AI — Deep Dives
VSORA: The French AI Chipmaker Taking on NVIDIA with High-Performance, Cost-Efficient AI Hardware
Backed by €40 million in funding, CEO Khaled Maalej believes the company is set to disrupt the AI hardware market with its Jotunn8 chip, leveraging a fabless model and advanced chiplet architecture to slash the cost of deploying large language models and generative AI at scale.
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Mistral AI unloads Mistral 3. Gradium spins out of Kyutai to ride the Voice AI wave. UMA Robotics emerges out of stealth with a humanoid robotics "supergroup." HyprView Co-founder Victor Outters explains how the company is using photonics and AI to turn tumor light signatures into readable biology.
How HyprView Is Using Photonics And AI To Bring Cancer Diagnostics Into the Light
Thanks to developments in AI, photonics is stepping out of the lab and into the clinic. HyprView uses light to uncover the invisible biology inside tumors - information microscopes miss entirely - opening the door to faster, smarter, and far more predictive cancer diagnostics.
La Machine #52: Adopt AI...Or Else!
Adopt AI turned the Grand Palais into a deep-freeze cathedral of lusty futuristic dreamers with 25,000 builders, CEOs, and policymakers chasing the next wave of AI use cases. Beyond the buzzwords: Macron’s sovereignty push, mega-funding shivers, and Europe’s push to compete. Brrrrr! #SnowMiser
Ethiqais: Building a European AI Champion the Ethical Way
A frosty Grand Palais, a flurry of AI buzzwords, and one startup quietly redefining Europe’s tech future. Meet Ethiqais: the ethical, sovereign, quietly-ferocious AI governance team you’ll soon be hearing a lot more about.
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La Machine #53: Meet France's Humanoid Robotics 'Supergroup'
Mistral AI unloads Mistral 3. Gradium spins out of Kyutai to ride the Voice AI wave. UMA Robotics emerges out of stealth with a humanoid robotics "supergroup." HyprView Co-founder Victor Outters explains how the company is using photonics and AI to turn tumor light signatures into readable biology.
How HyprView Is Using Photonics And AI To Bring Cancer Diagnostics Into the Light
Thanks to developments in AI, photonics is stepping out of the lab and into the clinic. HyprView uses light to uncover the invisible biology inside tumors - information microscopes miss entirely - opening the door to faster, smarter, and far more predictive cancer diagnostics.
French Tech Funding Wire December 1: 400 RetailTech Startups; Pennylane Funding Rumors; €131M Raised In 15 Rounds
Between Nov 24 and Nov 28, French Tech startups raising VC included Zadient Technologies, AFYREN, Lexip (formerly Pixminds), Water Horizon, Damae Medical, VESTO, Alkion BioInnovations, Ventuno Biotech, Sim&Cure, AURA AERO, Komia, AberActives, Drive Innov, VoilaChef, AlgenScribe, and IvySpec.
🇫🇷 French Tech Wire: AI Agents Putting A Smile On Dentists' Faces
Members of the Doctolib mafia have a new startup, La Fraise, that dentists and their patients can't refuse. We're looking over a new Future of Work fund called Clover. Revaia takes the ESG pulse. And Jolt is raising a €1B fund to make startup rhinoceroses a thing.