Accustomed to Vivatech, Emmanuel Macron welcomed the conclusion of a “historical” association on Wednesday between the French group Mistral AI and the American Giant of Nvidia Electronic Flea, announced the same day from the largest event in Europe dedicated to the technology held in Paris.
Mistral AI, who designed the Chatbot Chatbot Chatgpt, and Nvidia, which produces electronic chips considered as essential for the development of generative artificial intelligence (AI), thus combine to design a cloud platform (distance computer) where tricolor start models will be available.
Called “Mistral Compute”, it will have “18,000 superpuces Blackwell”, among the most advanced of the American giant.
A matter of sovereignty
Arthur Mensch praised the advent of a “completely independent” platform, which will allow users “not to trust their use in certain US suppliers.”
The president also took a walk in the hallways of the show, which opened its doors on Wednesday morning for a ninth edition with 14,000 new companies present and 165,000 visitors were expected.
The “National Nation” defender, Emmanuel Macron exchanged during his visit with several young European companies and dedicated himself to the defense of the technological sovereignty of the continent.
Europe “has lost its autonomy because it has in danger its ability to produce. It has become increasingly dependent on the rest of the world,” worried the president, who defended access to public contracts for new French and European companies.
Ai, political technology
Four months after the organization in Paris of the AI Summit, which had seen the promises of investment in this technology in France, the head of state repeated his desire to see “a sustainable humanist and safe.” “We have to have the ability to be in the heart of this fight,” he said.
While US President Donald Trump explodes and cold in the world economy at the rhythm of his customs duties, the debate on the dependence of US digital tools has been strengthened in many areas, including AI.
“The issue of sovereignty, which was not so important in discussions a year ago or two years ago, has become an absolutely strategic priority,” according to François Bitouzet, general manager of Vivatech interviewed by AFP.
Nvidia’s ads, which organized their own conference in Paris for the first time on the occasion of Vivatech, multiplied, while Jensen Huang delivered an inaugural speech of more than an hour.
Other associations with European companies, such as the French Giant of Electrical Equipment Schneider Electric and the German Industrial Siemens, will also be reinforced, also emphasized. His company also plans to help the development of technological centers in several European countries.
Source: BFM TV
