Paris: Europe’s Innovation Capital
Paris is Europe’s #1 FDI destination (6 consecutive years), home to Station F (world’s largest startup campus), and the headquarters of AI champions Mistral AI and Hugging Face. The city attracts 70%+ of France’s venture capital and houses the densest concentration of AI talent on the European continent.
Key Districts
13th Arrondissement (Station F): Startup epicenter. 1,000+ startups, 30+ programs.
Paris-Saclay: Europe’s largest research cluster. CEA, CNRS, École Polytechnique, INRIA, HEC.
La Défense: Corporate innovation labs (Total, BNP Paribas, Société Générale).
Sentier/Le Marais: Scale-up cluster. Contentsquare, Alan, Qonto offices.
Batignolles: Emerging tech cluster around the new Palais de Justice area.
Talent Pipeline
Paris’s grandes écoles produce 15,000+ STEM graduates annually. École Polytechnique, ENS Paris, CentraleSupélec, Mines ParisTech, and HEC create a unique blend of mathematical rigor and entrepreneurial ambition. The French Tech Visa attracts 8,000+ international tech workers.