🤖 La Machine #14: AI + Fake Brad Pitt ❤️ France 🤖
Also inside: How Maki wants to use agents to transform HR; and lessons from Insight's majority investment into digital twin pioneer Cosmo Tech.
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Why Insight Partners Backed AI Simulation Pioneer Cosmo Tech
The deal with the global PE firm provided a welcome boost for a French startup. But it also highlighted the hurdles companies face in raising capital for international scaling.
How Maki Wants To Transform HR With Conversational Agents
The French AI startup raised $28.6M in a Series A round. CEO Maxime Legardez: "I think this will be a complete revolution."
French Tech Wire: AI Boom Masks Broader Slowdown
In this edition: An annual mega French tech ecosystem report drops; Hyperline CEO discusses $10M funding; Deel's legal troubles; and all the funding deals.
Seed Of The Week: Hyperline
Hyperline raised $10M to transform revenue management for the AI era. CEO Lucas Bédout explains the vision.
French Tech Funding Wire January 17: Loft Orbital, Bioptimus, Robeauté, Maki, & More!
Startups that raised from Jan. 13 to Jan. 17 also include: Leakmited, Spareka, VIPOGroup, KAI, Spliiit, Hyperline, Toploc, Snowpack, Smartviser, Avicenna.ai, Kuantom, and Zelros.
French Tech 2024: AI Drives Growth While Traditional Sectors Adjust
The State of the French Tech Ecosystem 2024 report from Alexandre Dewez of 20VC finds an ecosystem that appears stable on the surface but is undergoing some important transformations underneath.
🤖 La Machine #13: French AI Radar December Recap
Welcome to the monthly edition of our French AI newsletter. Inside: the latest headlines, company launches, and funding rounds.
New French AI Company Radar: December 2024
The latest filings for new AI-related companies in France, plus AI startups selected for incubators and accelerators.
French Tech Wire: VC Hopes + CES 2025 Vegas Dreams
Also in this edition: Qonto is up, Ubisoft is for sale, and crypto scams are booming. Plus: All the funding news to kick off 2025!
CES 2025: French Invasion Includes Connected Objects, AI, and Robots
The love affair between France and CES continues with the latest edition of the trade show in Vegas.
French VC Outlook 2025: Big Bets on AI, Climate Tech, and a Dash of Optimism
After a rocky 2024, we take the pulse of France's VC community for 2025.
CES 2025: Meet The 110 French Tech Startups
Business France took a delegation of 110 startups to the Mega Conference in Las Vegas. Here is the full list of startups participating.
French Tech Funding Wire January 10: Usual, Syroco, Happydemics & More!
Startups that raised from Dec. 23. to Jan. 10: CyGO Entrepreneurs, AYDO, rBlox, Hexalean, Data Inceptio, Mirabelle, Evergaz, SkyVisor, Coave Therapeutics, Spareka, Matchers, DeepHawk, and VBTech.
🤖 La Machine #12: France's 2024 AI Story, From Digital Snails to Nuclear Tales 🤖
The year saw exceptional momentum in France's AI ecosystem -- and warnings of the challenges ahead.
French Tech Wire: Meero's Pivot Hero And Qwant's GenAI Savior
Also in this edition: Trace for Good wants to revolutionize traceability and ESG.