MonacoTech Demo Day: Strategic Transition, Sovereign AI and Sustainable Data Centers
The Demo Day evening was both a startup showcase and a pivotal moment for MonacoTech. It marked the culmination of Sandrine Sauval-Chanteloube's four years of leadership. Her tenure shaped the incubator, strengthened its methods, expanded its network and structured an environment conducive to demanding innovation. Yesterday's event sealed this work. It offered a final snapshot...
Brussels Backs Down on AI Regulation: ‘A Gift to Tech Giants’
Barely ten years after the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force, the European Commission is considering a major overhaul of Europe's flagship privacy framework. Officially, the objective is clear: to adapt regulation to the new age of generative artificial intelligence and enable European companies to compete with American and Chinese giants. But for...
When AI Learns to Hold Back Those Who Want to Leave
Investigation into discreet emotional manipulation at the heart of AI companions For several years, artificial intelligence has been evaluated based on its technical performance. Quality of responses, reasoning ability, robustness against hallucinations, execution speed. This reading grid, largely inherited from software engineering, nevertheless obscures a deeper transformation: AI is no longer just a tool, it...
Agentic AI: Understanding the Next Strategic Layer of Artificial Intelligence for Businesses
For two years, artificial intelligence has entered businesses through content generation. Text, images, code, summaries. Generative AI was initially perceived as a tool for augmenting individual productivity. We are now entering a more structural phase: that of agentic AI. The diagram you see does not represent a single technology, but rather a maturity architecture. It...
Ipsos and the €1.2 Billion Bet
The figure is striking because it goes beyond mere announcement effects. Ipsos plans to invest €1.2 billion over five years in artificial intelligence and acquisitions, with an explicit horizon: to "reinvent" itself by 2030. Behind the sum lies a more uncomfortable reality for a research leader: growth has slowed, and shareholders expect a clear trajectory....
OpenAI Faces the Funding Wall: Why the Economics of Generative AI Are Changing
The headline hits like a warning. "18 months until bankruptcy?" The idea is circulating, driven by an op-ed by Sebastian Mallaby and relayed in France by ZDNet. But the real question isn't whether OpenAI "will disappear." It's more structural. Who can sustainably finance the industrialization of generative AI when demand is growing faster than margins?...