Ten years ago, Stripe opened its first offices in France. A decade later, the French ecosystem has transformed: iconic companies have reinvented themselves, a new generation of startups has emerged, and platforms have enabled hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs to launch their ventures. We brought together some of the figures who have contributed to this transformation, over a lunch.
The second of two conversations focuses on how iconic French companies are reinventing themselves in the age of AI and agents with:
Lou Grasser (Chief Digital Operations Officer, Le Monde)
Carole Roth (Senior VP Hotel Experience, Accor)
Matthieu Stefani (Host, Génération Do It Yourself)
Key moments:
00:01:06 Le Monde and the subscription model
00:05:22 Accor's asset-light model
00:09:36 The Microsoft reinvention
00:12:14 How large corporations stay agile and innovative
00:22:41 Matthieu Stefani's perspective on the Chinese model
00:28:13 How AI is changing the way they do business
00:29:34 The next decade
