STATION F

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

Did you know that the most Instagrammed toilets were created right here at STATION F?! Back in 2017, one of our founders, Hugo Volpei (Incubateur HEC Paris program), had a simple idea: make toilets people would actually want to photograph. So he created Trone. Before it even opened, Big Mamma trusted him to design the toilets for La Felicità. When the doors opened, people queued... for the bathrooms. Today, Trone has become an iconic French design brand. Their toilets are installed in some of the country's best restaurants, photographed thousands of times, and even visited by heads of state. And yes, thanks to him, we have the most stylish toilets in France 😏 Super article from La Provence on Hugo and the Trone journey in comments!

What if your next pilot project was in a 2,000-year-old city? We’re looking for 10 international startups to co-develop innovative solutions with RCU and its partners, supporting the continued evolution of AlUla’s tourism ecosystem. Over three months at STATION F, founders will work with the The Royal Commission for AlUla and Galeries Lafayette on the future of tourism - with the opportunity to deploy their solution in AlUla. Apply NOW 👇 https://lnkd.in/edkYz5J3

Alright Internet, let's see how creative you are! During summer holidays, we host fewer events on campus - and so these spaces are available for your crazy and original ideas! Can be an event, an installation, something else ... We've hosted concerts, comedy shows, art installations, and more. A robot party? An indoor version of Paris Plages because it's way too hot to go outside? Get in touch if you want to use our space to do something original this summer! You can reach out to events (at) stationf (dot) co

$30 MILLION. Yes, you read that right. Huge congratulations to Marco Bertone and the entire Syntetica team on announcing a $30M Series A led by Bpifrance Green Venture, with strategic participation from lululemon and MAS Holdings. For decades, recycling nylon has been one of the industry's toughest challenges. Syntetica found a way to recycle both Nylon 6 and Nylon 6.6 together - transforming textile waste into virgin-quality nylon, without forcing manufacturers to reinvent their supply chains. Oh, and Syntetica is one of our Future 40 startups - and one of our leading climate startups. It's exciting to see deeptech founders tackling some of the hardest industrial challenges and proving that sustainability and scale can go hand in hand. Congrats Marco and the whole team!!