In a nutshell...
The X-IA network, which brings together alumni and students of the École Polytechnique in the field of artificial intelligence, has taken a strategic step forward by forming an association under the French law of 1901. To accelerate its development, X-IA has raised funds from six leading sponsors, including ILLUIN Technology, a key player in AI for business. This initiative aims to strengthen the AI ecosystem in France and support collaborative innovation between students, experts and industry. Thanks to this support, X-IA aims to organize more events while multiplying synergies in this booming sector.
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Here's what they have to say...
Sophie MONNIER, President of the X-IA association, the network of polytechnic AI professionals
"Generative AI has increased the appetite for these major advances tenfold. By structuring ourselves in this way, X-IA is giving itself the means to channel this unprecedented craze and to promote X expertise on these disruptions".
Robert VESOUL, CEO and co-founder of ILLUIN Technology
"At ILLUIN Technology, we're firmly convinced that ecosystem logic accelerates virtuous impact. Participating in and supporting the X-IA association materializes our desire to contribute to the AI ecosystem in France with a view to developing ethical and responsible solutions, creating value both economically and as responses to the major challenges facing our society."
Davy GAY, Egis Group AI Program Director
"This partnership is an opportunity for Egis to be at the heart of AI topics, with programming that combines technical aspects and sharing with members of the X-IA network. It's a great opportunity to share Egis' challenges, challenge each other and prepare for the future!
Aurélien COQUARD, VP Engineering at Dataiku
"Dataiku was founded on the principle that to succeed in a constantly changing world, companies need to enable their employees to innovate continuously. Channeling enthusiasm, making the latest technical advances available to as many people as possible, and seeking collaboration between different areas of expertise - be they scientific, technical or business-related - are at the heart of our values. X-IA largely shares these values, so it seemed obvious to us to get involved in this partnership."
Julien CHAUMOND, co-founder and technical director of Hugging Face
"With over 25% of its workforce in France, three French co-founders, community and sharing at the heart of its business, Hugging Face is enthusiastically committed to supporting and contributing to the growth of the X-IA association in the coming years."
Victor CHARPENTIER, Principal at Alven
"By investing for years in companies that leverage the new capabilities of artificial intelligence, we can testify to the importance not only of the excellence of engineering schools in France, of which X is obviously a part, but also of the network that these schools maintain. Investing in this type of initiative therefore seemed an obvious choice for Alven.
Arnaud BARTHÉLÉMY, COO & Partner Alpha Intelligence Capital
"If Paris is today one of the world's AI hubs, attracting the attention of entrepreneurship, technology and investment professionals (thanks to French success stories such as Mistral and Dust, or the relocation of foreign founders who have moved to Paris to launch their startups, such as Poolside or Flex AI), it's partly thanks to the quality of French engineers. For AIC, supporting X-IA was therefore an obvious choice, given X's central role in French AI research and ecosystem."
