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Nvidia takes minority stakes in four French AI firms, including Doctolib

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced minority investments in four French tech companies, among them the health booking platform Doctolib, during a Paris visit. The stakes' sizes were not disclosed.

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Centre · 2Nvidia announced minority investments in four French technology companies, including the medical appointment platform Doctolib, as it expands in Europe's artificial intelligence sector. Centre · 1Chief executive Jensen Huang announced the plans in Paris on Tuesday, saying they were intended to "launch the artificial intelligence revolution in Europe". Neither Nvidia nor the French companies disclosed the size or value of the stakes. Centre · 1Doctolib said Nvidia would become a minority shareholder without a board seat. The platform, valued at €3.6 billion in its last funding round, lets patients book appointments and store health records.

Centre · 1Doctolib chief executive Stanislas Niox-Château said the investment would speed up recruitment and the development of in-house AI models meant to power a personal health assistant for patients and assistants for medical staff. Doctolib will use Nvidia's chips, computing capacity and open software, while seeking to keep control of its models and patient data rather than relying on US AI providers such as OpenAI or Anthropic. Centre · 1Nvidia also announced investments in Genesis AI, a Franco-American robotics start-up; Pigment, which makes AI-assisted business planning software; and Entalpic, which uses generative AI to discover industrial materials. Centre · 1Huang said Nvidia invested at least $8 billion in Europe last year and plans to spend a further $2bn this year.

Centre · 1Huang later met President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysée Palace to discuss Nvidia's investments, open-source technology and AI security. Macron wrote on social media that France is "Europe's most attractive country for artificial intelligence" and that Nvidia is committing to support a Franco-German initiative on open research in Europe. Centre · 1The Doctolib tie-up comes after the company launched a research programme in August using data from its 50 million users to improve patient pathways, a move rights groups criticised. The Ligue des droits de l'Homme warned in a 16 July statement that health data carries a significant risk of stigmatisation, discrimination and abusive profiling.

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France 24 presents a brief business-programme item on Huang touting new stakes; RFI gives a fuller news report on the investments, Doctolib's plans, the Macron meeting and privacy criticism.
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The scale of Nvidia's European investment, Doctolib's AI plans and data sovereignty, and Macron's endorsement; RFI also notes rights groups' concerns over health data.
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Stake sizes are not disclosed in either piece; France 24's item gives no detail on the other firms.
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“Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang stops by Paris to tout new stakes in French AI-enabled tech firms like medical booking site Doctolib.” — France 24
“The company launched a research programme in August using data from its 50 million users to improve patient pathways, a move criticised by rights groups.” — RFI

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