French AI Research: February Synthesis
Topics: AI-Generated Meteorological Risks, Bioethical challenges, How AI will impact women at work, and more.
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🤖 La Machine #21: AI That Packs A Punch 🤖
Inside: Growl hopes its AI Boxing Bag will be a hit; the French army hops on the AI bandwagon; more AI events than you can shake a stick at.
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.
French Tech Funding Wire March 7: Netforce, Flowdesk, Renaissance Fusion & More!
Startups that raised from March 3 to March 7 also include: Satisfy, Osivax, Comet, Agriodor, Wealthcome, Faks, Kleio, Spash, Terratis, Papkot, and Cherico.
French Tech Wire: Europe Needs AI Infrastructure, Women Need Funding, and Industrial Startups Need a Hug
👋 Welcome to our weekly recap of the big news + funding in the French tech ecosystem this week. In this week's French Tech Wire, 👀 Deep Dive: Why Europe Needs Its Own AI Infrastructure: Arnaud Muller, Founder & CEO of Cleyrop and vocal advocate for European technological independence, explores how
Digital Diplomats: AI is Making Silicon Valley Startups Leaner and Meaner. Can French Founders Keep Up?
U.S. Startups are reaching $100M ARR with less than 50 employees. French startups risk being squeezed if they don’t adapt.
🤖 La Machine #20: AI Making Videos Pixel Perfect 🤖
Inside: A look at the future of AI and Video with Aive; Paris gets a fancy new AI center.
Aive: Revolutionizing Video Production with AI
CEO Olivier Reynaud: "We created an AI product years before the current AI wave. We are an enterprise-ready solution and not something in the lab."
French Tech Funding Wire February 28: Adocia, Edumapper, Byzantine Finance & More!
Startups that raised from Feb. 24 to Feb. 28 also include: Activ’Inside, MoEa, BiOceanOr, Vegetal Food, Akidaia, CCE Group, Akira Technologies, MB Therapeutics, and WeWard.
French Tech Wire: Building the Mediverse and a Buggy Business Model
In this edition: VirtualiSurg is using VR to train surgeons; an Ÿnsect bankruptcy breakdown; plus all the fun headlines and funding news.
Ÿnsect Bankruptcy: Private Equity, Public Debt, and Bpifrance's Role
Public investment in the company has been substantial. Its failure will give new ammunition to the French government's extensive support for costly innovation programs.
Seed of the Week: VirtualiSurg
If pilots train on simulators before flying real aircraft, why can’t the same technology be used to train surgeons? Founder & CEO Nicolas Mignan explains how the startup hopes to use VR and the metaverse to revolutionize medical education.
New French AI Company Radar: February 2025
Exclusively for Paid Subscribers: The latest filings for new AI-related companies in France, plus AI startups selected for incubators and accelerators.
🤖 La Machine #19: French Energy Grid Gets An AI Glow-Up 🤖
Inside: How Metroscope is optimizing power plants with AI; Mistral AI's Le Chat purrs; and funding news for AI startups Genial, Ochy, Spore, and 73 Strings.
AI Optimizing France’s Nuclear Future: Metroscope Prevents Energy Loss at Scale
CEO Aurélien Schwartz: “We’re at the beginning of a massive industrial transformation. AI is no longer optional—it’s the backbone of a smarter, more resilient energy grid.”