Crane & General Catalyst: AI founders & practitioners unite @ Google Paris
Calling founders who are building AI startups and AI practitioners at larger companies (VPs of AI, Data Scientists, VPs of engineering and similar).
We know for a fact that these groups rarely interact... and that's a big miss! There's an obvious win-win in meeting and learning from each other and our goal is to connect both worlds to create synergies between early stage companies in AI and large enterprises.
What’s in it for you?
AI practitioners in enterprise: learn about new tech. Understand how to leverage AI in order to optimise workflows/processes short and save time. You may even meet the next AI solution you’ll add to your stack.
AI founders: Learn what enterprise companies need, how they think about AI and how they procure AI solutions. You may meet your next enterprise customer!
What to expect?
Join us at Google's beautiful offices in Paris for an evening of conversation with AI-driven professionals, delicious food & drinks. As a founder, you should expect to meet interesting AI experts from large companies. As an AI practitioner, you may find the next gem to add to your stack.
Agenda
⏰ Please plan to arrive for 19:30
🤝 19:30: Registration at Google's reception and meeting other guests
👋 20:00: Welcome from Crane and General Catalyst (Krishna Visvanathan and Alex Momeni)
🎤 20:05-20:35: Fireside panel conversation on:
"How AI practitioners at enterprise companies leverage AI to enhance their products and to make workflows more efficient"
“How AI teams in enterprise buy products”
“How to build a strong AI product for enterprise customers and how to sell it”
🗣️ 20:35-20:40: Closing remarks from Cyrille Saint Olive (head of VC and startup BD at Google Cloud France) about startups leveraging Google Cloud's services
🫒 20:40 onwards: Food, drinks and creating connections
The panel will constitute of:
Morgane Zerath from Crane as moderator
Gabriel Hubert, co-founder at Dust
Eric Landau, co-founder at Encord
Olivier Koch, VP of AI at Onfido
Hubert Jaouen, AI builder [working on something new] ex Alan & Spotify
At Crane and General Catalyst (GC) we're passionate about investing in next-gen AI/ML, data infrastructure teams. We both partner with founders in the earliest stages of their company building journey. Whilst Crane is exclusively focused on the early stage, GC invests across all growth stages.
About Crane: Our mission is to help startups from idea to MVP to PMF and commercialisation.
About GC: We back ambitious founders who actively seek to change the status quo, helping to build enduring companies that create outsized financial & societal impact.
Among us, we've invested in AI companies like Encord, 7Bridges, Onfido (Crane) and Hippocratic AI and Adept AI (GC). We partner with our companies to figure out talent, GTM, fundraising and more.
We can't wait to meet you.
/ the Crane & GC teams
Google France's HQ (8 Rue de Londres, 75009 Paris, France):