France wants to demonstrate that it can attract. And for this, the country organized the eighth summit of France on Monday, May 19, an event destined to bring foreign investments. A record was also broken, with 20 billion euros in projects announced under the gold of the Versailles Palace.
An evaluation that does not surprise César Maklary, president and co -founder of Fluidstack, a leading company in the design of the “supercomputer” that has invested 10 billion euros … in France. Objective: Build an AI supercomputer. And Hexagon is in accordance with him a place of choice for this type of project.
“World leader at AI”
“For us, France is the third country together with the United States and China, which can compete and who is a world leader in AI,” he said at the BFMTV set.
Among the reasons mentioned to justify these comments, César Maklary significantly ensures that France is also “the only European country capable of competing with the United States and China in this energy plan thanks to nuclear.”
President Fluidstack also said that his business discusses a lot with the government, which, according to him, “clearly has a train in advance in the ecosystem, understanding of needs,” compared to other European countries.
Last point highlighted by the entrepreneur: French talents. He says that French researchers and their training are an important criterion when choosing where to invest for their business.
Almost 20 billion investments in 2025
In total, France revealed or confirmed around fifty projects that invited more than 200 bosses during a baptized summit “France, land of creativity.”
“This is a very complete edition,” he welcomed Emmanuel Macron this Monday in front of an audience of business leaders gathered in the Battles Gallery of the Versailles Palace.
After 15 billion euros in the 2024 edition, the 2025 harvest of the Choice France Summit was 20 billion euros in new investments. And 20.8 billion euros in commitments on artificial intelligence (AI) carried out in February were ratified.
Source: BFM TV
