Hyped as Europe's first GenAI public listing, the company is more Seed-stage startup than juggernaut. After starting as a hardware research project, the company pivoted to a SaaS platform. The journey has been financed by public subsidies, tax credits, debt, and equity from Huawei.
ai-Pulse 2024 at Station F held its second edition last week. We give you the rundown, plus all the AI headlines, funding news, and events.
Julia Gimbernat Mayol of InstaDeep, Jean-Philippe Vert of Bioptimus, and Robert Marino of Qubit Pharmaceuticals discuss the specific challenges the industry faces as these companies expand.
Vitor Monteiro, Head of Solutions Engineering at Poolside, breaks down how the company plans to reinvent coding.
Unpacking Europe's AI investing landscape with Frst's Gabriel de Vinzelles, Kima Ventures' Alexis Robert, Balderton Capital's Rana Yared, Lightspeed Venture Partners' Paul Murphy, and Felix Capital's Julien Codorniou.
"AI has become way too important these days to be only developed and operated behind closed doors."
"This is a huge opportunity to disrupt productivity."
Clara Chappaz: "If we want to be serious about sovereignty, we need to wake up."
"Most people want to use technology for beneficial purposes," Dell said. "AI will be an expansionary force creating more opportunities for everyone."
The event explored the future of AI infrastructure, models, and economics. But the underlying theme: France's ambition to be Europe's leading AI hub.
It was a good week for climate-related companies whose names start with the letter 'Z.'
France fell behind in the space race. Latitude is among a new generation of Space startups that hope to close the gap. Founder and outgoing CEO Stanislas Maximin explains the vision.
French startups that raised money the week of November 3 to November 8 also include Cominty, OuiLive, Siit, and Theremia.
Welcome to the latest monthly edition of our French AI newsletter. Inside: the latest headlines, product launches, company foundings, and funding rounds.
The contract management platform built for the GenAI age raised an €8 million Seed Round to accelerate growth.
25+ French AI companies raised a VC round in October led by Poolside's €453M round.
