🚀October AI Funding Recap: Poolside, Filigran, Stoïk
25+ French AI companies raised a VC round in October led by Poolside's €453M round.
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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?
From Code to Commerce: Mistral AI Shows It Means Business at Paris Summit
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.
Building for the Future: How Altaroad is Driving Climate-Resilient Infrastructure
CEO Cécile Villette: “We’re helping the industry become future-proof.”
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The two-day summit saw lots of biz announcements, but no consensus on an AI statement. The mood was decidedly more buoyant at the Business Day gathering at Station F.
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French Tech Funding Wire February 21: 73 Strings, EG 427, Spore Biotechnologies & More!
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.
French Tech Wire: Two Insect Startups Get Swatted, While One Keeps Flying High 🐛
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.
Buggin' Out: Can Innovafeed Salvage France's Alternative Protein Dreams?
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.
🤖 La Machine #18: Mistral AI Shakes Its Moneymaker 🤖
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?