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AI Factory France supercharges AI adoption by French start-ups and SMEs with NVIDIA
AI Factory France( AI2F), under the leadership of GENCI, has announced Europe’ s first AI Factory collaboration with the NVIDIA Inception program for start-ups and the NVIDIA Connect program for independent software vendors( ISVs) – marking a major milestone in accelerating AI innovation for startups and SMEs across the continent.
The collaboration will unlock unparalleled access for startups and SMEs from both programs to AI Factory France’ s cutting-edge computing infrastructure and specialised AI services. Building on GENCI’ s established track record since 2019 – having supported over 250 start-ups and facilitated more than 1,400 AI projects per year on the Jean Zay Supercomputer – this collaboration further solidifies France’ s and Europe’ s position at the forefront of AI research and industrial transformation.
AI Factory France is a national and European-scale platform co-funded by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking. It is backed by a broad coalition of France’ s most prestigious academic, public and private partners – including GENCI, Inria, CNRS, CEA, France Universités with 12 French Universities representing the IA Clusters, CINES, Amiad, Mission French Tech, Station-F and HubFranceIA – to connect scientists, Academic AI / HPC users, tech start-ups, SMEs, large companies and public sector stakeholders to a unique ecosystem of expertise, high-performance computing, training and support services. public supercomputing facilities from GENCI including the Jean Zay Supercomputer at IDRIS / CNRS.
NVIDIA Inception and NVIDIA Connect are free programs that support companies at different stages of growth. NVIDIA Inception nurtures start-ups by providing co-marketing support and access to NVIDIA experts while NVIDIA Connect assists ISVs and service providers with tailored development resources to help accelerate product development and reduce time to market.
By bridging NVIDIA’ s innovation ecosystem with France’ s national and European AI resources, the initiative aims to accelerate the adoption, scalability and real-world deployment of AI technologies across multiple sectors – from healthcare and energy to manufacturing and public services.
Through this initiative, NVIDIA’ s extensive network of start-ups, SMEs and ISVs will gain privileged access to all AI2F services, including high-performance computing( HPC) infrastructure, AI development tools, training and expert support. Participants will be encouraged to publish their results contributing to the open advancement of AI knowledge.
To structure and streamline this collaboration, NVIDIA will join the scientific and industrial advisory committee of AI2F.
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Cedric Auliac, Director, AI Factory France, said:“ AI Factory France provides an essential response to the needs of both the research and business communities in artificial intelligence, at national and European levels. The mobilisation of our national computing resources is central to its success, and we are proud to support innovation and open science toward multiple application verticals through this engagement with NVIDIA.”
Howard Wright, vice president of startup ecosystem, NVIDIA, said:“ This collaboration helps start-ups and researchers move faste – from idea to impact – while advancing AI built with local talent and data, and reinforcing Europe’ s position as a global leader in AI.” p
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