Savoir Faire, Faire Savoir — The Tour | Quatrain Technologies

Invited by MEDEF Vaucluse and risingSUD, Olivier Lépine joined the panel "Entreprendre avec impact: comment les entreprises à mission transforment l'économie" — alongside Frédéric Guétin (Etex) and Muriel Lecou (GSE), moderated by Eric Ingargiola (MEDEF). A frank conversation on how mission-driven governance reshapes strategy, capital allocation, and the path to Solvency before Sustainability.

• Panel on Mission-Driven Enterprises with Etex & GSE
• Hosted by MEDEF Vaucluse & risingSUD
• Solvency before Sustainability in practice

As a purpose-driven venture, First Venture exhibited at the world's largest event for the planet — presenting our Sovereign-by-design, soil-centric decision-support solution and animating our own workshop on Voice-first AI for resilient agriculture.

• First Venture booth at the Grand Palais
• Workshop on Voice-first AI for farmers
• Heroes of Change · purpose-driven venture

Co-animated alongside our friends at OSFARM, the GAIA AI Hackathon brought together students, engineers, and farmers to prototype Voice-first, Open Model solutions for European agriculture — turning conversations in the field into deployable code in 48 hours.

• Co-hosted with OSFARM association
• Voice-first AgTech prototypes
• Open Model sovereignty in practice

Featured speaker on the panel "AI for Smart and Resilient Agriculture: From Research to Solutions" alongside Inria CEO Henri Verdier, INRAE's Dr. Carole Caranta & Dr. Thierry Caquet, FAO's Dr. Vincent Martin, and BAIF's Dr. Bharat Kakade. We advocated for Voice-first interfaces and Open Models as the path to inclusive, sovereign intelligence. Our booth received the honour of a visit from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron.

• Panel with Inria, INRAE, FAO & BAIF on AI for Resilient Agriculture
• Booth visit by PM Narendra Modi & President Emmanuel Macron
• Euromed-Gulf-India corridor partnerships

Our first exposition under the new motto — "Ground Truth, Global Vision." First Venture joined the international panel on AI in Agriculture at the Gulfood NXT Stage, sharing how Sovereign-by-design, soil-centric intelligence delivers immediate revenue gains across the Euromed-Gulf-India corridor.

• International panel on AI in Agriculture
• New motto unveiled: Ground Truth, Global Vision
• Forward Fooding Startup Programme partner

Olivier Lépine mentored teams at the Agreen Defi AI Hackathon during SIVAL — the leading European trade show for plant production. 48 hours of intensive prototyping where students, engineers, and growers built Voice-first, Open Model solutions for specialised crops.

• Mentorship for student & engineering teams
• Voice-first prototypes for specialised crops
• European AgTech sovereignty in practice

First Venture joined the France delegation at GITEX Global — the Gulf's definitive stage for Hardware, Software & AI. Ribbon-cut at the Pavillon France alongside Région Sud leadership, we showcased Sovereign-by-design Voice-AI to operators across the Euromed-Gulf-India corridor.

• France delegation · Pavillon France
• Hardware, Software & AI in the Gulf
• Corridor partnerships from Day One

At the invitation of the Tamil Nadu government and French Tech India, First Venture joined the Global Startup Summit "Disrupt to Rise" — presided by Hon'ble Chief Minister Thiru. M.K. Stalin. We took the keynote stage to share Voice-first, Open Model intelligence for the 70% of Indian farmers who own a smartphone but rarely use it beyond basic communication.

• Keynote at the Global Startup Summit main stage
• Guests of the Tamil Nadu government & French Tech India
• Voice-AI for India's 70% smartphone-owning farmers

Co-animated with our friends at OSFARM at SPACE — the global trade show for animal farming — the GreenTech AI Hackathon gathered students, engineers, and livestock professionals on the Espace Jeunes stage. 48 hours to prototype Voice-first, Open Model solutions purpose-built for breeders and the realities of the barn.

• Co-hosted with OSFARM association
• Voice-first AI for livestock farming
• Espace Jeunes main stage · SPACE Rennes

At IGIC — an initiative by Smadja & Smadja — Olivier Lépine joined the panel "The Race to Market: The Changing Paradigm for the Go-To-Market Process," debating how AI, Deep Tech, and disciplined capital are reshaping product-market fit. We argued for Voice-first, Sovereign-by-design intelligence as the fastest route from prototype to revenue across the Euromed-Gulf-India corridor.

• Panel: The Race to Market — AI, Deep Tech & Go-To-Market
• Cross-border founders, accelerators & investors
• Sovereign-by-design path to product-market fit