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And this week's book is... Le guide de l'écriture assistée par l'Intelligence artificielle by Lucie Rondelet, published by Éditions Eyrolles. If you're still not using AI to level up your SEO and copywriting, this one deserves a spot on your reading list. Thanks to Lydia Harouna, co-founder of GetPizza, for recommending it. She's building an AI-powered operations platform that brings project tracking, tasks, notes, and team coordination into one workspace. What book should we feature next? 📚

Some founders start early. Really early. At just 15, Yvann Barbot and Lilien Auger were already experimenting with generative AI and LLMs - learning by building, testing, and exploring. Now, at 20, they’re building TerraLab: an AI platform helping geospatial engineers analyze satellite imagery and unlock new insights from space. They joined STATION F through Landing Zone, our program for startups discovering campus before joining a program. Now they’re part of our 42 Paris Program, building from campus this summer. Keep an eye on TerraLab! 👀 PS: Love the Star Wars soldier in the background making sure they stay focused! 

It's a very exciting day for the team at Marble. Plus, they have the most beautiful video we have ever seen 😍

A startup to know: Flaunt 🇮🇳 Straight from India to Paris, Flaunt joined our International Program with IndiaAI and Incubateur HEC Paris, helping Indian startups expand and build in European markets. Founded by Sarthak Sharma and Swaraj Chauhan, Flaunt uses AI agents to spot rising trends, create on-brand content, and publish it across platforms automatically. In other words: fewer hours lost for community managers, fewer headaches, and less of that unhealthy coffee consumption to survive content calendars!!  ️ The team is working this summer on campus, heads down building! Keep an eye on them! 👀

A startup to know: Rippletide 🚀 Patrick Joubert 🧢 (CEO) is back on campus for the third time. First with RecastAI in 2017 (acquired by SAP), then with Ponicode in 2020 (acquired by CircleCI). Now he’s back with Rippletide, one of the startups in our F/ai program. And with a team this talented + STATION F as their lucky charm, maybe we’re looking at a back-to-back-to-back story? 👀 Rippletide is building the safety layer for AI agents - helping companies test, understand and approve AI actions before they happen. The team is spending August at STATION F, working hard and moving fast. Dream team: Patrick Joubert 🧢, Yann BILIEN, Keshav Das, Johan Kestenare, Fan Hong, Mohamed Zaidi, Florent Goux, Thomas Molinier, Jules Caron 🔥 Keep an eye on them!

THIS IS THE LAST CALL!! Applications for Future of Tourism are closing soon. Your startup could help shape the future of a 2,000-year-old destination. Join 10 international startups at STATION F to work alongside the The Royal Commission for AlUla and Galeries Lafayette, co-developing innovative solutions that support the continued evolution of AlUla’s tourism ecosystem. Last chance to apply 👇

What does Cursor's team wear? Which Netflix hoodie became a cult favorite? What are the collector items from GitHub that only employees ever get? Some of these objects have become part of tech history. Yet they're almost never seen by the public. Next week, we'll be hosting the first Tech Culture Museum by Looties, bringing together some of the most ICONIC pieces of tech swag and startup culture in one place. It's free, open to everyone, and definitely worth a visit this summer!! Register here 👉 https://luma.com/tiqww6cz

Great to welcome Cisco's Senior Vice President, Vijoy Pandey, to campus! We had the chance to introduce him to a few startups building in AI across the campus, exchange on what they're working on, and get a first look at the upcoming Cisco Scale Hub launching soon at STATION F. We won't spoil too much, but let's just say there are some brilliant agentic AI startups joining the program soon. 🤐 It was great to introduce him to a few of our startups, including Rippletide from our F/ai program. And a big thanks to Guillaume De Saint Marc, Carole Reynaud, and Karen Thuillier from the Cisco team for being with us. Looking forward to what's next!!

Ouch… The part of fundraising nobody talks about 😬 A great startup doesn’t automatically mean a quick fundraise. 35% of our top founders pitch 50+ investors for their first pre-seed or seed round. 13% pitch 100+. So if you’ve heard 10 no’s in a row, don’t panic. Some of the best founders we know heard many more before getting their yes. Not easy being a founder, huh?

You can build a startup. You can raise a round. You can survive a pitch. But can you hold a yoga pose for 30 seconds? Come find out! YUJ PARIS’ studio at STATION F is open to the public this summer, with sessions at only €20. Expect deep stretches, unexpected muscles waking up, and maybe a little existential crisis halfway through a pose. The studio also features YUJ’s signature infrared lights for an even more immersive experience. Book your session 👉 https://lnkd.in/epcDGTTf