Opening Keynotes

With some 1,000 participants, 50 speakers and 3 stages, ai-Pulse brought together the most prominent European AI leaders and specialists for an action-packed day of keynotes, presentations and engaging discussions about the latest innovations and research in AI-driven technologies and their use.

Aude Durand, Deputy CEO of iliad Holding, kicked off the conference in the morning with keynotes from Damien Lucas, CEO of Scaleway and Jensen Huang, co-founder of Nvidia. Next, Xavier Niel, founder of the iliad Group, Rodolphe Saadé, CEO of the CMA CGM Group, and Eric Schimdt, former CEO of Google, presented Kyutai – Europe’s first private-initiative laboratory dedicated to open research in artificial intelligence.

The morning ended with a speech by Jean-Noël Barrot, France’s Minister for Digital Transition and Telecommunications, as well as a message from the French President, Emmanuel Macron.