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As VivaTech 2026 marks a decade as the global crossroads for innovation, artificial intelligence has transitioned from a futuristic promise to essential corporate infrastructure. Amidst 180,000 participants, a fundamental shift is occurring: the focus is no longer on testing AI's capabilities, but ...

Selected from 681 applications, 100 startups were pre-selected to join the program, and 35 companies have completed CDL's rigorous objective-based program at CDL-Paris, working alongside world-class mentors, scientists, and investors to turn early-stage science into scalable businesses. Meet the CDL ...

Every season, a new cohort, and every cohort, a new set of bets on the future. On May, thirteen founding teams walk through the doors of Station F with one thing in common: the conviction that the problem they're solving shouldn't still exist. Discover the 13 startups joining Incubateur HEC Paris ...

The 6th edition of the WomenEntrepreneurs4Good (WE4G) program has revealed its 10 laureates. Discover the women founders selected this year to join the HEC Paris Incubator and pitch at the Women's Forum in Paris.

The personal load working professionals carry daily into the workplace can be costly, for both your mental health and your company's performance. To tackle this long-invisible problem, Camille Agon and Rebecca Fischer-Bensoussan founded Yolo, a startup that helps executives and entrepreneurs better ...

Who shapes innovation when entrepreneurs navigate ambiguity, AI disruption, and shifting regulatory and capital regimes?

Entrepreneurship has long been described through the lens of risk. Yet, as recent research and debates suggest, what founders and innovators truly confront is not measurable risk ...

HOPES (HEC Ouvre la Porte à l’Entrepreneuriat Social in French) is a large-scale initiative led by HEC Paris and supported by the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller. More than a program, HOPES is a long-term commitment to making social entrepreneurship a powerful, inclusive, and measurable lever for ...

In 2024, atmospheric CO₂ reached 421 ppm, far exceeding the critical 350 ppm threshold, as natural carbon sinks become saturated. With emission reduction strategies proving insufficient on their own, Direct Air Capture is now considered a required technology to achieve climate targets. The ...