AI — Deep Dives
Hugging Face’s $299 Reachy Mini Signals A New Era In Personal Robotics
The AI powerhouse wants to bring robotics to the masses with its modular, open-source, and AI-integrated approach. By democratizing robotics, the company aims to spark a new wave of accessible hardware innovation.
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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.
La Machine #51 | 50 Shades Of Sovereignty: Macron, Merz & A Franco-German AI Love Story
The Franco-German digital summit delivers a sovereignty-themed AI rom-com. Voice AI surges as GetVocal lands $26M for human-agentic voice agents. Volta raises €11M to drag B2B into the digital era.
Can Volta Bring B2B Commerce Out Of The Stone Age with AI?
While B2C perfected one-click buying, B2B distributors still swim in PDFs and Excel sheets. French-Italian startup Volta just raised €11M to change that. Fast.
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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.
Ex-Doctolib Team Deploys AI Agents To Fix France's Dysfunctional Dental System
La Fraise recently raised €3.2M to boost the nation's low quote acceptance rate by using AI to create greater transparency for recommended procedures.
Spotlight Interview: Hugo Mendes, Co-Founder of New Future of Work VC Fund Clover
Meet the evergreen VC for the Future of work that wants to re-write VC the rulebook.