Jan 28 : Great discussion last evening about the state of AI adoption, with Philippe Gryc (HEI, MIT, HBS), Principal Technology Strategist at Lantern  –  key takeaways ⬇️

🔵 Philippe vividly reinforced the following point, which has been widely reported lately: While everyone has been experimenting with AI over the past couple of years, 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 / 𝗥𝗢𝗜.

🟠 The 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗢𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸-𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝘀. 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿-𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀... unfortunately, it's usually the more visible customer-facing stuff that gets the funding 💰.

🔵 Another reinforcement of a widely-reported trend: 𝗔𝗜-𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗘𝗢-𝗹𝗲𝗱 i.e. it's not a CIO initiative anymore (or someone else's). And that's a good thing.

🟠 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗜 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘀, as each silo is experimenting with AI... within its confines. Yet, for true AI transformation, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿.

​Thank you Philippe for a great Presentation ( available below ) . Exceptional turnout with 97 registrations ! Great jobs from our University Managers ( especially HEC Paris and Arts et Metiers ) as well as Estelle Chen , President of French Tech Toronto for introducing Philippe and taking great pics ( see below ) 

Nov 26, 2025 : this year we had an amazing selection of finalist entrepreneurs as well as a top notch jury , MC and guests . Amazing turnout with 161 registration. Thank you all for making it another success and congratulations to Clement (ENS) for winning both awards ​. See you next year !