Innovators at Paris AI Action Summit

We're here at the AI Action Summit, and it's so exciting to be with Roxanne because she runs Station F, which is one of the most incredible AI locations in the entire world because you've got, let's see, OpenAI, Amazon.

Apple, who else is there?

We have pretty much all the big names in AI that are working at Station F as partners.

Microsoft and Meta run AI programs on campus.

Hugging Face is a company that was built on site, so we have quite a lot going on.

Great, so how did you end up here in France at Station F? Because you're American.

Yes, I'm originally from the Bay Area.

I came out about 15 years ago to study, and I fell in love with this ecosystem.

I felt there was a ton to build, and I've just seen it transform since then.

And what do you hope France accomplishes with the AI Action Summit? It's been a very promising start.

We've already seen some great announcements in terms of invest.

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Yes, that's giving this ecosystem a lot of confidence and obviously a lot of resources to really accelerate.

But what I actually hope is that AI lands with the greater public.

I think today a lot of people are feeling like AI is a microcosm just for the tech elite, and I really hope that people grasp the potential that this has.

And look who's here right now,

Ina Fried, the great Axios reporter.

Ina Fried is here at the AI Action Summit.

That doubles the action, Roxanne.

I'll just say that.

I know.

This is Roxanne from Station F.

She runs the only location in the entire world, Station F, that has every single great tech company.

And I asked her what they're trying to accomplish.

With this summit, one of my personal hopes is that we actually land AI with the greater public.