Nicolas Landrin

I had the pleasure of giving a talk on quantum technologies and their standardization at the 60th anniversary seminar of SESKO Elec­trotech­ni­cal Stan­dard­iza­tion in Finland Standardization plays a key role in the development of quantum technology value chains — from ensuring cross-border supply chains for components, to enabling seamless operation of software across the stack for better customer satisfaction in this rapidly growing international market. There’s also increasing demand for shared best practices, for example in integrating quantum computers with high-performance computing (HPC) systems. For example special requirements for hardware like low operating temperatures and minimal noise, along with entirely new software stack architectures, make standardization even more essential. Interfaces still need to be defined to ensure interoperability of the solutions of the different vendors — and now is the time to do it right. This is a new and exciting area in the world of standardization, with international efforts taking shape in ISO/IEC JTC 3 and CEN/CENELEC JTC 22, and growing activity from IEEE as well. It was a real pleasure to reconnect with standardization experts — a familiar field for me from my years in international ICT standardization starting back in 2007. IQM Quantum Computers Mikko Välimäki Jan Goetz Tomi Riipinen Juha Hassel Inés De Vega Jouni Flyktman Sylwia Barthel de Weydenthal (she/her) Blair Robertson Milja Kalliosaari Ville Bergholm Photo credits: Vesa Linja-aho #QuantumComputing #Standardization #SESKO #QuantumTechnology #HPC #Innovation#ISO #IEC #IEEE #CENCENELEC

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At D-Wave, we believe that quantum and AI are complementary technologies that can work together to address customers’ difficult problems. As AI adoption accelerates, the demand for computational power continues to grow, leading to increased energy consumption and operational inefficiencies. Quantum computing offers a potential path forward — supporting faster, more scalable, and energy-efficient AI/ML workloads by optimizing processes and minimizing resource use. Learn more about D-Wave's Quantum AI development efforts: https://lnkd.in/gkw3yBTk #QuantumRealized #QuantumComputing #DWave #AI #QuantumAI #Technology #Optimization

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In just six years, a deeptech force has risen in France and across Europe. The momentum is here - now is the time to seize it. In 2019 the Deeptech Plan, operated by Bpifrance for #France2030, was launched to accelerate the transfer of breakthrough technologies and foster a strong deeptech ecosystem in France. Today, the results speak for themselves: 📈 385 deeptech startups created in 2024 – 2.3x more than in 2018, fueling a dynamic pipeline of innovation. 💰 €3.4 billion in revenue – Deeptech startups are scaling up and making an impact on the economy. 🚀 3x increase in deeptech funding since 2018, with €2.8 billion raised in 2024 despite a complex market environment. Bpifrance remains a key enabler, deploying €2.2 billion in funding (grants, loans, direct investment, fund of fund) in France to support deeptech startups at every stage. Europe, too, is gaining momentum: 🔄 75% of deeptech acquisitions were led by European actors, with 25 exits last year, showing the growing maturity of the ecosystem. 🌍 €15 billion raised by European deeptech startups in 2024, reinforcing Europe’s position as a global innovation hub that needs to scale As we move into 2025, the momentum continues. Our focus? Bringing in new players from other ecosystems (entrepreneurs and investors from digital and tech) and strengthening our European collaborations. Let’s keep building the future of deeptech together! #DeepTech #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #VentureCapital #France2030 #Bpifrance Paul-François Fournier Pascale Ribon Sophie Rémont Félix Hareng Magali Cauet 💚⭕️Déborah Adda Louise Caron Nolwenn Simonot David Marques Lilia O. Pierre MARI Antoine Caizergues Yasminath HOUNSINOU Yann Sander Jean-Baptiste Civit

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In his session at #GTCParis at #VivaTech on “AI Safety: From Autonomous Vehicles to Broader Physical AI,” Dr. Riccardo Mariani, VP of industry safety at NVIDIA, provided an overview of how an end-to-end architecture and foundation models are enabling new capabilities for #autonomousvehicles, providing a human-like driving experience. He explained that the AV community has been developing principles and guidelines to build safe products since its inception. The principles can be broadly described in three categories: Diversity, Monitoring, and Evidence. The NVIDIA Halos safety system is built on these principles and is the result of continuous investments in safety, from research and engineering to active engagement with international standards. Mariani emphasized that independent testing/certification is key to bringing safe autonomy to the world. He said leading certification and services entities have been briefed on the ANAB - ANSI National Accreditation Board-accredited NVIDIA AI Systems Inspection Lab and have indicated intent to consider lab reports as supplemental input to create greater efficiency and accelerate time to market for OEMs and developers. Showing support for the NVIDIA lab are CertX, exida, TÜV SÜD, TÜV Rheinland Group, and UL Solutions, as well as NewTec GmbH and Reynolds & Moore.

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At PRISM Eval, we've contributed to the development of the AILuminate Benchmark led by MLCommons, a central player in establishing international standards for the AI industry. The scientific paper we co-authored (Quentin Feuillade--Montixi, Pierre Peigné, Nicolas Miailhe, Kay Kozaronek and other brilliant minds) has just been released and is available here: https://lnkd.in/ei9-TQKm

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If intelligence is the log of compute… it starts with a lot of compute! And that’s why we’re scaling our GPU fleet faster than anyone else. Just last year, we added over 2 gigawatts of new capacity – roughly the output of 2 nuclear power plants. And today we’re going further, announcing the world's most powerful AI datacenter, located in southeastern Wisconsin. Fairwater is a seamless cluster of hundreds of thousands of NVIDIA GB200s, connected by enough fiber to circle the Earth 4.5 times. It will deliver 10x the performance of the world’s fastest supercomputer today, enabling AI training and inference workloads at a level never before seen. For AI training workloads, you need compute at exponential scale. That’s why we designed the datacenter, GPU fleet, and network together as one integrated system. This ensures a single job can run from day 1 at exponential scale across thousands of GPUs.  Fairwater uses a liquid-cooled closed-loop system for cooling GPUs that requires zero water for operations after construction. And we’re matching all of the energy that is consumed with renewable sources. And of course, it is just one of several similar sites we’re lighting up across our 70+ regions. We have multiple identical Fairwater datacenters under construction in other locations across the US, in addition to our AI infrastructure already deployed in over 100 datacenters around the world, powering model training, test-time compute, RL tuning, and real-time inference at global scale. Too often during times like this, people go with the current and only later wonder, how did we get here?  With Fairwater, we're charting a new path: doing the hard engineering work, bringing compute, network, and storage into one highly scaled cluster, and designing closed-loop energy systems to meet real-world computing needs. And partnering with local communities to ensure it's thoughtfully done in a way that is sustainable, creates new jobs, and expands opportunity.  We are thrilled to see this take hold in Wisconsin, and we are just getting started. Learn more about Fairwater here: https://lnkd.in/gpdni9gt

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GenAI impact assessment, 3 years later : Igor Carron CEO, portrait of LightOn started in 2016: from photonics for AI to start to building LLMs since 2021 now building sovereign foundational models. Simple, generic and repetitive tasks can easily be replaced by GenAI but people are expected to provide their expertise and will have more time to in the future. GenAI today portrait by MANGEANT Fabien Chief AI & Data Officer Air Liquide : not to replace people, but to augment people, and to improve operations. Yves Nicolas AI Group Program Director at Sopra Steria : GenAI is not magic, brings value in some use cases such as customer relationships or regulation gap analysis, but not everywhere. In European Trustworthy AI Association summit

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𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐞: 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐨 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐩𝐞 (𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧) One of the most promising European fusion start-ups is Renaissance Fusion. To discuss nuclear fusion in general, the company’s progress so far – and the major challenges that lie ahead – I travelled to Grenoble, France, and spoke to Francesco A. Volpe, its CEO and co-founder. Listen to the weekly Studio Energie podcast on your favourite podcast-app, or visit: * Spotify https://lnkd.in/eTSqj9rC * Apple Podcasts https://lnkd.in/ekUbF3-J * Soundcloud https://lnkd.in/eM5fwpBx

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𝗨𝗞 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲: 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 The UK has officially regained full access to the Horizon Europe program, including key sectors like 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 and 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲. This is excellent news for the European quantum ecosystem. British researchers and companies can once again: • Lead and contribute to Horizon Europe quantum flagship projects, • Strengthen partnerships across Europe, • Access new funding opportunities on equal terms with EU members. This return reinforces a broader trend: 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲. The UK brings substantial national investment — including its £2.5 billion National Quantum Strategy — and valuable industrial strength. By combining national programs with pan-European research networks, we expand both our scientific excellence and our strategic resilience. In quantum, 𝘀𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. Every participating country — EU member or associated state — brings a unique contribution to building a strong, interoperable European quantum infrastructure. The opportunity now is clear: 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲-𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 — not duplication, but integration. This spirit of structured, coordinated progress is exactly what the European Quantum Industry Consortium (QuIC) embodies. #QuantumTechnologies #QuantumComputing #QuantumSensing #QuantumCommunications #EuropeanSovereignty #HorizonEurope #UKQuantum #QuIC Alice & Bob Riverlane (Earl Campbell , Luigi Martiradonna, Alvaro Veliz Osorio ), LAKESTAR ADVISORS UK LLP (Stephen Nundy), MBRYONICS (John Mackey ), Quantum Futures, QURECA (Araceli Venegas-Gomez ), RedWave Labs Ltd (Dmitri Permogorov ), Universal Quantum ( Luc Gerardin), KETS Quantum Security (Chris Erven), Nu Quantum (Carmen Palacios-Berraquero), Quantum Motion (Jane Buglear )

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Nice to see Mistral AI sharing "the first comprehensive lifecycle analysis (LCA) of an AI model, in collaboration with Carbone 4, a leading consultancy in CSR and sustainability, and the French ecological transition agency (ADEME). To ensure robustness, this study was also peer-reviewed by Resilio and Hubblo, two consultancies specializing in environmental audits in the digital industry." Well worth a read, not only because of the particular results of the evaluated model, but also because of the learnings and recommendations they share with the community. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dp-FWx_W

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Autonomy isn’t the future of clean energy — it’s the present. Today we launched Avathon Autonomy for Autonomous Operations — the first end-to-end autonomous system designed for renewable energy. As clean energy scales, complexity is outpacing human response. Policy shifts, supply chain volatility, and margin pressure demand a new approach. Incremental improvements aren’t enough. With Avathon Autonomy, we’re introducing a new paradigm: renewable operations that make autonomous, always-on decisions — keeping production online, protecting margins, and enabling growth. Autonomy in renewables isn’t coming. It’s here. 👉 Full announcement: https://lnkd.in/eHM4Us3S #EnergyTransition #RenewableEnergy #ArtificialIntelligence #Sustainability

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