Military ia: Google renounces its principles / Deel on the way to an IPO? / Bouygues accelerates with AWS

Deel reaches a run out of $ 800 million and restructure its capital

Deel, specialist in human resources and payroll management for international companies, announces that it has reached a Run misses $ 800 millionregistering a growth of 70 % over one year. Unlike previous communications, this figure does not correspond to a recurring annual income (ARR), but to a performance indicator based on the volume of activity in annualized rhythm.

Profitable for over two years, Deel continues his Expansion on the integrated HR solutions marketstrengthen its positioning with large companies. At the same time, General Catalyst and an unidentified sovereign investor have acquired Almost $ 300 million in secondary shares with historical investors. This transaction does not constitute a fundraising, but a Capital reconfiguration of the company.

Founded in 2019 by the Franco-Israeli Alex Bouaziz and the result of Y Combinator, Deel strengthens its governance With the arrival of Francis Desouzaex-Illumina and former administrator of Disney, and Todd FordPresident and CFO of Coupa Software. A bundle of predictors of a potential IPO in the coming months.

Artificial intelligence for military use: Google renounces its principles

Google has officially lifted the prohibition it has established itself since 2018 to develop artificial intelligence technologies for military and surveillance uses. This decision, justified by the need for democracies to maintain their technological advance, marks a strategic turning point for the company. While Microsoft and Amazon are already collaborating with the Pentagon, Google joins the competition on the strong growth market of the defense AI

Google Cloud: AI is not enough to fill the gap with AWS and Microsoft

Alphabet published contrasting results for its fourth quarter 2024. Google Cloud generated $ 11.96 billionbelow 12.19 billion expecteddespite annual growth in 30 %. The company acknowledges being in supply voltageslowing down the adoption of its AI services. During this time, Microsoft Azure capitalizes on its alliance with OpenaiAnd AWS is opening up to third party modelsconsolidating their advance. To fill the gap, alphabet provides $ 75 billion in investments in 2025but the markets remain cautious: the action has dropped from 9 % in post-market.

Bouygues accelerates with AWS

No offense to the actors of the French Cloud, Bouygues and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have signed a Strategic partnership To strengthen the adoption of cloud and AI within the group’s subsidiaries. The agreement, announced on February 4, aims at Optimize operations of Equans, Bouygues Telecom and TF1, in particular via IA and Cloud solutions For energy, services and the media. TF1 will use AWS for Improve streaming on its TF1+ platform and accelerate digital production.

Wandercraft initiates a clinical trial for its self-balanced personal exoskeleton

WANDERCRAFT, specialist in functional assistance robotics, announces the launch of a clinical trial in the United States to test his Personal Exoskeletonfirst self-balanced exoskeleton designed for personal use. Intended for people with spinal cord lesions (SCI), this test aims to demonstrate its effectiveness for a Autonomous walking without crutchesan unprecedented advance in assisted mobility.

SailPoint aims for an iPo at 11.5 billion dollars

SailPoint, a cybersecurity specialist, prepares for his return to the stock market with a target valuation of $ 11.5 billion. The company and its shareholder Thoma Bravo intend to raise $ 1.05 billion via the sale of 50 million shares on the Nasdaq.

This IPO marks the first major test of the Technological Stock Exchange Market in 2025

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In this new edition of the Frenchweb club, we receive Jean-Baptiste Kempf, an essential figure in free software, president of VLC and for 1 year CTO de Scaleway. The opportunity to come back to the incredible VLC adventure, “the most used French software in the world and the least profitable” in its own words. It is in the light of this experience that he shares his analysis of the open source models for us.

A few days before the Summit of Action for AI, we approach the French technological position without concession. If he recognizes that “No French or European actor has yet reached the scale of a hyperscaler “,” It is absurd that companies like EDF sign contracts of several hundred millions with AWS. This lack of economic patriotism weakens our digital independence. »»

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Stockly raises 26 million euros to strengthen its stock pooling network

• Endometriosis, Lyv Healthcare raises 2.6 million euros to impose e-health in the management of chronic female diseases
• Crown lifts 2 million euros to automate purchasing management processes
• Riot lifts $ 30 million to counter cyber attacks doped at AI
• ThePackergers raises 14 million euros to industrialize the logistics of e-commerce from art and vintage
• Zaion raises 11 million euros to transform banking customer relations with AI
• Embedded Finance is essential: Swan raises 42 million euros to extend its model in Europe
• Trade raises 21 million euros to build the new generation open-source financial infrastructure
• Cryptio raises an additional € 15 million for its financial solution in the crypto

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Bill Gates publishes “Source Code”, a return to his beginnings before Microsoft

While he is about to celebrate his 70th birthday, Bill Gates reveal Source Code: My Beginningsfirst part of an autobiographical trilogy. This introspective story traces his childhood, his awakening to computer science and the genesis of Microsoft. He evokes his social difficulties, his obsession with the programming and the tragic disappearance of his best friend Kent Evans, who deeply marked him. The book ended in 1979, while Gates left Harvard and installs Microsoft in Seattle. Described as “monomaniac” in his technological quest, he also returns to his rivalry with Steve Jobs and on artificial intelligence. The next volumes of his trilogy, expected by 2027, will be devoted to his ascent and his philanthropic commitments.

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The X welcomes the scientific component of the Summit for Action on AI on February 6 and 7, 2025

On February 6 and 7, 2025, the Polytechnic Institute of Paris (IP Paris) organizes an international conference entitled “AI, Science, and Society” on the campus of the Polytechnic School in Palaiseau. This event will bring together researchers, business leaders, political decision -makers and experts to discuss the impact of artificial intelligence on science and society. Among the speakers are renowned personalities such as Michael Jordan (UC Berkeley/Inria), Yann Le Cun (current Institute/Meta Fair) and Bernhard Schölkopf (Max Planck Institute). The conference will serve as a prelude to the summit for AI action, scheduled for February 10 and 11, 2025 in Paris.

🥐 previous edition of the Good Morning Frenchweb:

• • The Elon Musk effect is in full swing / shein targeted by a CE / Outbrain investigation, now call me a tank!
  • France inaugurates INESIA, its IA / DOGE security center, the silent intrusion of Musk / Openai engineers launches Deep Research
  • But where did the report of the AI ​​commission go? / AI2 defies Deepseek and Openai with tulu 3 405b / Mistral AI accelerates the cadence
  • “Competitiveness COMPASS”: the EU in the face of its contradictions / Bending Spoons: the Italian startup which was worth 3 billion euros / Swan lifts 42 million euros …
  • Who is Liang Wenfeng, the man behind Deepseek? / Google Maps reclassifies the US as “sensitive country”/ 4 fundraisers share 130 million euros.

🚀 To read on Frenchweb.fr:

Outbrain, now call me waters!

• • OPENAI launches Deep Research, a new tool for internet research
  • Bending Spoons: the Italian startup that was worth 3 billion euros
  • Associates Pact: What clauses are the most problematic when selling a startup?
  • Summit for Action on AI: Europe suffocated by its own rules?