30 years ago or so at The American University of Paris, I chose to do my Bachelor of Computer Science Senior Seminar on Neural Networks. Pretty obscure topic at the time! It took months to put everything together: gather the literature from actual books, learn some of the theory, code…

TL;DR After 3 intense years as CEO of Scaleway, I am now investigating new opportunities. To explore the realm of possible to the fullest extent, to discover the right “Future Proof Inc.”, I hereby invite you, my benevolent network and readers, to participate by sharing 3 ideas with me: people…

On Europe Day, please allow me to share a reflection upon the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). Now that the raw material of our economies is data, he calls for inspiration to be drawn from the audacity of the founding fathers of the European Union. …

World Water Day is about what water means to humanity, its true value and how we can better protect this vital resource. …

A European perspective from Scaleway, a leading European multicloud service provider headquartered in Paris, France. The world is an interesting and uncertain place right now. A pandemic just hit the Homo Sapiens species massively. Technology has helped us cope with the sudden necessity to remain connected remotely, relying more than…

The perspective from a French tech entrepreneur in Paris Originally published in French on Umanz.fr (September 16, 2019). We have entered the era of “State Enterprises”. At a time when the GAFAMs surpass the UK economy and when countries like Denmark open diplomatic representations in Silicon Valley, it is time…

publié sur Umanz.fr le 16 septembre 2019 Nous sommes entrés dans l’ère des “Entreprises États”. A l’heure, où les GAFAM surpassent l’économie du UK et quand des pays comme le Danemark ouvrent des représentations diplomatiques dans la Silicon Valley il est temps de prendre la mesure de la géopolitique des écosystèmes technologiques. Quelles peuvent être nos marges de manœuvre face aux GAFA et aux BATX ? Quelle souveraineté ou sortie par le haut peut-on espérer dans un monde interdépendant ? Yann Lechelle, membre actif de l’écosystème tech local en tant que membre co-fondateur de France Digitale, membre co-fondateur et board member de HUB France IA, et conseiller du comité exécutif de JEDI mais aussi COO de la pépite française en IA SNIPS, a accepté de répondre aux questions de Umanz :

by Yann Lechelle COO, Joseph Dureau CTO, Sébastien Maury CPO Introducing the people building Snips, one of the largest AI voice companies in Europe. Let us reintroduce ourselves. Over the past year, Snips has more than doubled our team size and opened an additional office in Tokyo. Here’s what that momentum looks like in numbers: — Over 60% of Snips employees are engineers; — 15% hold PhDs; — 8 patents filed for different bricks of our technology; — 25% of our workforce is female.

The announcement that Mark Zuckerberg would speak at this year’s VivaTechnology Conference was met with mixed reactions–and even a little smirking. Zuckerberg’s appearance, of course, would be the day before the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect. In the last six months, consumers and businesses alike have…