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Blumorpho is organizing the digital sessions for the Inpho Venture Summit 2024 with the goal of creating the right conditions for successful innovation by connecting startups, investors, and innovators with the best partners in disruptive technologies. These digital sessions are a unique feature that distinguishes Blumorpho in the venture ecosystem, enabling entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators to kickstart meaningful discussions well before the summit begins.

With George UGRAS, Managing director at AV8 Ventures and Christian REITBERGER, Partner at Matterwave Ventures

Christian Reitberger expresses concerns about a potential future dominated by Nvidia, where all computing services are provided by a few major companies, creating a monopolized and homogenous landscape. He advocates for a more diverse and colorful world, where system integration incorporates various technologies and architectures.

George Ugras shares optimism, citing historical precedents where dominant market shares have been challenged by innovative newcomers.

Eric Benhamou discusses 2 main themes highlighted by George and Christian during the conference: infrastructure and applications. He acknowledges the capital intensity associated with AI generation, raising concerns about industry concentration.

He emphasizes the need for a debate on open versus closed models in AI development. He expresses optimism about the potential of scaled AI applications, particularly in vertical deployments, to disrupt industries.

And also discusses the challenges and opportunities in infrastructure, including the shift from cloud-centric to edge and on-premise computing. He underscores the importance of robust cybersecurity measures against emerging threats posed by Gen AI.

Overall, Eric Benhamou anticipates fruitful discussions at the conference, particularly regarding breakthroughs in AI deployments and productivity enhancements.

Christian Reitberger highlights two distinct aspects of France: its strong emphasis on nuclear energy and its successful collaboration between major defense players and the startup ecosystem. Christian Reitberger discusses the significance of nuclear energy in France, contrasting it with the preferences of other European countries like Germany. He suggests a lively debate on the necessity of nuclear energy, including Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), to meet energy demands, particularly for industries and data centers. Christian Reitberger also praises France’s model of collaboration between defense corporations and startups, noting its resemblance to successful practices in the United States. He emphasizes the uniqueness of these dynamics and suggests showcasing them at a French conference to provide valuable insights uncommon elsewhere.

T.M. Ravi presents four key discussion topics: Gen AI, climate, health (specifically cancer), and defense. He emphasizes that Gen AI and infrastructure extend beyond GPUs to include middleware, new-gen operating systems, and a data layer for Large Language Models (LLMs). Ravi underscores the importance of integrating infrastructure with applications and improving operations, coding, R&D, and design. He highlights the CEO of Nvidia’s statement that 30% of new code at Google is Gen AI-generated, indicating significant advancements. Discussions also touch on vertical and horizontal applications, providing ample material for debate.

Francois Tison challenges Nvidia’s viewpoint, advocating for less compute power to sustain the planet. He sees a global shift towards frugal computing and believes Europe’s engineering strengths position it well for reindustrialization.

Dieter Kraft highlights the trend towards more efficient computing, particularly on the edge, and its potential to reshape architectures. Both identify these topics as key for discussion at the INPHO event, emphasizing collaboration to address challenges and seize opportunities.

Mathieu Costes highlights the evolving computing landscape, emphasizing Quantum Computing and emerging hardware technologies. He discusses the importance of these advancements for Venture Capital investments, particularly in early-stage ventures. Costes also underscores the need for software orchestration in hybrid architectures and the urgency for sustainability in data center operations.

Written on 14 November 2020.

For its 7th Edition, INPHO® organized by Alpha-RLH has placed Bordeaux and deep tech at the heart of the new digital world imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite such constraints, it has been a great success.

Written on 15 October 2018.

INPHO® Venture Summit which took place 11th and 12th October 2018 in Bordeaux, France, established itself as an undisputed worldwide reference summit for private investors and corporate executives investing in deep tech hardware to shape the future and keep ahead of competition.

Technological innovation and entrepreneurship is on the rise in Europe, say panelists at INPHO® Venture Summit, a financial investor and strategic business partnering event focused on growth market investments.

L’Europe s’intéresse de plus en plus à l’innovation technologique et encourage l’entrepreneuriat. C’est ce qui ressort des interventions lors du INPHO® Venture Summit, la convention d’affaires dédiée aux investisseurs et aux entrepreneurs visant les marchés en croissance.