Greentech: 2,900 startups, € 2.2 billion lifted, but a still fragile model
France has 2,900 Greentech startups at the end of 2024, according to Bpifrance. They raised € 2.2 billion, or 30 % of the French venture capital, created 55,000 jobs and generated € 5.4 billion in turnover. The industrial engine is well started: more than 75 % of the new factories come from the sector.
But behind growth, the models remain to be solidified. Few actors reach sustainable profitability, and adaptation to the climate remains a blind spot. Industrial Deeptechs are struggling to attract private capital.
Bpifrance injects more than 3 billion € to support the sector, but alert: without acceleration of private funding, French Greentech risks capping.
Apple sentenced to 150 million euros in France for anti -competitive practices linked to advertising tracing
The French Competition Authority has a fine of € 150 million in Apple, judging that its transparency system for advertising monitoring (ATT) imposes more restrictive conditions on other developers than its own services. According to the authority, the implementation of the system violates competition law, without being necessary or proportionate. Apple disputes the decision, similar surveys are underway in Germany, Italy, Poland and Romania.
The French Tech mission and the CCEs unite their forces for the international
On the occasion of the CCE and French Tech Mexico Summit forum, the French Tech mission and the network of foreign trade advisers sealed a strategic partnership to support the internationalization of French start-ups. Signed by Sophie Sidos-Vicat and Julie Huguet in Mexico City, this agreement aims to strengthen the economic attractiveness of France and to create new synergies between start-ups and subsidiaries of large groups.
Meta is preparing screen glasses at more than $ 1,000 to compete with the iPhone
Meta plans to launch its first connected glasses with a screen and gestural controls at the end of 2024 Hypernovaat a price between 1,200 and € 1,300. The device will display photos, cards and notifications in a corner of the vision, and will be controllable by touchscreen or via an integrated neuronal bracelet. Objective: make these glasses a first step towards an alternative to the smartphone, in continuity of the Ray-Ban Meta sold from $ 299. A double -screen model (Hypernova 2) is expected for 2027.
YouTube cuts the income of two giants of the fictitious trailers doped at AI
YouTube suspended the monetization of Screen Culture and KH Studio channels, known to broadcast trailers generated by IA imitating successful films according to Deadline. These contents have generated billions of views and millions in advertising revenue. Rather than having them deleted, some studios like Warner Bros. And Sony used Content ID, the YouTube rights management tool, to claim videos and divert income to their own accounts. This option allows the beneficiaries to monetize third -party content without blocking its distribution. YouTube justifies his decision by a violation of his rules on misleading, repetitive content or products only to generate views.
Amazon doubles the cinema with 14 blockbusters per year and an assumed strategic turn
Amazon MGM Studios wants to compete with major studios: the company now provides 14 cinema outings per year, with 45 days of exclusive indoor before streaming. For operators, Amazon could fill the critical deficit in general public film in the room.
Alan Turing Institute size in its projects and refocuses its AI on defense, health and the environment
Created in 2015 by the British government as a national institute of data science and artificial intelligence, Alan Turing Institute will close or transfer a quarter of its 101 projects. The objective: to concentrate your efforts on defense, health and the environment, as part of the “Turing 2.0” plan. Budget cuts and positions of posts are envisaged, despite 200 million euros in public and private funding planned over five years. The Institute notably intensifies its work with security agencies like GCHQ and MI5 to develop an AI dedicated to the protection of critical infrastructure.
Meta’s AI research chef leaves her post in the middle of the race at AI
Joelle Pineau, vice-president in charge of the fundamental research group in AI (Fair) at Meta, will leave the company in May after eight years. His departure comes as Meta plans to invest up to 60 billion euros in AI this year to compete with Openai, Anthropic or Xai. Pineau supervised the development of Llama, Meta’s open source model. No successor has yet been designated.
The DMCC startup liquidated after six years of activity in foodtech in nursing homes
The DMCC startup, created in 2019, was placed in compulsory liquidation on March 25, 2025 by decision of the court. Specializing in the fight against undernutrition, food waste and the improvement of meals in nursing homes, the company has failed to achieve the expected economic viability. It was faced with a series of successive crises: COVVI-19 pandemic, Orpea scandal, food inflation, minimum wage increases and staff shortages. Despite the first encouraging first results and the beginning of adoption, DMCC did not find its market in a structurally under tension sector.
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ISOMORPHIC LABS lifts € 555 million to reinvent the discovery of drugs with AI
Isomorphic Labs, Deepmind spin-off founded by Sir Demis Hassabis, raised $ 600 million (around 555 million euros) to accelerate the design of drugs via artificial intelligence. The tour is led by Thrive Capital, with GV and alphabet. The company is developing an AI engine integrating Alphafold 3 to model molecules and interactions, and already collaborates with Novartis and Eli Lilly. The funds will be used to strengthen R&D, extend the teams and advance internal programs in oncology and immunology.
AGILITY ROBOTICS raises 370 million euros for its humanoid robots
Agility Robotics, led by ex-Microsoft Peggy Johnson, a lifting of 370 million euros to a pre-money valuation of 1.6 billion euros, led by WP Global with the participation of Softbank. The startup designs Digit, a humanoid robot for industrial use already tested at Amazon and Spanx. With recent progress in AI, it explores the integration of models like those of Openai or Google to replace human instructions. With a hundred robots in circulation, Agility wants to launch by 2027 a certified model to work in direct contact with people.
Robotics chef automates the food chain and raises € 43 million
The Californian startup chef Robotics has raised € 19 million in series A, completed by € 21 million in debt to industrialize its robotic arms dedicated to the assembly of meals. These machines, already at work in the preparation of more than 40 million dishes, aim to compensate for the shortage of labor in food factories. The company is developing its own database to teach robots how to manipulate each ingredient without damaging it.
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- Zebank, Bernard Arnault’s online bank / After real estate, the new Martingale by Xavier Niel…. / Google tests the prompt
- The GPUs of Openai found under requests / Parcoursup poses bad questions / clay you clone
- Alexis Renard and Laura Pallier are launching a new startup / Omaj recovery / Facebook is trying to become again… Facebook
- 40 billion more for Openai / The real KPI forgotten in the IA / Le Comex race is still in office, but the AI is already in charge
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- Zestmeup and Supermood unite to build a European player in employee engagement
- Will European technological independence go through the HPC RHEA HPC microprocessor of Sipearl?
- Towards increased resilience of critical infrastructure: France wants to strengthen its cybersecurity
- Does Mirakl really be worth $ 3.5 billion?
- Trapped by its own economic model, mention is put into receivership.
