Accelerating AI innovation across Europe
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 startups, SMEs, large companies and public sector stakeholders to a unique ecosystem of expertise, high-performance computing, training, and support services. It federates the resources of the French ecosystem to offer a unique one-stop-shop, using 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 startups 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 startups, 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.
Adopt AI provides an ideal platform for unveiling this groundbreaking collaboration: as a premier European summit dedicated to accelerating the adoption of artificial intelligence in business, Adopt AI is chaired by President Emmanuel Macron and attended by heads of state and government -underscoring its unique significance and influence- as well as numerous startups, SMEs and large-scale companies.
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Cedric Auliac, Director of AI Factory France stated:
“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 mobilization 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.”
“By connecting the NVIDIA Inception and Connect ecosystems with AI Factory France, we’re helping accelerate the growth of Europe’s AI ecosystem,” said Howard Wright, vice president of startup ecosystem at NVIDIA. “This collaboration helps startups and researchers move faster—from idea to impact—while advancing AI built with local talent and data, and reinforcing Europe’s position as a global leader in AI.”
About
AI Factory France
Selected and funded by EUroHPC Joint Undertaking, AI Factory France is a national and European-scale platform 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 you to a unique ecosystem of expertise, high-performance computing, training, and support services. AI Factory France federates the resources of the French ecosystem to offer a unique one-stop-shop, using public supercomputing facilities from GENCI (Jean Zay at IDRIS, Adastra at CINES and Joliot-Curie at TGCC) and the upcoming Alice Recoque supercomputer, France’s exascale machine, purpose-built for AI.
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