CEO Yves Benchimol: "She definitely understood how a startup works. She said, 'Okay, I want to be a shareholder of this company. I trust it in terms of its image and business. It can be huge, especially in the US and in terms of impact.'"
Edumapper raised €5M just days after launching its website. Having a core of repeat founders helped make the case.
Topics: AI-Generated Meteorological Risks, Bioethical challenges, How AI will impact women at work, and more.
Inside: Growl hopes its AI Boxing Bag will be a hit; the French army hops on the AI bandwagon; more AI events than you can shake a stick at.
A pair of French entrepreneurs in Texas have launched Growl, a connected fitness startup that reimagines the traditional boxing bag as an AI-powered, interactive home coach. As the company moves towards commercialization, CEO and co-founder Léo Desrumaux explains the vision.
Startups that raised from March 3 to March 7 also include: Satisfy, Osivax, Comet, Agriodor, Wealthcome, Faks, Kleio, Spash, Terratis, Papkot, and Cherico.
👋 Welcome to our weekly recap of the big news + funding in the French tech ecosystem this week. In this week's French Tech Wire, 👀 Deep Dive: Why Europe Needs Its Own AI Infrastructure: Arnaud Muller, Founder & CEO of Cleyrop and vocal advocate for European technological independence, explores how
Artificial intelligence is advancing at an unprecedented pace, reshaping industries, economies, and global power structures. But while AI models and applications are evolving rapidly, the infrastructure that powers them is struggling to keep up, especially in Europe. The reality is stark: Europe is falling behind in AI-ready infrastructure. Unlike the
U.S. Startups are reaching $100M ARR with less than 50 employees. French startups risk being squeezed if they don’t adapt.
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.
