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From Tesla to Paris: UMA's Audacious Bet on European Robotics
A new French startup believes Europe—not Silicon Valley—is the best place to build the robots of tomorrow.
🤖 La Machine #55: Chasing UMA's Robotic Dreams From Tesla to Paris
UMA believes Europe—not Silicon Valley—is the best place to build the robots of tomorrow. LightOn's revenue prospects grow dim. France's defense and security are all about sovereignty when it comes to AI. Except when they are not. And an un-AI commercial goes viral for being, well, not AI.
From Tesla to Paris: UMA's Audacious Bet on European Robotics
A new French startup believes Europe—not Silicon Valley—is the best place to build the robots of tomorrow.
Slash Intérim: The 26-Year-Old Founder Redesigning a €40B Industry
Emma Capron, Founder & CEO of Slash Intérim, felt the temp-work sector had been stuck in a time capsule. She decided to jailbreak it. Revenues doubled last year, and the company just raised €6M.
La Machine #54: Yann LeCun's Rebel AI Yell
Special aiPulse edition: Gradium emerges from stealth with a €60M seed to make real-time voice the global AI interface. Yann LeCun exits Meta to chase world models, warning that Silicon Valley’s ChatGPT obsession is blinding it to the next revolution, and Paris may lead it.
Slash Intérim: The 26-Year-Old Founder Redesigning a €40B Industry
Emma Capron, Founder & CEO of Slash Intérim, felt the temp-work sector had been stuck in a time capsule. She decided to jailbreak it. Revenues doubled last year, and the company just raised €6M.
Mapping French TechBio: 40 Companies Mixing Biology, Data, and AI
A comprehensive mapping by France Biotech and France Deeptech identifies 40 companies operating at the intersection of biology and breakthrough technology, and argues that France could become a global leader in this emerging field.
Brevo’s €500M Deal Delivers Historic Liquidity Event for French Tech
Brevo’s €1bn valuation was driven by a PE-led growth buyout: General Atlantic and Oakley take 50%, Partech exits, and the cap table resets. It’s a landmark French-tech liquidity moment that gives Brevo powerful partners for U.S. expansion, bigger M&A, and AI-powered growth.
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.
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.
From Laos to Leading Europe’s Biggest Teleconsultation Platform: The Unstoppable Rise of Sylvie Nhansana
In a world where women still raise just 2% of VC funding, Sylvie Nhansana defies every statistic: engineer, black belt, and CEO of Qare and HealthHero France. She's now building what could become the world’s first truly global teleconsultation platform.
Spotlight Video Interview: Director Julie Huguet on La French Tech Mission
"What we want to do is help entrepreneurs have the best ecosystem to create, to scale, and to go abroad."
Spotlight Interview: ChangeNOW CEO Santiago Lefebvre Wants You To Believe Again
ChangeNOW 2025, the "world expo of solutions for the planet," is in full swing this week. Ahead of the Paris opening, I spoke with Lefebvre about how a bold idea born at COP21 became a global gathering, and why, in a divided world, hope and action still matter.
🇫🇷 French Tech Wire: Ÿnsect’s Bug Dream Squashed
The insect protein company was finally marked for liquidation $625 million later. Hexa gets a house in SF. Clara Chappaz scores a digital government trifecta. Slash Intérim CEO Emma Capton reveals her strategy to reinvent temp work.
🇫🇷 French Tech Wire: Brevo’s €1B Breakout Bet and France’s TechBio Surge
Brevo’s €500M PE-led liquidity deal crowns it a unicorn and resets the French-tech cap table, arming the company for U.S. expansion, M&A, and AI acceleration. Plus: a new TechBio map spots 40 French startups fusing biology and deeptech.
🇫🇷 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.
🇫🇷 French Tech Wire: European Tech's Wild Mood Swing In 2025
Europe is doomed. Or booming. Or both. Atomico and Pitchbook reports offer different outlooks in the latest data nerd fight. Meanwhile, French VCs head to the West Coast. Drone startup Rift wants to be Europe's eyes in the sky. Yann LeCun updates his Facebook status.
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🗣️ Special Edition | Shein, Sex Dolls, and Fast Fashion: The Great French Retail War of 2025 Begins
A controversial partnership between legendary French retailer BHV and the Chinese low-cost retailer erupted into a cultural and economic fight. Amid Paris protests and a government crackdown on illicit goods, France faces a reckoning over algorithmic commerce and its principles.