Radar · Artificial Intelligence in France
Best Artificial Intelligence Companies in France
The 371 best Artificial Intelligence companies in France in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Mistral AI.
By Riya SenguptaFinancials
371companies tracked
$4Bdisclosed funding
4unicorns
134have raised
France has produced some of the most well-funded Artificial Intelligence ventures in Europe, and this directory ranks 371 of them by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum. Total disclosed funding across the cohort sits at $4.0B, with Mistral AI alone accounting for $1.0B of that, a figure that tells you something real about where conviction is concentrating.
The global AI market was valued at roughly $235.3B in 2024 and is forecast to reach $1,811.8B by 2030, a 34.3% CAGR that makes the French funding pool look early rather than saturated. Owkin trails Mistral with $321M raised, and after those two the curve drops fast: Dust at $22M, GetVocal AI at $29M. So where's the next breakout capital event? Data privacy regulation adds friction for any company building on personal data, which shapes product architecture here more than in most markets. Coverage of French AI is rising, with ai hardware, ai research, and threat intelligence sharing driving editorial attention. I'd watch that last theme closely given how active Bpifrance and Kima Ventures have been seeding the cohort's earlier-stage names.
Sources & further reading
- AI market leaders revealed by IDC
- AI Software secured largest share as Global AI revenue increased 20.7%
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE × FRANCE
Our analysis of 151 Artificial Intelligence companies
$81.0b in tracked funding; 96% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
151companies analysed
96%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
51unicorns
2021median founding year
2.6Mcombined LinkedIn audience
77%of audience held by top 3
6companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Artificial Intelligence companies in France
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mistral AI 🦄 Provider of customizable, open-source artificial intelligence models and solutions for various applications 96Funding top 10%Innovation top 18%Tech top 19%News top 20% All 13 signals ▾Fundingtop 10% Innovationtop 18% Techtop 19% Newstop 20% Growthtop 21% Customerstop 22% Talenttop 23% AItop 26% Moattop 26% Partnerstop 32% Producttop 34% Markettop 39% Globaltop 42% Funding: Raised $1.0B across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 3 yrs (2.7/yr) Innovation: 6 new-product events in 24 mo · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 96/100 | $1.0B | 2 mo ago | Series C | Arthur Mensch Co-Founder & CEO | SentryApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+23 | Top 50k | — | 1 launch · 2 partnerships |
| 2 | Hugging Face 🦄 Platform offering collaborative tools for sharing and deploying machine learning models 87Market top 24%Funding top 24%Tech top 25%Moat top 26% All 11 signals ▾Markettop 24% Fundingtop 24% Techtop 25% Moattop 26% Talenttop 28% Innovationtop 30% AItop 30% Producttop 37% Globaltop 42% Growthbottom 42% Newsbottom 24% Market: 170 employees (top 14% of High Tech) · Top-5,000 web property Funding: Raised $400M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 10 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 87/100 | $400M | 33 mo ago | Series D | Thomas Wolf Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer | SentryZendeskApple iCloud Mail+19 | Top 5k | — | — |
| 3 | Owkin 🦄 AI generative biology company to create the new standard of biology reasoning 89AI top 18%Innovation top 21%Patents top 21%Funding top 23% All 12 signals ▾AItop 18% Innovationtop 21% Patentstop 21% Fundingtop 23% Growthtop 23% Moattop 25% Globaltop 34% Fin. healthtop 37% Talenttop 38% Markettop 40% Techtop 46% Newsbottom 27% AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Innovation: 49 patents (top 29% of patent-holders) · 39 filings since 2022 vs 10 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 89/100 | $321M | 3 mo ago | Series B | Gilles Wainrib Co-Founder | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+21 | Top 5M | 25 patents AI-powered medical imaging analysis for cancer prognosis and federated learning networks | 1 launch |
| 4 | Shift Technology 🦄 Provider of AI solutions for insurance underwriting, claims, and risk 80AI top 20%Market top 25%Moat top 26%Funding top 28% All 12 signals ▾AItop 20% Markettop 25% Moattop 26% Fundingtop 28% Producttop 33% Innovationtop 36% Newstop 39% Globaltop 42% Fin. healthtop 43% Growthtop 44% Techtop 44% Talentbottom 49% AI: Classified as an AI company Market: 555 employees (top 7% of Enterprise Infrastructure) · Revenue ~$671M rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 80/100 | $320M | 55 mo ago | Series D | Eric Sibony Co-Founder & CSO | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+31 | Top 5M | — | 1 launch · 1 award |
| 5 | H Company Developer of an AI agent platform for web interface automation 72AI top 20%Innovation top 26%Talent top 28%Moat top 31% All 11 signals ▾AItop 20% Innovationtop 26% Talenttop 28% Moattop 31% Fundingtop 32% Techtop 36% Growthtop 45% Productbottom 39% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 36% Newsbottom 18% AI: Classified as an AI company Innovation: 4 new-product events in 24 mo · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100 | $220M | 24 mo ago | Seed | Charles Kantor Co-Founder & Co-CEO | Node.jsVue.jsGSAP+11 | Top 5M | — | 1 launch |
| 6 | Prophesee Platform for perception sensors and camera technologies | $127M | 44 mo ago | Series C | Christoph Posch Co-founder and CTO | WordPressMySQLPHP+28 | Top 5M | 208 patents Neuromorphic event‑based vision sensors and ultra‑low‑latency image processing | 2 launchs |
| 7 | Diabeloop Developer of automated and personalized systems for type 1 diabetes 72Innovation top 15%Patents top 20%AI top 20%Moat top 21% All 11 signals ▾Innovationtop 15% Patentstop 20% AItop 20% Moattop 21% Fundingtop 31% Growthtop 45% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 47% Techbottom 47% Globalbottom 42% Newsbottom 27% Innovation: 65 patents (top 15% of patent-holders) · 57 filings since 2022 vs 8 in 2017-21 Patents: 65 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 57 filings since 2022 vs 8 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100 | $124M | 48 mo ago | Series C | Erik Huneker Co-Founder | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+19 | Top 50M | 65 patents Closed-loop glucose monitoring and insulin dosing algorithms for diabetes management | 3 launchs · 1 partnership |
| 8 | Moon Surgical Provider of robotic surgical devices | $87M | 37 mo ago | Series B | Brice Pretty Founder | Craft CMSPleskPHP+19 | Top 10M | 67 patents Robotic co-manipulation platforms for laparoscopic instrument control and surgical data analytics | 1 award |
| 9 | PhotoRoom Application for product and portrait photography | $64M | 29 mo ago | Series B | Eliot Andres Cofounder and CTO @ Photoroom (YC S20) | TurbopackNode.jsRadix UI+30 | Top 10k | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 10 | Aqemia Provider of an AI and quantum physics to discover therapeutic molecules 60Funding top 28%AI top 30%Moat top 38%Tech top 39% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 28% AItop 30% Moattop 38% Techtop 39% Innovationtop 44% Growthtop 48% Patentstop 49% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 44% Globalbottom 36% Newsbottom 18% Funding: Raised $62.7M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 7 yrs (0.7/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-based rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $63M | 14 mo ago | Series A | Maximilien Levesque Founder & CEO | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+15 | Top 10M | 4 patents Small-molecule inhibitors of METTL3 RNA methyltransferase and MAP4K1 kinase for therapeutic use | 1 job opening · 1 award |
| 11 | QantEv Provider of an AI platform for health and life insurance claims 42AI top 20%Funding top 32%Talent bottom 49%Growth bottom 42% All 7 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 32% Talentbottom 49% Growthbottom 42% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 33% Newsbottom 18% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $45.1M · 3 rounds over 6 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $45M | 20 mo ago | Series B | Hadrien De March Chief Technology Officer And Founder | — | — | — | 1 award |
| 12 | Nabla Provider of an AI assistant for streamlining clinical documentation workflows 72Moat top 22%AI top 23%Funding top 25%Talent top 28% All 9 signals ▾Moattop 22% AItop 23% Fundingtop 25% Talenttop 28% Growthtop 35% Producttop 40% Techtop 42% Marketbottom 43% Globalbottom 39% Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100 | $45M | 12 mo ago | Series C | — | WebflowYouTubeGSAP+17 | Top 5M | — | 1 award |
| 13 | Gleamer Developer of artificial intelligence software for medical imaging diagnostic analysis | $40M | 35 mo ago | Acquired | Nor-eddine Regnard Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+17 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 14 | Tomorro Provider of AI-powered contract management software 74Talent top 23%Tech top 24%Funding top 30%AI top 30% All 7 signals ▾Talenttop 23% Techtop 24% Fundingtop 30% AItop 30% Growthtop 35% Globalbottom 48% Marketbottom 37% Talent: 5 named leaders on record · 5 C-suite/founder profiles curated Tech: 34 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $39M | 14 mo ago | Series B | Thibaut Caoudal Co-Founder & CRO | SentryTypeScriptGraphQL+16 | Top 5M | — | 1 partnership |
| 15 | Bioptimus Developer of AI foundation model to transform biological research 64AI top 20%Talent top 23%Funding top 33%Growth top 35% All 9 signals ▾AItop 20% Talenttop 23% Fundingtop 33% Growthtop 35% Moattop 42% Techbottom 49% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 36% Newsbottom 18% AI: Classified as an AI company Talent: 6 named leaders on record · 6 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $35M | 17 mo ago | Series A | Jean-Philippe Vert Co-Founder | WebflowGSAPMicrosoft Advertising+16 | Top 5M | — | 2 launchs · 1 partnership |
| 16 | GetVocal AI Conversational AI phone agents for automating customer service processes 60AI top 8%Funding top 28%Tech top 36%Talent bottom 49% All 7 signals ▾AItop 8% Fundingtop 28% Techtop 36% Talentbottom 49% Moatbottom 45% Marketbottom 36% Globalbottom 36% AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company Funding: Raised $28.8M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $29M | 6 mo ago | Series A | Antonin Bertin Co-Founder | SanityTurbopackNode.js+25 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 17 | Arago Developer of photonic AI accelerator optimized for energy efficiency and high throughput 48AI top 20%Talent top 28%Funding top 31%Global top 46% All 6 signals ▾AItop 20% Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 31% Globaltop 46% Techbottom 42% Marketbottom 25% AI: Classified as an AI company Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $26M | 11 mo ago | Seed | Nicolas Muller Co-Founder & CEO | PrismicNode.jsThree.js+10 | Top 50M | — | 1 partnership |
| 18 | Moments Lab Provider of an AI-powered platform for video content discovery and management | $24M | 12 mo ago | Series B | Philippe Petitpont Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+23 | Top 5M | — | 1 partnership |
| 19 | Dust AI-based design and deployment platform for large language models 67AI top 19%Tech top 24%Funding top 28%Growth top 35% All 9 signals ▾AItop 19% Techtop 24% Fundingtop 28% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Moattop 39% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 30% Newsbottom 21% AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company · Product described with: ai-based, llms Tech: 43 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $22M | 1 mo ago | Series B | Stanislas Polu Co-Founder | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+21 | Top 1M | — | 1 job opening · 1 launch |
| 20 | Bfore.Ai Cloud based platform offering predictive analytics solutions 55AI top 30%Funding top 35%Moat top 39%Tech top 41% All 8 signals ▾AItop 30% Fundingtop 35% Moattop 39% Techtop 41% Growthtop 45% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 39% Globalbottom 39% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence Funding: Raised $19.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $19M | 18 mo ago | Series A | Luigi LENGUITO Founder & CEO | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+34 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 21 | Raidium Developer of an AI-native platform for precision medicine in radiology 42AI top 25%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Funding top 39% All 10 signals ▾AItop 25% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 39% Moattop 45% Innovationbottom 40% Techbottom 37% Globalbottom 36% Patentsbottom 35% Marketbottom 25% AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $17M | 18 mo ago | Seed | Paul Herent Co-Founder & CEO | ContentfulNode.jsJava+13 | Top 50M | 2 patents AI-driven medical image annotation devices and methods for diagnostic imaging | 1 job opening · 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 22 | Continuity AI-based insurance underwriting solutions for insurance brokers and insurers | $17M | 24 mo ago | Series A | Pierre Beauhaire Co-founder & CTO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+21 | Top 50M | — | 1 award |
| 23 | DeepLife Provider of AI-based drug discovery and omics analysis tool for researchers 37AI top 22%Funding top 40%Moat top 45%Patents top 48% All 8 signals ▾AItop 22% Fundingtop 40% Moattop 45% Patentstop 48% Innovationtop 49% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 24% AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Funding: Raised $16.4M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $16M | 18 mo ago | Series A | Jonathan Baptista Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 4 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 1 award |
| 24 | Sifflet Provider of AI-augmented data observability platform for data producers and users | $16M | 11 mo ago | Series B | Salma Bakouk Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowYouTubeAmazon Web Services+24 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 25 | BrightHeart Provider of ultrasound screening services 57AI top 20%Talent top 28%Funding top 30%Market bottom 37% All 5 signals ▾AItop 20% Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 30% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 29% AI: Classified as an AI company Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $13M | 5 mo ago | Series A | Bertrand Stos Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | dottxt Developer of tools ensuring predictable, programmable, and production-ready large language models 32AI top 20%Funding top 42%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 36% All 7 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 42% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 36% Techbottom 34% Marketbottom 29% Newsbottom 18% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $11.9M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 32/100 | $12M | 22 mo ago | Seed | Remi Louf Co-Founder & CEO | VarnishGitHub PagesMailChimp+7 | Top 10M | — | 1 launch |
| 27 | Kinetix Developer of a video model providing 3D character and camera control | $12M | 23 mo ago | Seed | Yassine Tahi Co-Founder & CEO | Framer SitesReactAmazon Web Services+17 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 28 | Zaion Provider of conversational artificial intelligence solutions for customer relationship management 64AI top 26%Growth top 35%Funding top 39%Tech top 46% All 6 signals ▾AItop 26% Growthtop 35% Fundingtop 39% Techtop 46% Marketbottom 47% Globalbottom 37% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence, natural language processing Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $11M | 16 mo ago | Series A | — | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+24 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 29 | White Circle Provider of automated AI vulnerability detection and protection 42AI top 20%Funding top 42%Tech bottom 49%Talent bottom 49% All 6 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 42% Techbottom 49% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 25% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $11.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $11M | 1 mo ago | Seed | Denis Shilov Founder & CEO | TurbopackNode.jsRadix UI+11 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 30 | Veesion Provider of AI-based video analytics solution for video surveillance 57AI top 26%Talent top 28%Funding top 38%Moat top 39% All 11 signals ▾AItop 26% Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 38% Moattop 39% Producttop 40% Markettop 45% Techtop 50% Growthbottom 47% Globalbottom 39% Newsbottom 17% Customersbottom 17% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-based, deep learning Talent: Analyst team rating 4/5 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $11M | 12 mo ago | Series B | — | WebflowApple iCloud MailHubSpot+14 | Top 5M | — | 1 partnership |
| 31 | 73 Strings AI-based valuation tools for investors 72Growth top 27%Talent top 28%AI top 30%Fin. health top 30% All 12 signals ▾Growthtop 27% Talenttop 28% AItop 30% Fin. healthtop 30% Fundingtop 38% Producttop 41% Techtop 44% Innovationtop 48% Moattop 48% Globalbottom 46% Marketbottom 41% Newsbottom 21% Growth: Revenue +64% YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100 | $10M | 15 mo ago | Series B | Abhishek Pandey Co-founder & Deputy CEO | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365Node.js+18 | Top 10M | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 32 | Entalpic Generative AI platform for the chemical industry | $9M | 21 mo ago | Seed | Victor Schmidt CTO & Co-founder | WordPressProton MailApple iCloud Mail+20 | Top 10M | — | 1 internship · 1 launch |
| 33 | HrFlow.ai AI-based recruitment of candidates | $9M | 1 mo ago | Seed | — | TurbopackCannySentry+26 | Top 10M | — | 1 job opening · 1 internship |
| 34 | Maki Provider of AI-powered platform automating human resources hiring and talent management | $7M | 17 mo ago | Series A | Benjamin Chino Co-founder & CPO | WebflowStripecore-js+11 | Top 500k | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 35 | HeartFocus AI-driven app for healthcare professionals to perform cardiac ultrasound exams 35AI top 30%Talent top 38%Funding top 45%Moat top 48% All 7 signals ▾AItop 30% Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 45% Moattop 48% Techbottom 45% Globalbottom 29% Marketbottom 28% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-driven Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $6M | 12 mo ago | Seed | Bertrand Moal Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowYouTubeGSAP+13 | Top 50M | — | 1 launch |
| 36 | Clarifeye Provider of a knowledge server designed for agentic enterprise applications 65Talent top 25%Funding top 41%Global bottom 48% All 3 signals ▾Talenttop 25% Fundingtop 41% Globalbottom 48% Talent: 6 named leaders on record Funding: Raised $4.7M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 65/100 | $5M | 8 mo ago | Seed | Mathieu Grisolia Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | Noota Provider of language services | $3M | 12 mo ago | Series A | Darius Alnaddaf Co-Founder | WebflowStripecore-js+20 | Top 1M | — | 3 launchs · 1 partnership |
| 38 | Dessia Provider of AI-powered solutions for design generation, verification, and validation 60Growth top 20%AI top 26%Talent top 38%Funding top 48% All 7 signals ▾Growthtop 20% AItop 26% Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 48% Techbottom 44% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 34% Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered, artificial intelligence rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $3M | 20 mo ago | Seed | Steven Masfaraud Co-Founder & CTO | WebflowHubSpot Chatcore-js+13 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 39 | LightOn Provider of a private GenAI platform with enhanced knowledge and workflow | $3M | 18 mo ago | Public | Sylvain Gigan Co-Founder | WebflowGSAPSwiper+23 | Top 5M | 5 patents Accelerating machine learning via photonic processors and optical data pipelines | — |
| 40 | Comand Developer of AI-powered command software for defense and security operations | $3M | 18 mo ago | Series A | — | WebflowjQueryHotjar+10 | Top 10M | — | 1 partnership |
| 41 | Yampa AI-powered customer service solutions for businesses | $3M | 18 mo ago | Seed | Stephane Blondeau Co-Founder | — | — | — | — |
| 42 | Kleio Platform providing conversational AI solutions | $3M | 15 mo ago | Seed | Philippe Wellens Co-Founder & CEO | — | Top 10M | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 43 | Delos.so Provider of AI-powered productivity applications for businesses | $3M | 14 mo ago | Seed | Pierre Grand-rive Co-Founder & Co-CEO | Webflow EcommerceWebflowApple iCloud Mail+19 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 44 | 2501.ai Platform offering autonomous AI agents for automating IT tasks 45AI top 8%Talent top 28%Funding top 48%Global bottom 48% All 6 signals ▾AItop 8% Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 48% Globalbottom 48% Techbottom 47% Marketbottom 25% AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $2M | 8 mo ago | Seed | Alex Zhuk Co-Founder & CTO | WebflowMixpanelLeadfeeder+16 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 45 | Celest Science Developer of AI-driven sub-seasonal to seasonal climate prediction and risk assessment | $2M | 13 mo ago | Seed | Toscane Porteu De La Founder Associate | — | — | — | — |
| 46 | Solaya Provider of AI-powered 3D scanning and content creation services 67Growth top 35%Tech top 40%AI top 45%Talent top 45% All 6 signals ▾Growthtop 35% Techtop 40% AItop 45% Talenttop 45% Fundingbottom 49% Globalbottom 48% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo Tech: 27 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Ses, Amazon Web Services rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $2M | 4 mo ago | Seed | Mariem Farhat Co-Founder and COO | Framer SitesThree.jsReact+14 | Top 50M | — | 7 job openings · 1 launch |
| 47 | Feedae Provider of an AI platform for call center quality monitoring | $2M | 14 mo ago | Seed | Cedric Couton Co-Founder | WebflowPlausibleMicrosoft Advertising+6 | Top 50M | — | 1 award |
| 48 | Eden AI Provider of an AI engine and management platform for AI model deployment | $2M | 18 mo ago | Seed | Samy Melaine Founder & CTO | WebflowInstatusSegment+21 | Top 1M | — | 1 launch |
| 49 | ToumAI Provider of AI-driven voice analytics for customer experience and communication | $1M | 16 mo ago | Seed | Odin D Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | Top 50M | — | 1 job opening · 2 partnerships |
| 50 | Cleon Provider of AI-powered platform automating customer implementation processes | $500K | 12 mo ago | Seed | Ricardo Pantaleon Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
Top 12 Artificial Intelligence companies in France
#1
Series C · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2023 · 22 employees$1Braised▾
Series C · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2023 · 22 employees
Provider of customizable, open-source artificial intelligence models and solutions for various applications. It is a company specializing in open-source large language models and generative AI, providing cutting-edge language models for various applications.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 96how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 10%Innovation
top 18%Tech
top 19%News
top 20%Growth
top 21%Customers
top 22%Funding: Raised $1.0B across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 3 yrs (2.7/yr) · Last round Conventional Debt (Mar 2026)
Innovation: 6 new-product events in 24 mo · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence
Tech: 49 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services · Devops: Envoy
Audience (LinkedIn): 680k LinkedIn followers — 26.0% of this cohort's audience · 1132 engagements/post (22.1× cohort median)
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches · 2 partnerships (incl. BNP Paribas) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Conventional Debt$830M
- Sep 2025Series C$2B
- Feb 2025Series B$5.4M
- Jun 2024Conventional Debt$142M
Founders & team
Investors
Microsoft, Databricks, General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Bpifrance
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailAxeptioCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsCore-Js
#2
Owkin 🦄Series B · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2016 · 47 employees$321.1Mraised▾
Owkin 🦄
Series B · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2016 · 47 employees
AI generative biology company to create the new standard of biology reasoning. The company is creating the only large-scale reasoning model trained natively on patient-level multimodal data and reinforced through real biological feedback — a closed-loop system that continuously improves itself. It is building the operating system for biology a platform in general-purpose biology intelligence.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 89how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 18%Innovation
top 21%Patents
top 21%Funding
top 23%Growth
top 23%Moat
top 25%AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
Innovation: 49 patents (top 29% of patent-holders) · 39 filings since 2022 vs 10 in 2017-21 · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence
Patents: 49 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 39 filings since 2022 vs 10 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2025
Audience (LinkedIn): 67k LinkedIn followers — 2.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Mar 2026Series B$33M
- Jan 2023Grant (prize money)$216.4K
- Jun 2022Series B$80M
- Nov 2021Series B$180M
Founders & team
Investors
Eight Roads Ventures, F-Prime Capital, Google Ventures, MACSF, Cathay Innovation, Bpifrance
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#3
Series B · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2022 · 9 employees$21.5Mraised▾
Series B · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2022 · 9 employees
AI-based design and deployment platform for large language models. It enables users to design workflows on top of LLMs and semantic search and to sequence calls to models, code execution, and inquiries to other services arbitrarily.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 67how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 19%Tech
top 24%Funding
top 28%Growth
top 35%Talent
top 38%Moat
top 39%AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company · Product described with: ai-based, llms
Tech: 43 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud · Devops: Nginx, Varnish
Funding: Raised $21.5M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 3 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series B (May 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 40k LinkedIn followers
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: engineering, product
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- May 2026Series B$40M
- Jun 2024Series A$16M
- Jun 2023Seed$5.5M
Founders & team
Investors
Sequoia Capital, XYZ Venture Capital, Seedcamp, Motier, Tiny, AI Grant
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsDatadogGoogle Analytics
#4
Seed · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2025$11Mraised▾
Seed · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2025
Provider of automated AI vulnerability detection and protection. It offers a platform that automatically detects and fixes AI vulnerabilities, including jailbreaks, data leaks, and compliance risks. The platform simulates real-world attacks to stress-test AI systems and provides real-time visibility into blocked and flagged interactions. Integration is achieved via API, SDK, or middleware, supporting various models and deployments, including on-premises solutions. Vulnerability detection leads to automatic patching, eliminating manual intervention. The system minimizes latency and offers configurable logging options.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 42how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%Funding
top 42%Tech
bottom 49%Talent
bottom 49%Market
bottom 37%Global
bottom 25%AI: Classified as an AI company
Funding: Raised $11.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (May 2026)
Tech: 14 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Security: Http/3
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- May 2026Seed$11M
Founders & team
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsGoogle AnalyticsHttp/3Next.JsNext.Js App Router
#5
Seed · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2013 · 20 employees$9.3Mraised▾
Seed · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2013 · 20 employees
AI-based recruitment of candidates. Its products are profile and job API, source connectors, and destination connectors. It caters to corporates and developers. It offers to parse, reveal, search, gives scores, reason, and embed API.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 24k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Business Development Representative - AI Startup
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Seed$7M
- May 2018Angel$2.3M
Investors
115K, EmergingTech Ventures, Via.io, Kima Ventures, Hacker Unit, SaaS Lander
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCannyCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#6
Series A · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2023$28.8Mraised▾
Series A · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2023
Conversational AI phone agents for automating customer service processes. It features AI conversations, advanced conversational intelligence, and Continuous learning. It helps companies to automate customer service processes with advanced conversational AI technology. Its goal is to assist companies in growing their sales without needing to increase their payroll.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 60how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 8%Funding
top 28%Tech
top 36%Talent
bottom 49%Moat
bottom 45%Market
bottom 36%AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company
Funding: Raised $28.8M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Nov 2025)
Tech: 28 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel · Observability: Microsoft Clarity
Audience (LinkedIn): 9k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Nov 2025Series A$26M
- Jan 2025Seed$2.8M
Founders & team
Investors
Speedinvest, Elaia, Creandum
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle Workspace
#7
Series A · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2020$12.9Mraised▾
Series A · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2020
Provider of ultrasound screening services
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 57how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%Talent
top 28%Funding
top 30%Market
bottom 37%Global
bottom 29%AI: Classified as an AI company
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $12.9M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Jan 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Jan 2026Series A$12.9M
Founders & team
Investors
Odyssee Venture, GO CAPITAL, Liftvalue, Sofinnova Partners
#8
Series C · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2018 · 46 employees$44.6Mraised▾
Series C · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2018 · 46 employees
Provider of an AI assistant for streamlining clinical documentation workflows. The AI assistant combines ambient artificial intelligence, dictation, and clinical suggestions. It integrates with electronic health record vendors to simplify clinical documentation. The assistant supports clinical documentation in multiple languages and offers note formatting.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 72how this company ranks against its industry peers
Moat
top 22%AI
top 23%Funding
top 25%Talent
top 28%Growth
top 35%Product
top 40%Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn
AI: Classified as an agentic-AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence
Funding: Raised $44.6M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 5 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series C (Jun 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 42k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jun 2025Series C$70M
- Jan 2024Series B$24M
- Apr 2021Series B$20.4M
Investors
Daphni, Artemis Health, Firstminute Capital, Cathay Innovation, ZEBOX, HV Capital
Tech stack
CloudflareGoogle AnalyticsGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud CdnGoogle Cloud StorageGoogle Font Api
#9
Series A · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2019 · 60 employees$62.7Mraised▾
Series A · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2019 · 60 employees
Provider of an AI and quantum physics to discover therapeutic molecules. The software uses AI-Based technology for screening different small molecules, knowing its physical properties helping in upstream processing and drug discovery. The software also helps in determining therapeutic targets responsible for particular diseases.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 60how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 28%AI
top 30%Moat
top 38%Tech
top 39%Innovation
top 44%Growth
top 48%Funding: Raised $62.7M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 7 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Grant (prize money) (Apr 2025)
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-based
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · IP moat: 4 patents
Audience (LinkedIn): 23k LinkedIn followers
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Le Figaro article
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Apr 2025Grant (prize money)$7.4M
- Dec 2024Series A$40.1M
- Jan 2024Series A$32.5M
- Oct 2022Series A$29.1M
Founders & team
Investors
Elaia, Eurazeo, Bpifrance, Cathay Innovation, Wendel, Gouv.fr
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle Workspace
#10
Seed · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2024$25.9Mraised▾
Seed · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2024
Developer of photonic AI accelerator optimized for energy efficiency and high throughput. The company has built a photonic AI accelerator that leverages light as a computing principle. The chip maximizes performance per watt and per dollar, to power AI workloads with significantly lower energy and cost overhead. Its architecture is designed to deliver reductions in energy consumption. The AI unit accelerates high-volume AI tasks with proprietary multi-physics computing core. The control unit maximizes memory transfer efficiency and speeds up pointwise operations. The software stack interfaces with PyTorch and abstracts away low-level hardware details, enabling developers to deploy and scale AI models without modifying their existing codebase.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 48how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%Talent
top 28%Funding
top 31%Global
top 46%Tech
bottom 42%Market
bottom 25%AI: Classified as an AI company
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $25.9M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Jul 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 7k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. Arago) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jul 2025Seed$25.9M
Founders & team
Investors
Earlybird, Protagonist, Visionaries Tomorrow, GenerativeIQ, C4 Ventures, Acequia Capital
#11
Series B · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2020$39Mraised▾
Series B · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2020
Provider of AI-powered contract management software. It offers tools for contract generation, negotiation, approval, and archiving, all enhanced by an AI assistant. Features include dynamic templates, automated workflows, e-signature capabilities, and centralized contract storage with access management. The software also provides contract monitoring with automated alerts and analysis tools to improve contractual processes. Integrations with various platforms are available to streamline workflows.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 74how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 23%Tech
top 24%Funding
top 30%AI
top 30%Growth
top 35%Global
bottom 48%Talent: 5 named leaders on record · 5 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Tech: 34 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 · Observability: Sentry
Funding: Raised $39.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Series B (Mar 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 15k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. Jimini AI) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Mar 2025Series B$27.1M
- Dec 2023Series A$11.9M
Founders & team
Investors
XAnge, Acton Capital, Adelie, henQ, Founders Future, Resonance
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApolloAxeptioCloudflare
#12
Series B · Boulogne-Billancourt, Ile-de-France · founded 2016$24Mraised▾
Series B · Boulogne-Billancourt, Ile-de-France · founded 2016
Provider of an AI-powered platform for video content discovery and management. The platform offers tools for indexing, searching, sharing, and selling video assets. It uses multimodal AI to analyze video, identify key moments, and generate metadata. The platform integrates with existing tools and offers professional services for archive migration and AI customization.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 8k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. European Olympic Committees) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jun 2025Series B$24M
Founders & team
Investors
Oxx, Orange, Kadmos Capital, Supernova Invest, Elaia
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCdnjsClearbit RevealCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookiebot
Funding & investor landscape
$4Btotal disclosed funding
132companies funded
264disclosed rounds
4rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Y Combinator7 rounds
Notable founders
Arthur Mensch
Co-Founder & CEO · Mistral AI
Timothee Lacroix
Co-Founder · Mistral AI
Gilles Wainrib
Co-Founder · Owkin
Thomas Clozel
Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder · Owkin
Stanislas Polu
Co-Founder · Dust
Gabriel Hubert
Co-Founder & CEO · Dust
Denis Shilov
Founder & CEO · White Circle
Antonin Bertin
Co-Founder · GetVocal AI
Bertrand Stos
Co-Founder · BrightHeart
Marilyne Levy
Co-Founder · BrightHeart
Maximilien Levesque
Founder & CEO · Aqemia
Nicolas Muller
Co-Founder & CEO · Arago
Prism market signals · France · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,104,505 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Artificial Intelligence coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · France
How research on Artificial Intelligence is moving in France
A read on the academic research around Artificial Intelligence — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 610 France-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
200820142026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and softening — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 56% → 45% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique147
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne42
- Inserm33
- Sorbonne Université27
- Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique20
leading researchers
Nikos Komodakis · Julien Mairal · Pierre Vandergheynst · Cordelia Schmid · Jean Ponce · Jean Guillaume Nardi · McMurray, , Rusty Williams · Pascal Fua
▲
Breakthroughs279 · 46%
▼ 48%→44% share
▼0.9× share momentum0 median citations67% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are cooling (48%→44% of field), led by Context (archaeology).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Context (archaeology)1→16
- Benchmark (surveying)1→10
- Segmentation2→10
- Graph2→10
- Artificial neural network8→15
Newly emergingReinforcement learning 0→10 · Cognition 0→9 · Tracking (education) 0→6
Landmark MizAR 60 for Mizar 50 · 74,517 cites
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Advancements117 · 19%
▼ 20%→19% share
▼0.9× share momentum0 median citations68% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are cooling (20%→19% of field), led by Artificial neural network.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Artificial neural network10
- Pattern recognition (psychology)9
- Benchmark (surveying)7
- Workflow7
- Convolutional neural network6
Newly emergingArtificial neural network 0→9 · Workflow 0→7 · Benchmarking 0→6
Landmark Better reporting of interventions: template for intervention description and replication (TIDieR) checklist and guide · 10,180 cites
▼
Concerns82 · 13%
▼ 17%→12% share
▼0.7× share momentum0 median citations62% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (17%→12% of field), led by Context (archaeology).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Context (archaeology)2→4
Newly emergingFeature (linguistics) 0→5
Landmark Overview of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) experimental design and organization · 11,568 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · France
Where artificial intelligence is researched across France
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Paris177 · +0.49
Grenoble23 · +0.50
Toulouse21 · +0.50
Lyon20 · +0.36
Strasbourg9 · +0.12
Marseille6 · +0.37
PATENT SIGNAL · France
Who's filing artificial intelligence patents in France
France artificial intelligence patent filing is accelerating — 8,068 filings from 1,523 assignees (2016–2025), led by Commissariat Energie Atomique, Services Petroliers Schlumberger, Centre NAT RECH Scient; annual filings 179→1464.
8,068 filings1,523 assigneespeak 1464/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
- Commissariat Energie Atomique982
- Services Petroliers Schlumberger665
- Centre NAT RECH Scient656
- Thales564
- Geoquest Systems516
- Schlumberger Technology481
- BULL SAS321
- Schlumberger CA314
Common questions
How many Artificial Intelligence companies are there in France?
Radar tracks 371 indexable Artificial Intelligence companies headquartered in France that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Artificial Intelligence companies in France?
The Artificial Intelligence companies in France on this list have raised a combined $4B in disclosed equity funding across 132 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Artificial Intelligence company in France?
Mistral AI is the highest-funded Artificial Intelligence company in France, with $1B in disclosed equity funding.
How many Artificial Intelligence companies in France are funded?
132 of the 371 Artificial Intelligence companies in France on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Artificial Intelligence unicorns are there in France?
4 Artificial Intelligence companies in France on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in France Artificial Intelligence companies?
The most active investors in France Artificial Intelligence companies on this list include Bpifrance, Kima Ventures, Elaia, Europa, Plug and Play Tech Center.
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