The new generation of champions working towards technological sovereignty and shared progress

The 80 new laureates are developing strategic solutions in key areas such as artificial intelligence and its applications, cybersecurity, quantum technology, robotics, electronics, space technology and infrastructure.

Their ambition goes beyond technological performance: they are helping to build a safer, more sustainable society. They thus embody the next generation of French Tech: a new generation that combines technological excellence with responses to the challenges of tomorrow.

The new builders of French technological sovereignty

Together, they are helping to build an ecosystem of excellence around digital sovereignty, ensuring that France retains mastery and control of its key technologies.

Each of these companies illustrates the diversity and power of French expertise. Here are a few examples:

In two years, French Tech 2030 has established itself as an accelerator for champions. The first cohort saw the emergence of companies that have become emblematic of French tech and are now recognised worldwide, with some already winning French Tech Next40/120 awards, such as Mistral AI, Alice&Bob, and Exotrail.

In concrete terms, the winners benefit from a year of tailored support from the French Tech mission and its partners to accelerate their development, remove regulatory barriers and take advantage of a collective dynamic that encourages peer-to-peer exchanges, a valuable lever for sharing experiences and best practices.

With proven economic and industrial potential, these companies’ priority is to scale up.

This 2025 promotion confirms France’s ability to bring about disruptive innovations with industrial and international ambition. With €130 million already invested in R&D last year, €1.1 billion raised, 353 patents filed, 18 factories in place and 27 in the pipeline, the technological and commercial success of these companies is the result of cutting-edge research and high-level training.

These start-ups embody a new generation of companies that want to scale up and transform innovation into future industrial successes. Together, they are consolidating the country’s sovereign technological infrastructure: from space to artificial intelligence, robotics and industry.

French deep tech is no longer just a breeding ground for innovation: it is becoming a lever for sustainable growth, the creation of skilled jobs and the reindustrialisation of regions.

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To produce technological champions, our start-ups and scale-ups must expand internationally. This is particularly true in artificial intelligence, where markets are rapidly taking shape on a global scale. The French Tech mission is implementing this strategy by targeting deep markets and building lasting economic alliances.

Why India?

India has a population of 1.4 billion and more than 850 million internet users. It is a continental-scale market, capable of rapidly deploying technological solutions in health, mobility, industry and environmental transition.

The recent signing of a free trade agreement between the European Union and India further opens up access to this market and facilitates industrial and technological partnerships for French companies.

For French companies looking to scale up, it is a natural springboard for growth.

Transforming diplomatic time into market access

The World AI Summit brings together more than 100 countries and nearly 40,000 public decision-makers, investors and major international groups to discuss key issues such as health, ecological transition, defence and critical infrastructure. In just a few days, companies can meet with contacts that would otherwise take months to approach.

The French Tech mission prepares these companies in advance with the Team France Export network, in conjunction with La French Tech India, Business France, diplomatic posts, CCIs and French Foreign Trade Advisors. The programme includes qualified meetings and follow-up to convert these contacts into concrete partnerships.

The companies supported

The delegation brings together companies from the French Tech Next40/120 and French Tech 2030 programmes, including Pigment, Gleamer, Harmattan AI, Qevlar AI, BlaBlaCar, Dessia Technologies, Inbolt, QbitSoft | Quantum as a Service, Quandela, Sekoia.io, Shark Robotics, H Company, WhiteLab Genomics, Agryco (formerly Agriconomie) and GLIMPS.

These companies develop high-impact artificial intelligence solutions in strategic sectors such as healthcare, defence, industry and quantum technology. Their objective is clear: to improve essential services, strengthen the resilience of our infrastructure and bring useful innovations to as many people as possible. This approach, focused on real and measurable uses, echoes the theme of the Summit and the French vision of reliable, sovereign AI that serves progress.

A mission focused on the field

The delegation will attend a series of commercial meetings, industrial gatherings and institutional events in Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi. The aim is to gain a concrete understanding of how the Indian market works, its key players and its business practices in order to create lasting partnerships.

Being on the ground, forging the right alliances and opening up markets is part of the French Tech mission’s approach to accelerating the internationalisation of French companies and bringing forth technological champions.

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