France is having a tech resurgence. The country has sizable IT, software and consulting sectors and is even the home nation of Capgemini, a recognizable IT employer. But recently, new tech leaders launched the French Tech 2030 campaign to support new emerging companies and technologies.
In particular, France is betting big on AI and aims to become a powerhouse in the nascent industry. It has launched investment projects in major AI companies operating in the country, meanwhile, companies like Mistral AI and Dust are already gaining recognition for their work.
Below are some of the top tech companies in France, ranging from AI to fintech, that you should know about.
Top Tech Companies in France to Know
- Comcast
- Blackline
- Capgemini
- BlaBlaCar
- Dataiku
- Qonto
- Doctolib
Top Tech Companies in France
GitLab provides programmers and developers with an AI-powered DevSecOps platform so they can deliver their software securely and efficiently. One of its solutions is GitLab Duo, which implements AI throughout the software development lifecycle. The company aims to deliver monthly innovative solutions that allow developers to ship code quickly.
Mistral AI is a new name in the artificial intelligence race but is already making waves. Its AI model is open-source and fluent in various languages. Because of its customizable nature, Mistral AI has multiple uses but excels at customer support and translation.
Orange is a familiar brand in France and throughout Europe. The company is one of the larger telecommunications providers that support mobile, home internet and TV plans. Orange also provides business services like multi-cloud connectivity and cloud computing.
Hivebrite is a software company that makes a private, subscription-based networking platform that is used by educational and corporate alumni communities, professional associations and nonprofits. More exclusive and private than a social media network and with broader reach than off-line networking groups, Hivebrite networks are known for high quality connections, which users turn to for job connections, hiring and socializing. Hivebrite’s headquarters are in Paris.
Inato is a healthtech company that makes software products for optimizing clinical trials. Based in Paris with a global remote workforce, the company serves researchers and pharma companies by offering tools that manage trial population recruiting within a global clinical trial marketplace. Other Inato tools manage trial site selection and performance tracking.
Navan provides technology solutions for corporate travel and expense management. Its platform includes a marketplace of travel options, 24/7 access to support and customizable dashboards for real-time data visibility. By leveraging these tools, businesses can save time on expense reconciliation and reduce costs associated with business travel bookings. It’s hiring in Paris.
InterSystems develops technology that ensures data is clean and accessible to support a variety of business use cases. Its products include the InterSystems Supply Chain Orchestrator, which connects data sources to produce insights that enable supply chain efficiency, as well as HealthShare, a suite of connected care and analytics solutions.
Dataiku bills itself as a platform for “Everyday AI” and has developed an easy-to-use platform that encompasses generative AI, data preparation, visualization and analytics. The company aims to be a single source of AI for its clients, mitigating data risk and improving outcomes.
Dynatrace makes tech for software observability, which offers B2B clients a method and space through which to collect the data they generate while using various software programs. On the Dynatrace platform, this data is collected and then analyzed with AI to generate insights, create automations and triage future IT incidents. Dynatrace’s French office is in Paris, where its customer success, engineering, data science, HR and marketing teams work.
Datadog is a cloud monitoring company that boasts it was “designed by engineers, for engineers.” It employs speciality engineers to build and test solutions for a variety of services including cybersecurity, infrastructure monitoring and serverless computing. The company is committed to sharing tech libraries across the industries and keeps client codes and instrumentation libraries open source.
Software firm ServiceNow offers an AI-powered and cloud-based platform that manages workflow and process automations for enterprise businesses. As a management tool, it offers the ability to integrate multiple simultaneous workflows, which create sequencing, triggers, pacing and automations for technology, employees and customer interactions. Separate from its platform, it also offers a la carte software products for customer service, field service and many other B2B management elements.
Taboola has an office in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It aims to help businesses leave lasting impressions on consumers with well-timed advertisements. The company offers a discovery platform, which allows users to choose ad placement in visible positions near high-quality content.
Notion’s connected workspace solutions are designed to support user collaboration, productivity and organization. Its product features include an AI-powered virtual assistant as well as time management tools that enable efficient scheduling, even for team members working across different time zones.
Comcast Advertising is the advertising division of Comcast Cable and it operates an office in Paris. Through its media and tech arm, Comcast Advertising delivers tech and data platforms that enable marketers to connect with audiences and measure their campaign performance. The company also provides solutions through its Effectv platform to provide localized services.
Accessible for SMEs and freelancers, Qonto is a fintech platform that simplifies finances. The platform features invoicing, spend management and bookkeeping tools. For freelancers, Qonto provides a branded card that tracks receipts and invoices on one platform.
Snap offers the Snapchat media app, which combines communication and visual media. It allows users to engage with their contacts through messages, images or videos, and provides them access to an array of lenses and filters. It integrated a ChatGPT chatbot into its app, which enriches user interactions with personalized real-time conversation and suggestions. The company has a French office in Quartier Pigalle, Paris.
Acquia offers enterprise solutions, one of which is its Acquia Cloud Platform, which supplies enterprise-grade security, development tools and hosting services. It also owns the Acquia Site Factory, which is a single dashboard that enables marketing teams to manage their multiple sites. The company has a French office in the 9th arrondissement.
Doctolib is a telehealth platform that connects patients to various medical specialists. The platform launched in France in 2013 and has since expanded to Germany and Italy.
Dust’s platform helps clients build AI platforms. Through its platform, companies can import their data and create tailored assistants to help with workflows and operations. Furthermore, Dust also handles the AI back-end and ensures it provides the most advanced models.
Capgemini is one of France’s largest technology companies, with some 270,000 employees worldwide. The company provides a full range of IT solutions, from cybersecurity to cloud computing and AI development.
Accounting can be tedious, but BlackLine is changing the game with its modern financial solutions. Its platform unifies data and processes, enabling it to automate repetitive tasks. Through its various products, financial teams also gain access to invoicing, reconciliation and analytics tools.
Magna International is a supplier of components and technology to the mobility and automotive space. It makes interior and exterior body parts, electrical systems, powertrain systems, chassis systems and the hardware and software to support ADAS systems that make it easier for drivers to park and navigate. In France, Magna’s Complete Vehicle divisions operate two engineering sites where 150 team members develop vehicles from start to finish.
AB Tasty offers a digital experience optimization platform that serves as a modeling space for clients to test out changes and tweaks to their online performance. With functionality to support tests, experiments and models on both active existing and in-process digital assets, the platform allows clients to assess effectiveness before unveiling changes to their own clients and users. AB Tasty has offices in major cities around the globe, including Paris.
Equativ is a Paris-headquartered adtech company that offers specialized marketing for advanced TV and premium content publishing to offer what it calls “brand and privacy-safe solutions.” The company operates its own independent ad server, supply-side platform and demand-side platform for media buying. The company has offices, and hires, all over the world.
Blending carpooling and ridesharing, BlaBlaCar’s platform connects passengers with drivers and buses going to the same destination. After inputting their desired destination, passengers can select from a list of vetted drivers and split the cost of the ride. Founded in 2006, BlaBlaCar has since expanded throughout Europe and has helped millions of people travel by carpooling.
Adyen offers a single site for revenue optimization, end-to-end payment solutions, fraud prevention, financial products, data-driven insights and the ability to place payments online, in-person or in-app. The fintech company has teams in over two dozen locations that include Chicago, Shanghai, Mexico City and the 9th arrondissement area of Paris.
