The program bridges NVIDIA’s global innovation ecosystem with France’s national and European AI resources. NVIDIA Inception members conducting open research with R&D based in Europe can now freely leverage French (1) and European (2) NVIDIA AI supercomputers alongside a comprehensive suite of services including data and software services, training programs, expert support and co-development opportunities to accelerate the development, deployment, and adoption of artificial intelligence across a diversity of sectors.
Early access to this program has already benefited several startups including Pleias, Nebula and Ryax Technologies to accelerate their roadmap. “What makes this program meaningful for a startup like Pleias is that it goes well beyond compute. The combination of infrastructure, tools, engineering environments, and the direct support of NVIDIA's solution architects is what created the foundation for transforming a compute grant on Jean Zay into Nemotron-Personas-France and Nemotron-Personas-Belgium. For European startups building open AI Software infrastructure, that kind of end- to-end support is the difference between access and acceleration, ” said Anastasia Stasenko, Pleias CEO.
This pioneering collaboration underscores France’s leadership and driving role in shaping the European AI Continent. This announcement will be followed swiftly by another European AI Factory’s enrollment in the program under the same model, marking its first European-scale expansion. “Building on our long-standing partnership with NVIDIA and the many successes we have supported across our startup and SME community, this joint program will nurture our ecosystem and accelerate the momentum towards broader AI-driven innovation and transformation." Cédric Auliac, AI Program Manager at GENCI and Coordinator of AI Factory France.
“France has a strong foundation for the next wave of AI innovation — world-class research, ambitious startups and SMEs, and a growing open ecosystem,” said Howard Wright, vice president of Startup Ecosystem at NVIDIA. “Through this collaboration with GENCI and AI Factory France, NVIDIA Inception is helping connect entrepreneurs with the accelerated computing infrastructure, technical expertise and startup support they need to move faster from experimentation to deployment and bring real-world AI innovation to market across France and Europe.”
(1) Only for AI2F partner’s countries
(2) Upon agreement between AI2F and other EU AIFs
About AI Factory France (AI2F)
AI Factory France is a European-scale platform co-funded by the French government and the
EuroHPC Joint Undertaking. It sets a one stop shop providing public and private actors with the computing resources and related services (training, mentoring, technical support) they need to accelerate their research on AI development and deployment. Led by GENCI, it brings together a consortium of 16 prestigious partners including large research organizations (Inria, CNRS, CEA, AMIAD), French Universities and innovation partners, fostering AI adoption among 12 verticals including Health, Materials Science, Robotics, Defense & Cybersecurity, Finance, Earth Science or Aerospace.
More info here: https://aifactory-france.eu