A look back at 2025 with the French Tech Journal
As 2025 draws to a close, we’re taking a look back in articles at what has been an epic but turbulent year for French tech.
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French Tech's Vegas Gamble: Why Hundreds Of Startups Still Bet Big on CES
The cost is staggering, the competition fierce, but France's tech ecosystem continues its annual pilgrimage to Las Vegas with a calculated new strategy
Clair Obscur: How France's Sandfall Interactive Made the World's Best Video Game of 2025
The Montpellier-based studio stunned the industry when Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 swept The Game Awards with a record nine wins. It is French tech's biggest global success of the year, proving that a small French studio can outperform the industry's biggest players.
Slash Intérim: The 26-Year-Old Founder Redesigning a €40B Industry
Emma Capron, Founder & CEO of Slash Intérim, felt the temp-work sector had been stuck in a time capsule. She decided to jailbreak it. Revenues doubled last year, and the company just raised €6M.
Mapping French TechBio: 40 Companies Mixing Biology, Data, and AI
A comprehensive mapping by France Biotech and France Deeptech identifies 40 companies operating at the intersection of biology and breakthrough technology, and argues that France could become a global leader in this emerging field.
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🇫🇷 French Tech Wire: Startups Rolling The Dice At CES 2026
Every January, French startups cross the Atlantic to try their luck at CES. The price is high, the competition ruthless, yet the ritual endures. This year, the caravan shrank. We counted the brave souls who went.
French Tech's Vegas Gamble: Why Hundreds Of Startups Still Bet Big on CES
The cost is staggering, the competition fierce, but France's tech ecosystem continues its annual pilgrimage to Las Vegas with a calculated new strategy
🤖 La Machine #58: AI Power, Policy, and A Transatlantic Rift To Start 2026
France and Europe enter 2026 caught between AI ambition and geopolitical reality as they try to scale national champions, enforce rules on Big Tech, and confront the U.S. over power, platforms, and control.
Europe's AI Reckoning: Caught Between Regulation, Rivalry, and Risk
As 2026 begins, France and the European Union find themselves at the center of a perfect storm, facing diplomatic confrontation with Washington, urgent safety crises, and mounting questions about whether their regulatory approach can survive first contact with geopolitical reality.