the first half of 2024.