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Inside: A look at the future of AI and Video with Aive; Paris gets a fancy new AI center.
Inside: A look at the future of AI and Video with Aive; Paris gets a fancy new AI center.
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."
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.
In this edition: VirtualiSurg is using VR to train surgeons; an Ÿnsect bankruptcy breakdown; plus all the fun headlines and funding news.
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.
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.
Exclusively for Paid Subscribers: The latest filings for new AI-related companies in France, plus AI startups selected for incubators and accelerators.
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.
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.”
Startups that raised from Feb. 17 to Feb. 21 also include: Circle Safe, Dametis, Cycloid, Wavo, SeaWeed Concept, AITHRA, Genial, Ochy, Pronoe, Allaw, Symexo, Naali, Terroe, and PulseSight Therapeutics.
In this edition: A look at France's fading insect protein hopes, and whether Innovafeed can resuscitate them. Plus: One last push to avoid government cuts to French tech programs; startups go to school.
With Ÿnsect rolling toward bankruptcy and Agronutris seeking court protection, France's ambitions for the insect-based food market may have been squashed. But Innovafeed is still in the game thanks to a very different strategy.
Inside: The AI Summit for Action is over. But we have one final recap. Plus: Mistral AI says it's open for business. Will it be enough to claim a place on the global stage?
CEO Arthur Mensch: "Our goal is to be a global market leader." France's Great LLM Hope announced a flood of business deals in the face of mounting skepticism that it can compete against rivals such as OpenAI and DeepSeek.
Startups that raised from Feb. 10 to Feb. 14 also include: Ekstere, Speeral, ExtraJool, ENERSENS, ToumAI, Agri Lab Leverage, CountAct, AuraLIP, Freeda, Plantibodies, Wallace Technologies, EyePick, VCAST, Alterdiag, Oncodiag,and INOE.
In this edition: France's innovation bank Bpifrance reduced investments last year, and could be looking at further reductions in 2025. AI and deeptech remain the exceptions. Also this week: Altaroad CEO Cécile Villette talks about climate resilience.