AI Economy & Market

AI Market · Anthropic

Confidential S-1 Filings: OpenAI Follows Anthropic’s Lead, and the SEC Will Get What Private Valuations Hid

12/06

Fundraising round · Bull

Choose France 2026: €93 Billion Announced, €45 Billion Firm - SoftBank Concentrates Half of the Volume

02/06

Fundraising round · Anthropic

Anthropic at $965B: Series H of $65 billion, no European public funds in the round

29/05

Commercial partnership / distribution · Mistral AI

EDF, BMW, Airbus: Mistral AI Stages Its Industrial Shift, But Concrete Contracts Remain Sparse

29/05

Fundraising round · EQT

EQT appointed manager of the €5 billion Scaleup Europe Fund, without founding French LP

26/05

Acquisition · Celonis

Celonis Acquires Ikigai Labs, MIT Takes Equity Stake in Exchange for a Patent License

18/05

Appointment · Meta

Meta accelerates towards superintelligence by hiring Ruoming Pang, key strategist from Apple

16/07

Strategic pivot · Meta

From Acquisition to Hiring: Meta's AI Strategy Towards "Superintelligence"

01/07

Op-ed / opinion · Numeum

Slowdown in the Digital Market in France: Numeum Calls for Collective Responsibility

27/06

Grant / public funding · XAnge

La Poste Ventures doubles down: €75M to boost deeptech and cybersecurity

16/06

Fundraising round · Aive

Automated Video Post-Production: Aive Raises 12 Million Euros

05/06

Op-ed / opinion · Builder.ai

Builder.ai: A Success Story Caught Up by Reality

03/06

Fundraising round · TotalEnergies

Cathay Innovation Closes $1 Billion Fund to Accelerate Vertical AI in Critical Industries

02/06

Acquisition · Salesforce

Salesforce Strengthens Its Agentic AI by Acquiring Informatica for $8 Billion

28/05

Restructuring / layoffs · OpenAI

OpenAI Abandons Plan to Become a For-Profit Company

06/05

Acquisition · Zelros

Earnix Announces the Acquisition of Zelros, a Pioneer in Generative AI for Insurance

30/04

Op-ed / opinion · OpenAI

OpenAI at a Crossroads: When B2C Expansion Questions Its B2B Strategy Core

29/04

Market / adoption report · France

CNP Report: France Must Make Strategic Choices to Improve Productivity and Competitiveness

22/04

Valuation · Synthesia

100 Million Dollars in ARR and Adobe's Support: Synthesia Accelerates

18/04

Standard / certification · Hub France IA

Hub France IA Releases the 5th Edition of Its Map of Innovative AI Startups and Providers

11/04

Acquisition · Siemens

Siemens Accelerates Its Digital Transformation with the Acquisition of Dotmatics for $5.1 Billion

04/04

Fundraising round · Balderton Capital

DeepIP raises $15 million for its AI patent drafting tool

02/04

New product / service · xAI

Strategic Acquisition: xAI Buys Social Media Platform X for 45 Billion Dollars

01/04

Acquisition · OpenAI

OpenAI Announces Major $40 Billion Funding Round Led by SoftBank

01/04

New model · EURODECISION

DecideOm Reaches a Strategic Milestone with the Acquisition of EURODECISION

26/03

Restructuring / layoffs · Aldebaran

Aldebaran, Seeking a Buyer, Forced to Cut Nearly Half of Its Workforce

11/03

Contest / challenge / hackathon · Hello Tomorrow

Deeptech: 11 French Startups Selected for the Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge 2025

26/02

Fundraising round · Safe Superintelligence Inc

SSI, Co-Founded by Former OpenAI Collaborators, Attracts Investors Again

25/02