🤖 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.
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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.
Resurrecting Qwant: New Owners Bet On GenAI To Provide Answers
Qwant CEO Olivier Abecassis: "We believed – and we still believe – that with GenAI some opportunities would appear if can find the right combination of technology and experience. [Now] we have a shareholder who is willing to fund that work."
Trace for Good: Revolutionizing Traceability and ESG for a Sustainable Future
Co-founder Léa Gillet: “If you change what people see in terms of product information, you change how they buy."
French Tech Funding Wire December 20: BforeAI, Comand AI, TETMET & More!
French startups that raised money the week of December 16 to December 20 also include HALIAS Technologies, Annette, Meet My Mama, Alvie, Terakalis, RMAN Sync, Little John, HomeCycle, and Vibly.
🤖 La Machine #11: Physics-Loving Pharma And Customer Service Drama 🤖
In this week's edition: Aqemia is using GenAI to reinvent drug discovery; Yampa is deploying AI agents to fix customer service.
Seed Of The Week: Yampa
Yampa raised €3M to transform customer service with autonomous AI agents.
Teaching Physics to AI: How Aqemia Wants To Revolutionize Drug Discovery
Aqemia's Novel Approach to Drug Discovery Attracts €30M in New Funding
French Tech Wire: Elicit Grows Plants While InterCloud Loses Its Pants
In this edition: How AgTech Elicit Plants wants to become a global biotech friend for farmers. InterCloud files for bankruptcy. And Klaxoon exits to a U.S. company after its international expansion sputtered.