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Sovereign cloud: do we put a part in the machine?

By launching a new call for projects with several tens of millions of euros, France is trying to revive the construction of an independent cloud offer. But this initiative, carried by Clara Chappaz, intervenes in a context of critical dependence on American giants. For Europe, time is running out.

$ 30 billion if nothing

A few days before the trial, Meta tried to negotiate: 450 million first, 1 billion then. The FTC slammed the door. To give up its antitrust action, it requires $ 30 billion. Not one less. In sight: Instagram and WhatsApp’s buyouts, perceived as maneuvers to kill competition. The time is no longer for discreet checks but legal shock. For Washington, it is no longer a matter of amount, it is a question of principle.

Five the turbulence for its iPo

Despite the volatility caused by the new customs tariffs of Donald Trump, Figma filed a confidential request for the Introduction on the Stock Exchange to the SEC. The unicorn of online software design, valued $ 12.5 billion in 2023, challenged a market cooled by the postponement of several major IPOs, including those of Klarna and Medline. Adobe’s ex-equity target (for 20 billion dollars) is advancing alone, carried by a base of solid investors like Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz. In a context of geopolitical tensions and distrust of tech values, its IPO promises to be a decisive test.

Uber escapes 550,000 euros in compensation thanks to a legal flaw

The Court of Cassation canceled, on April 9, 2025 (n ° 23-12.122), the conviction of Uber France to pay nearly 550,000 euros to 111 taxi drivers, under the economic damage caused by its illegal Uberpop service. It recalls that in matters of unfair competition, the evaluation of the damage can be done on the basis of the indu advantage perceived by the author. But it introduces an exception: if the latter proves that its competitors have not undergone neither loss nor failed, only a moral repair is due. A decision in accordance with civil law, but which leaves the benefit of a lucrative fault intact.

European Digital Group incorporates 2pace, an expert firm of Salesforce solutions, to strengthen its CRM and IA offer.

With more than 120 employees and 500 certifications, 2pace supports B2B and B2C companies on the “Lead to Cash” cycle. The objective: to reach € 40 million in turnover by 2028 and expand its sectoral footprint. The founders of 2pace remain in control to accelerate the development in synergy with the entities of EDG.

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Delos raises 2.5 million euros to impose a French ia bone in the company

Telli wants to replace human call centers with AI

The Berlin startup Telli raised 3.1 million euros in pre-embarking from Cherry Ventures and combinator to automate call operations thanks to vocal agents doped at AI. Founded in 2024, the company already manages nearly a million calls with a team of six people, targeting sectors with high commercial intensity such as real estate, solar energy and health.

Marshmallow raises 79 million euros to become the neobank of new arrivals

The British unicorn Marshmallow has just raised 79 million euros in debt and Equity, in a turn led by Capital Portage with the participation of Blackrock and Columbia Lake Partners. Specializing in car insurance for migrants and poorly served populations, the startup has a valuation of 1.7 billion euros and a recurring annual turnover of $ 500 million. With more than a million insured drivers, Marshmallow now aims to extend to financial services, by building an integrated platform to support new arrivals in their installation in the United Kingdom. This tour brings its cumulative funding to 193 million euros.

Booked It raises 2.9 million euros to target a billion pounds of reservations

The British platform Booked IT, specializing in booking, marketing and customer loyalty, has just raised 2.9 million euros (£ 2.5 million) from Calcital Calcital. Born in 2020 a post-Cavid strategic pivot, the company already exceeds 100 million pounds of annual reservations and aims to reach one billion. Active in the social leisure sectors and the consumer attractions, it offers a turnkey software suite to digitize the customer experience and optimize income.

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Paris-Saclay Spring 2025-The event around innovation in France returns on May 20

Paris-Saclay Spring will bring together on the campus of the Polytechnic Institute in Paris in Palaiseau, the key players in innovation in the Paris-Saclay territory, the first Deeptech cluster in Europe.

🥐 previous edition of the Good Morning Frenchweb:

• • How much does your neighbor earn? Salaries leak of 2 million Moroccans / AI will enrich a minority, and will ruin everything else / Meta before the courts and political reverse to Zuckerberg
  • Welcome to the jungle size in its workforce / cyber attack Harvest: the authors come out of the shadows / little manual to shine with crazy startup ideas (but well pitched)
  • Special edition Google Cloud Next / Let us stop measuring the King of AI in won hours / How to assess his product market Fit?
  • How does Bpifrance want to arm the French economy / What if the real trade deficit was digital? / Why 90% of pivots fail?

🚀 To read on Frenchweb.fr:

• • Will AI repair science?
  • Middle East: how sovereign funds redraw the world economic power card
  • Letsignit launches “polls”: collecting customer and employee feedback has never been easier
  • Back to the office: why ‘carrots’ work better than ‘sticks’
  • RGPD, NIS2, Dora, Ria … Do you need a compliance chief Offivor data?
  • AI as a strategic varnish: the new SaaS bullshit-as-a-service?