OVNI Capital

As AI continues to redefine industries, we gathered innovators and investors to address the backbone of this revolution: building resilient, scalable infrastructure. Two weeks ago, OVNI Capital, alongside our friends at Earlybird Venture Capital, hosted "Empowering AI: The Essential Infrastructure" at Maison Epigenetic in Paris. This event brought together thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and VCs to delve into the practical challenges and opportunities of creating infrastructure capable of supporting AI’s rapid advancements. 🎤 Special thanks to our incredible speakers: Bruno Garbin, Co-Founder and CTO of NcodiN; @Dr. Laurent G., CEO of ColibriTD; Adam Ibrahim, experienced LLM architect; and François Lagunas, ex-Hugging Face machine learning expert. They shared actionable insights into laying a strong foundation for the future of AI. Moderated by Dans la tête d'un(e) CEO podcast host Yacine Sqalli. 📸 Swipe through to see the highlights and energy from the evening! Cc: Johannes Triebs, Viktoria Beck, Augustin Sayer, Arnaud Laurent, Thomas Renaudin

🧬 Welcome to the OVNI Capital portfolio Mathieu, Marie and Selcuk! baCta exemplifies the deeptech revolution in France: company builders teaming up with top-tier scientists to solve massive global problems. The team leverages synthetic organelles, AI, and protein modeling to industrialize bio-production of rubber (and eventually other isoprenoids). Western economies need companies like baCta to localize critical material production, secure supply chains, and create abundance without wrecking the planet. baCta is tackling the toughest challenges in synthetic biology—scaling and unit economics—and we believe the team has what it takes to overcome these obstacles. Team, so proud to lead your €3.3M round alongside another.vc, Kima Ventures, and top angels. More in TechCrunch from Natasha Lomas: https://lnkd.in/eHJPrtAA

Welcome to the OVNI Capital portfolio, 💡 Francesco Manegatti, PhD, Fabrice Raineri, Bruno Garbin, and the entire NcodiN team! NcodiN is developing an optical interposer aimed at revolutionizing data transmission in processors. We are thrilled to join the €3.5 million pre-seed funding round algonside Elaia and Earlybird Venture Capital, supporting NcodiN's goal to advance technologies that align with the rapid evolution of High-Performance Computing and Artificial Intelligence. Congratulations to the entire team. We are incredibly excited to support you in your mission. More in Tech.eu from Cate Lawrence: https://lnkd.in/eNt_9rNH Team: Augustin Sayer, Arnaud Laurent, Thomas Renaudin

OVNI Capital is excited to be a jury on PwC Startup Challenge for this coming Vivatech edition! If you're an entpreneur and would love the opportunity to present your solution in front of a jury made up from top managers at PwC, BNP Paribas, Dassault Systèmes, Renault Group and Thales, we encourage you to apply here (https://lnkd.in/dQ55qVyY)! The requirements are as follow: your product must fit one of the 4 forthcoming pillars 🚀 ✅ Technology ethics & responsibility: bias reduction, misinformation, fight against discrimination, tech diversity to avoid social stereotypes, social inclusion of technology, responsible AI, ethical issues ✅ Data privacy & security: security, confidentiality, digital identity, Auditable & Explainable AI  ✅ Sovereignty & Independence: regulation, control, compliance, risk management ✅ Technology impact: Impact of the tech on the major societal issues: health, food education, transportation, environment or financial autonomy See you soon, and feel free to ping us if you want more information, or the organizers Thierry Picq and Yoni Abittan, PhD.