VivaTech 2025: the complete debrief of AI announcements (Mistral x NVIDIA, concrete cases, corporate training)

VivaTech 2025: generative AI on all stands

Viva Technology 2025 confirmed one thing: artificial intelligence is no longer a trend. It is now the heart of economic, political and industrial debates.

👉 With over 180,000 participants, VivaTech officially becomes The biggest tech show in the world, in front of the CES in Las Vegas.
👉 2,500 exhibitors have responded, and theGenerative AI was pervasive : on stands, in conferences, in institutional speeches, as well as in hallway exchanges.

The question is no longer “Should we go?”, but good “How to do it well?”

1 ️ aging Mistral AI x NVIDIA: a sovereign European cloud

Announced on the stage of the Dôme de Paris by Emmanuel Macron, Jensen Huang (CEO of NVIDIA) and Arthur Mensch (CEO of Mistral AI), the strategic partnership marks a turning point for European technological sovereignty.

➡️ Creation of Mistral Compute, a sovereign AI cloud, hosting future European AI models.
➡️ Infrastructure built around 18,000 Grace Blackwell chips from NVIDIA, designed to train next-gen models.

Objectives :

  • Strengthening European technological sovereignty
  • Offering a local alternative to American hyperscalers
  • Accelerating the performance of localized open-source models

A strong signal: businesses can now rely on a high-performance AI infrastructure, made in Europe.

2 ️ 164€ in public purchases in startups: I choose French Tech

The program I choose French Tech Take a new step forward with a commitment of 1 billion euros in public and private purchases in favor of French startups.

👉 Alongside the Prime Minister François Bayrou And from the minister Éric Lombard, new groups are joining the initiative: Sopra Steria and Capgemini, alongside pioneers like ADP Group, AXA, BPCE, CMA CGM, CMA CGM, EDF, FDJ UNITED, Orange, SNCF.

3 ️ 803 Mistral AI chosen to equip public officials

A new step in the integration of AI in public services:

➡️ The government chooses Mistral AI to equip its public officials as part of the plan announced at the IA Summit in February with Laurent Marcangeli.
➡️ In the long run, 5.8 million civil servants will be accompanied by French generative AI tools.

4 ️ ※ AI x Robotics: a strategy “from lab to factory”

Under the impetus of ministers Marc Ferracci and Philippe Baptiste, France is launching a national AI & robotics strategy, aimed at accelerating the transition from research to concrete industrialization.

5 ️ 164 Inclusion: tech for people over 50

Worn by the minister Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet, the Club Landoy 50+ charter — Bayard Group was signed to VivaTech for promote the employment of seniors in tech, in partnership with The French Tech Grand Paris.

6 ️ separates AI from school

Elisabeth Borne unveiled the national framework for the use of AI in schools :

➡️ From the start of the school year, new courses on artificial intelligence will be offered in 4th and 2nd grade, with a pedagogy adapted to introduce students to the technological challenges of tomorrow.

7 ️ ※ The Digital Council becomes the AI Council

The National Digital Council changes its name and mission: it becomes the AI and Digital Council.

➡️ Co-presidency provided by Anne Bouverot and Guillaume Poupard, in a desire to align technological innovation, regulation and digital sovereignty.

8 ️ — “Dare to use AI”: a call to ambassadors

One National AI awareness plan christened “Dare to use AI” will be launched in the coming days to support the general public, SMEs and local authorities.

🔗 To become an ambassador: https://lnkd.in/exDDtPwH

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Why AI training in business has become essential

On site, we spoke with more than 120 business decision makers (HR director, CFO, innovation managers, sales managers...).
And they all asked the same questions:

“Where do you start?”
“What AI tools should you choose?”
“Is it really reliable?”

What businesses expect

👉 Of concrete use cases
👉 Immediate business benefits
👉 Simple language, without technical jargon

What AI Sisters shared at VivaTech 2025:

AI use cases: HR, marketing, legal, legal, finance, sales

In marketing: generated SEO content, CRM segmentation, email campaigns

In legal matters: summary of contracts, to-do based on minutes, reformulation of clauses

In finance: report analysis, Excel tables, investor arguments

For sales: personalized emails, structuring proposals, follow-up scenarios

Customized AI training: Samsung, Accor, Webedia, Prisma Media

👉 Samsung — 400 employees trained in several business areas

👉 Accor — global AI training in Cancun for global sales managers

👉 Prisma Media — support for the legal & SEO team

👉 Webedia — assisted content creation for marketing teams

Corporate AI training: a field and tailor-made approach

At AI Sisters, we don't make theories. We help your teams to Use ChatGPT in business, with your tools, your use cases, your challenges

A clear method, aligned with the real challenges

  • Use cases designed by business, not by “AI functionality”
  • A concrete pedagogy: 2 hours of show + 3 hours of targeted workshop
  • Visible results in tools and workflows the next day

    Our conviction: you don't need to understand how AI works.
    You need to know how it can save you time.
  • Why training your teams in AI is a profitable investment

    It is not a question of the future.
    It's a question of immediate performance.

    - ✅ Your HR saves time on onboarding and job descriptions

    - ✅ Your marketers are accelerating content creation

    - ✅ Your lawyers write and rephrase more quickly

    - ✅ Your salespeople personalize their reminders on a large scale

    This is what makes our approach today one of best AI courses for businesses in 2025.

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