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Meta has joined forces with Hugging Face, an open source community-driven platform that hosts machine learning models and tools, and Scaleway, European cloud leader for AI infrastructures, to launch the \u201cAI Startup Program\u201d, an initiative aimed to accelerate the adoption of open-source artificial intelligence solutions within the French entrepreneurial ecosystem. With the proliferation of foundation models and generative artificial intelligence models, the aim is to bring the economic and technological benefits of open, state-of-the-art models to the French ecosystem.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Located at STATION F in Paris, the world\u2019s largest startup campus, and with the support of the HEC incubator, the programme will support 5 startups in the acceleration phase, from January to June 2024. A panel of experts from Meta, Hugging Face and Scaleway will select projects based on open foundation models and\/or demonstrating their willingness to integrate these models into their products and services.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The startups selected will benefit from technical mentoring by researchers, engineers and PhD students from FAIR, Meta\u2019s artificial intelligence research laboratory, access to Hugging Face\u2019s platform and tools, and Scaleway\u2019s computing power in order to develop their services based on open source AI technology bricks. In addition to LLMs \u2013 large language models \u2013 startups will also be able to draw on foundation and research models in the field of image and sound processing.\u00a0 Applications are open until 1 December 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cFor more than 10 years, Meta has been contributing to the development of artificial intelligence using an open and collaborative approach, particularly in France through our FAIR fundamental research laboratory, based in Paris. Our teams have published more than 1,000 open source models and tools, including Llama2, DINOv2 and AudioCraft. This programme is a continuation of this open innovation approach and will strengthen our support for the French ecosystem,\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2013 Laurent Solly, Meta\u2019s Vice President for Southern Europe\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHugging Face is thrilled to support Meta\u2019s accelerator program for open-source AI. For me, open-source AI is the most important topic of the decade as it is the cornerstone toward democratizing ethical AI. We\u2019re proof that you can build a successful startup by being open source, and I hope that the next generation of startups will come out of this program.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n \u2013 Cl\u00e9ment Delangue, CEO of Hugging Face<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cFor startups working in AI, access to computing power is essential. As the European leader in AI-focused cloud infrastructures, it makes perfect sense for Scaleway to take part in this program, to ensure startups have the resources they need to succeed. Innovation is ingrained in Scaleway\u2019s DNA, so we are excited to contribute actively to this ecosystem.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u2013 Damien Lucas, Managing Director at Scaleway<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis is the first time we\u2019re seeing so many AI leaders team up for a startup program. We are particularly proud to see our historical partner Meta leading the way and teaming up with our first unicorn Hugging Face and Scaleway, we feel it is absolutely game-changing in terms of expertise and resources. This is not only great news for STATION F but also for the open source AI community as a whole.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u2013 Roxanne Verza, STATION F Director<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n To apply : <\/span>https:\/\/hecparis.notion.site\/AI-Startup-Program-Candidate-Antechamber-c00cf88ed2e741029f5e3d50a1e44e39<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n