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Innovation and Private Capital x aulium

Thomas Viguier
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    95% of tenders in North America now include AI requirements, while France lags far behind. The gap isn't about innovation—France produces world-class startups—but about adoption speed, regulatory ...
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    • 2 months ago
    01:19:51
    Impact investing has been criticized as superficial—labeling without real change—but what happens when a fund puts 50% of its carry at risk unless it triples measurable impact? Rémi Said explains how ...
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    • 2 months ago
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    Bringing a drug to market in Europe costs as much as a typical pre-seed round just to comply with AI regulations — before a single line of code is written or a patient enrolled. That bottleneck is slo...
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    • 2 months ago
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    Can a business survive if its economics depend on anticipated regulation? Mahir Sahin, General Partner of Cloudberry Ventures, argues it cannot — a lesson that shapes every deep-tech investment decisi...
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    • 3 months ago
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    Can AI truly replace the weeks lawyers spend grinding through due diligence documents — or will it just reshape how legal value is delivered? As M&A dealmaking grows more complex, the manual work ...
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    • 3 months ago
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    Early-stage venture capital is often romanticized as spotting the next unicorn, but the real edge lies in understanding when to hold and when to exit. Nicolas Debock, partner leading Eurazeo's ear...
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    • 3 months ago
    01:07:23
    Roland Dennert argues that European tech could grow one hundred-fold over the next twenty years—but only if the continent's pension funds and insurers shift from allocating roughly one percent of ...
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    • 4 months ago
    01:06:02
    Most startups fail not from lack of talent, but from lack of experience. When a 28-year-old founder has only recruited three people in their life, they're walking into lethal mistakes that seem ob...
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    • 4 months ago
    01:05:47
    AI valuations have reached levels that Thomas Bigagli from Plug and Play calls totally insane. But not for the reasons you might think. According to Bigagli, the race is justified — because we are lit...
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    • 4 months ago
    01:08:41
    Being smart and hardworking isn't enough to build a successful startup. Timing, co-founders, networking, and sheer luck all play a role—and most entrepreneurs don't realize that until they'...
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    • 4 months ago
    01:14:24
    Contact centers are broken — not because humans don't want to help, but because they lack the capacity. PolyAI CTO Shawn Wen explains why AI automation isn't about replacement, but about augme...
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    • 5 months ago
    01:08:47
    Is the obsession with entrepreneurship putting unhealthy pressure on young people? Stephan Moraes, General Partner at Indico Capital Partners, challenges the narrative that everyone needs to be a CEO ...
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    • 5 months ago
    01:17:46
    What drives someone to disrupt music, television, and legal services across a 30-year career? Anthony Rose didn't plan to disrupt legal services—he just got tired of paying lawyers while building ...
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    • 5 months ago
    01:27:21
    The core challenge of scaling a business isn't just about hiring more people—it's about ensuring your organization doesn't grind to a halt under its own weight.Conrad Ford, Chief Product a...
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    • 5 months ago
    01:26:49
    The convergence of traditional finance and the blockchain is no longer a fringe concept; it is the next frontier of global banking. Adriana, the co-founder of Deblock and former COO of Revolut, explai...
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    • 6 months ago
    01:20:21
    How do you transition from a decade of bootstrapping to a high-profile exit with one of the world's largest private equity firms? Gregory Blondeau reveals the mechanics of scaling Proxyclick to $1...
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    • 6 months ago
    01:17:55
    Can AI fix the world’s most inefficient industry? Discover how automated engineering is slashing costs and carbon footprints for the next generation of skyscrapers.The construction sector has long ope...
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    • 6 months ago
    01:05:42
    Can your hospitality business survive the next five years without owning its customer data? Discover how to stop leaking revenue and build a resilient brand in the most challenging economic climate in...
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    • 7 months ago
    01:25:44
    Is the era of pure B2B SaaS dominance coming to an end? Discover why top investors are shifting focus toward hardware as the ultimate defensive moat in the age of AI.The venture capital landscape is u...
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    • 7 months ago
    01:12:30
    How do you move billions between Europe and China safely, instantly, and at a fraction of the cost? We explore the hidden infrastructure powering the world's most complex payment rails.In this epi...
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    • 7 months ago
    51:52
    Why do billion-dollar consumer brands lose market share to small insurgents despite having access to more data? Discover how fusing human expertise with vertical AI solves the critical "data-to-d...
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    • 7 months ago
    01:05:36
    Are we witnessing a dangerous bubble in AI data center construction, similar to the 19th-century railway mania? Discover how institutional investors are distinguishing between hype and the genuine str...
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    • 8 months ago
    55:31
    Long term investors win when they respect macro risk, culture, and liquidity.In this conversation, Thomas digs into how Jean-Baptiste thinks about capital deployment after two decades in private equit...
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    • 8 months ago
    47:21
    Here’s a founder story that blends speed, scars, and systems. Thomas with co-host Markus digs in with Pavel Guzhikov—co-founder of Uzbekistan’s Uzum and now building Meadows—on how he thinks from day ...
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    • 9 months ago
    01:10:53