Jul 12, 2025

Startup Reporter July 12, 2025 , recognised as the world’s leading artificial intelligence event, concluded successfully on 9th July 2025 at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris. The two-day conference attracted industry leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs from across the globe. RAISE Summit stands as the world’s premier AI conference, attracting over 5,000 global leaders annually. With 80% C-level attendees, 75% international presence, and 40% representation from Fortune 1000 companies, the summit provides unparalleled networking opportunities. The event is backed by industry leaders including Google Cloud, AWS, SAP, Snowflake, Nvidia, Oracle, Mistral AI, and Groq. Key Summit Statistics 280+ world-class speakers including industry pioneers 200+ exhibitors showcasing cutting-edge AI solutions 840 venture capitalists and investors actively networking 8,000 B2B connections facilitated during the event €5 million prize pool distributed across competitions 6,246 participants in the world’s largest AI hackathon Distinguished Speaker Lineup Eric Schmidt – CEO of Relativity Space and former Google CEO Nikesh Arora – CEO of Palo Alto Networks Jonathan Ross – CEO and Founder of Groq Andrew Feldman – CEO of Cerebras Systems Alison Wagonfeld – CMO and VP Marketing at Google Cloud Thomas Wolf – Co-founder of Hugging Face Guillaume Princen – Representative from Anthropic Clara Chappaz – France’s Minister Delegate for AI and Digital Affairs Major AI Technology Announcements Cerebras Systems Breakthrough Cerebras Systems, sponsor of the Supernova stage, announced the demonstration of Qwen3-235B with complete 131K context support on their inference cloud platform. This milestone represents a significant breakthrough in AI model performance, combining frontier-level intelligence with unprecedented speed at one-tenth the cost of closed-source models. The company also revealed new strategic partnerships with: Hugging Face for enhanced model accessibility DataRobot for enterprise AI deployment Docker for containerised AI solutions Notion for enterprise-scale document search capabilities Storage and Infrastructure Innovations WEKA launched NeuralMesh™, a redesigned storage architecture specifically built for the AI era, enabling faster and more intelligent AI solutions. Clarifai introduced AI Runners, providing developers and MLOps engineers with unprecedented flexibility for AI model deployment and management. Web Automation and Data Intelligence H Company open-sourced SurferH, a web-native agent for browser-based automation. Combined with Holo-1, it achieved a 92.2% success rate on the WebVoyager benchmark, delivering state-of-the-art browser control at up to 5.5x lower cost than leading alternatives. Bright Data demonstrated comprehensive AI infrastructure tools, including: MCP (Model Control Protocol) for real-time web data extraction Browser.AI – an unblockable, AI-native cloud browser Deep Lookup – AI search engine for complex queries Web Archive containing 200 billion cached webpages Record-Breaking Startup Competition The “RAISE the Stakes” competition distributed a €5 million prize fund amongst innovative AI startups. Hirundo.ioemerged as the winner from over 1,100 participating startups. Competition Finalists The top 10 finalists included: Drill Surgeries – AI-powered surgical guidance system (ZAORY) that reduces operating time by 75% and radiation exposure by 60% during trauma operations Flypix AI – Geospatial AI platform that transforms drone and satellite imagery into actionable insights through advanced object detection and analysis Hirundo.io (Winner) – Machine unlearning platform that enables AI models to “forget” unwanted data, reducing hallucinations by 55% and biases by 70% Hiverge – AI platform reimagining algorithmic coding through program synthesis, combining AI creativity with rigorous testing for breakthrough optimization solutions Iridesense – Advanced 3D multispectral LiDAR technology that enables real-time remote analysis of plant health and soil moisture for precision agriculture Kog – Real-time AI platform building vertically integrated AI stack that delivers 3x-10x speed improvements for digital experiences through ultra-fast inference engines Mindflow – No-code AI-driven automation platform for cybersecurity and IT teams that eliminates 80% of manual analyst tasks through intelligent workflow orchestration Neuralk-AI – First tabular foundation model for commerce that processes structured business data with unprecedented precision for retail optimization and predictive analytics Pyannote – Language-agnostic speaker intelligence platform that accurately identifies and separates speakers in audio recordings for enhanced voice AI applications Sics.AI – AGI research company developing foundation models for robotics with human-like learning capabilities aimed at revolutionising industrial automation World’s Largest AI Hackathon The “RAISE Your Hack” event, powered by Groq and Meta, attracted 6,246 participants making it the world’s largest AI hackathon. Participants formed teams to tackle industry-specific challenges across multiple tracks, with 300 teams shortlisted for the final competition. Industry Impact and Future Outlook The summit demonstrated AI’s transformative potential across various sectors, with exhibiting partners showcasing tangible benefits and real-world applications. The event emphasised the emergence of “agentix-native architecture” – a new approach where value creation occurs at the point of action rather than solely in model development. Save the Date: RAISE Summit 2026 Next year’s summit is scheduled for 7-8 July 2026 at the Carrousel du Louvre, Paris. The event promises to continue driving innovation in the artificial intelligence sector. For our second edition, RAISE Summit has again shown that it is the premier event for B2B professionals seeking to disrupt, build, and connect in the AI landscape, enabling visitors, speakers and exhibitors to validate their AI strategies through real-world use cases, to define a winning AI playbook, and to find the right partners to deliver cutting-edge solutions. We thank all our participants and partners for their trust and for enabling us to be the world’s leading AI event, and we look forward to meeting with you next year 7 and 8 July 2026 in Paris. said Michael Amar, Henri Delahaye and Hadrien de Cournon, RAISE Summit co-founders. Share this!