Last May, French president Emmanuel Macron gathered hundreds of guests to the Elysée Palace in Paris in an event dedicated to “France’s top AI talent”.
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September 13, 2024
‘There’s a war for the top 1%’: Inside French tech’s fierce battle for the best AI talent
The past two years saw a number of high-profile AI startups emerge in France. Now, they are all fighting to secure the best researchers and engineers
6 min read
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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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