Leonard welcomes 13 new projects in the 2021 class of its IA course

Leonard, VINCI's foresight and innovation platform, presented the start-ups and projects selected for its 4 acceleration and support programmes. The 2021 promotion of its Artificial Intelligence (AI) programme includes 13 new projects. This is the second promotion of this programme, which is intended to be the first European accelerator dedicated to innovative companies specialising in construction, mobility, real estate and energy. The thirteen projects selected respond to the challenges of environmental transition, safety, productivity and the competitiveness of VINCI companies' offerings and business lines. Founded following the work of the Foresight Group, the Artificial Intelligence track is designed to support VINCI entities in the design and development of artificial intelligence projects likely to reveal growth potential or anticipate market transformation. Leonard works alongside VINCI companies that are members of the programme to carry out projects that will be industrialised.

Thirteen new projects supported in 2021

After supporting the development of eight artificial intelligence applications with VINCI companies in 2020, Leonard welcomes 13 new projects in 2021. These will place AI at the service of predictive maintenance of buildings and infrastructure, generative design, economic prediction of operations and optimisation of worksite logistics. These new projects involve fifty members from VINCI Energies, VINCI Construction, Eurovia and VINCI Immobilier companies. They will validate the concepts and technical feasibility of their projects during an initial one-month phase before embarking on a four-month incubation phase, if the feasibility and business criteria are met.

In 2021, the IA is mobilized to...

• Predictive maintenance for transport systems / VINCI Energies
• Predictive maintenance for industry and infrastructure operation / VINCI Construction - VINCI Concessions
• Predicting the economic drift of a project or positioning it in relation to the competition / VINCI Energies - Eurovia
• Generative design for industrial design / VINCI Energies
• Optimising logistics / VINCI Energies
• Soil geophysical analysis / VINCI Construction
• Operating telecom infrastructure / VINCI Energies

A look back at the first eight projects supported in 2020

In 2020, the first promotion of Leonard's Artificial Intelligence course accompanied the development of eight artificial intelligence applications with VINCI companies.

Synapse

To help VINCI companies accelerate and improve their projects using Generative Design solutions complemented by artificial intelligence algorithms.

Chronsite

Automatically monitor construction sites by chrono-analysis thanks to deep learning and computer vision.

Pateu and Robert

Automatically generate Autocad plans of historical monuments through a combination of computer vision and deep learning.

Lisea-Mesea

Predict the evolution of the runway geometry thanks to AI and take advantage of predictive maintenance to optimize the life of the South Europe Atlantic (SEA) high-speed line.

Customer Satisfaction

Predict and improve customer satisfaction at an airport using AI.

Taxi-Time

Leverage AI algorithms to accurately predict aircraft take-off times based on all airport data, minimizing fuel consumption and the airport's carbon impact.

Infrastructure management

Improve infrastructure management through better prediction of pavement deterioration.

SprinkIA

Optimize the creation of sprinkler networks, from the commercial proposal to the production line, thanks to reinforcement learning algorithms. Translated from Leonard accueille 13 nouveaux projets dans la promotion 2021 de son parcours IA