VivaTech 2025: AI, Robotics, Humans, And The End of Work As We Know It
Agility Robotics Chief Business Officer Daniel Diez: “Right now, we're focused on areas where it's hard to find people to take certain jobs."
Digital Diplomats: Y Combinator Backs Full-Stack AI in Service Industries. Are Entrepreneurs Ready to Adapt?
Traditional AI startups sell software to existing businesses, but full-stack AI companies are becoming the businesses themselves.
🇫🇷 VivaTech 2025: AI, Robots, and Quantum Dreams Run Wild In Paris
From NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang’s grand AI vision to Mistral AI’s sovereign playbook, and robots roaming the halls, this year’s edition spotlighted France’s global tech ambitions in several next-generation technologies. This Special Edition will dig into the big AI news.
French Tech Funding Wire June 13: Knave, Wandercraft, Look Up Space & More!
Other startups that raised a round between June 9 and June 13 include: Expliseat, Elkedonia, Enterome, Kolet, ENYO Pharma, PeopleSpheres, Arlequin AI, Olyzon, STEPS ORTHO, KONCRETE, and Circulacar.
VivaTech 2025: Mistral AI Gets Cozy With NVIDIA
CEO Arthur Mensch: “The race is not over. Europe is not late. We just needed the right tools—and now we have them.”
VivaTech 2025: NVIDIA's Jensen Huang On Robots, Quantum Computing, And AI Revolution
The CEO set the tone for the mega-tech conference with his focus on next-generation computing, robotics demos, and major French partnerships in a wide-ranging keynote.
🤖 La Machine #34: H Company's Autonomous Agent Assault Begins 🤖
Mistral AI targets $1B to scale globally and launches Mistral Code, Hugging Face debuts efficient robotics model SmolVLA, Kyutai unveils voice AI Unmute, H Company rolls out cost-cutting agents, and Aive raises €12M for enterprise AI video.
H Company Launches Autonomous Agent Suite To Leapfrog Tech Giants
The French AI startup, backed by top investors, released a suite of cost-efficient autonomous agents that it claims outperform OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. Designed to execute real-world tasks, these "action models" signal a shift from chatbots to true AI-powered productivity.
French Tech Funding Wire June 6: Fabriq, Moments Lab, Aive & More!
Other startups that raised a round between June 2 and June 6 include: Califrais, Thunder Code, Enrise, Reekom, Kumulus, Sounduct, Pletor, Delpha, Ordalie, Zenior, Kivala, and Inside Therapeutics.
🇫🇷 French Tech Wire: France Joins Space Com Race
Constellation Technologies wants to compete with Starlink. Aldebaran’s robots bid adieu. Pasqal’s takes a quantum acquisition leap, French regulators take on porn, hate, and #Skinnytok. Plus: The 2025 French Tech Next40/120 unveils its new digital favorites.
How Constellation Will Challenge Starlink In The Communication Space Race
Constellation Technologies wants to partner with operators to offer space-based internet to help them compete with the SpaceX service.
🤖 La Machine #33: How GenAI Made Figma Dump Its Roadmap 🤖
Cathay Innovation launches a €1B AI fund; Macron inks a France–Singapore AI pact; Capgemini, Mistral & SAP join forces on GenAI for regulated sectors; Hugging Face unveils humanoid robots; and Mistral rolls out powerful new tools for code and agents.
French Tech Funding Wire May 30: Solveo Energie, Quobly, Amplitude Studios & More!
Other startups that raised a round between May 26 and May 30 include: Hemerion Therapeutics, Kyron.bio, Dastra, Ecomer, Novem, and Danim. Plus: TreeFrog Therapeutics and Ankar.
Figma's CPO On Navigating The GenAI Revolution: 'It's A Very Dynamic Landscape.'
Chief Product Officer Yuhki Yamashita discusses how the design company abandoned its traditional planning process to build AI-powered products as it adapts to the rapid evolution of GenAI capabilities.
🇫🇷 French Tech Wire: Fast Fashion Fight Fizzles
E-commerce bill gets watered down, Brussels rolls out startup reforms, Alan shakes up public health coverage, crypto kidnappings surge, OVNI raises €60M for weird startups, layoffs hit OpenClassrooms, and Bpifrance celebrates 10 years of big bets.
🤖 La Machine #32: Can AI Make Corporate Training Not Suck? 🤖
Didask thinks so. Plus: France bags €17B in new foreign AI investments led by NVIDIA, Cisco, and Brookfield. PhotoRoom makes its first acquisition, Qubit & Sorbonne unveil a game-changing chemistry AI, and new funding floods into startups, including Veesion and Didask.