Benoît Bergeret

Board Member - strategies.ai

Former ONE AI participant

Benoit (Ben) Bergeret is a long-time AI serial entrepreneur who has spent his career commercialising AI and other digital technologies. Benoit recently returned to France from the United States, and advises governmental bodies and public sector organizations, as well as C-level executives in global corporations on AI adoption and strategies. He has broad international experience working with corporate clients of all sizes (including Bull, IBM, Lucent Technologies, Vinci), and building companies from scratch in Europe and in the United States. Educated in “Industrial Applications of Artificial Intelligence” (at the Compiègne University of Technology), he is one of only 25 certified “AI and data experts” with France’s public investment bank, bpifrance. Benoît is a long-time advisor to Caisse des Dépôts and to the French Tech Mission. He is also an Honorary Ambassador of ‘La French Tech’ in San Francisco. Benoit is a member of the investment committee of the French Tech Acceleration government fund which is endowed with 215 MEUR to strengthen the technology start-up ecosystem in France and abroad. He is a co-founder and board member of Hub France IA (“French AI Hub”), an industry non-profit that aims to facilitate the AI ecosystem in France and Europe.

Benoît Bergeret's publications

Technical community

How private applied AI R&D labs can make AI work for mid-size businesses

Private applied AI R&D labs are the key to keeping European mid-size businesses (MSBs) competitive.

October 23, 2020 — 8 min read

Benoît Bergeret's videos

AI diffusion in firms: what do we know and what does it mean for policy?

February 6, 2021–

60 mins

New and emerging applications of AI systems are proliferating, yet development, diffusion and use of AI technologies are still at a relatively early level of maturity across many countries and firms. This session aims to explore the current understanding and knowledge gaps on the dynamics and drivers of AI diffusion, the factors affecting diffusion and the type of AI used by firms. This will inform the development and implementation of a survey of AI use by business being carried out under the AI-WIPS project.

Benoît Bergeret's documents

Spotlight on EU medium-sized business

February 12, 2021

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