Inria Chile gathers the Franco-Chilean artificial intelligence ecosystem at VivaTech, Europe's largest technology and startup event

As part of VivaTech 2025, the largest technology and startup gathering in Europe that brought together in Paris from June 11 to 14 more than 14,000 startups and 180,000 people from 171 countries around the world, the event "The Franco-Chilean artificial intelligence ecosystem: challenges and opportunities for innovation and startups" was held, organized by Inria Chile within the framework of the Franco-Chilean Binational Center for Artificial Intelligence. At this event, Inria Chile brought together authorities, entrepreneurs, and key players from the academic, technological, industrial, governmental worlds, and the entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem of Chile and France, allowing Chile and its ecosystem to have a presence at this global technology event.

This instance corresponds to the second event of the Franco-Chilean Binational Center on Artificial Intelligence in France, and its main objectives were to strengthen synergies between artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystems, promote public-private collaborations, and showcase Chilean entrepreneurial talent on international stages.

The event began with the opening words of Bruno Sportisse, Chairman and CEO of Inria, and H.E. Raúl Fernández Daza, Ambassador of Chile to France, who highlighted the importance of strengthening scientific and technological ties between both countries and the role of the Franco-Chilean Binational Center on AI and Inria Chile in bilateral cooperation in artificial intelligence.

In the central presentation, Nayat Sánchez-Pi presented the vision and ambition of the Franco-Chilean Binational Center on Artificial Intelligence, created in November 2024 by both countries. In her presentation, she highlighted the turning point that artificial intelligence is experiencing and the crucial role of international cooperation to guide responsible artificial intelligence towards the public interest.

The roundtable titled "Franco-Chilean synergies in artificial intelligence: bilateral and bi-regional cooperation at the service of innovation and startups" brought together prominent figures such as Deputy Eleonore Caroit, representative of French citizens residing in Latin America and the Caribbean, François Cuny, Deputy CEO for Innovation at Inria, and Christian Maitre, President of the AI, Digital and Tech Experts Group of the French Foreign Trade Advisors (CCEF).

One of the highlights was the pitch session of three Chilean startups, winners of the internationalization program for Chilean scientific-technological startups in France, Trophée Startup, a program led by Inria Chile:

• Evoting, a secure electronic voting startup, winner in 2022, presented by its founding partner Mario Novoa.

• Theodora IA, an artificial intelligence and bias startup, winner in 2024, presented by its CEO and co-founder María José Martabit.

• Qisa3D, a digital health startup, winner in 2024, represented by its CEO and co-founder Rodrigo Rivera.

The Trophée Startup program is an annual contest organized by Inria Chile, the Embassy of France in Chile, Business France, and the French Institute of Chile, with the support of ANID, BancoEstado, the French Foreign Trade Advisors (CCEF), Corfo, ProChile, and Start-Up Chile, and the sponsorship of Accor, Air France and Eramet.

With this second event in the French capital, the Franco-Chilean Binational Center on Artificial Intelligence consolidates its role as a platform for bilateral articulation and a driver of innovation in artificial intelligence, positioning the Franco-Chilean ecosystem on the international stage.