Built a Photonics Company in Paris, the First French LLM, and Took It Public
IgorCarron · x · 2026-10-06
Igor Carron echoes Anton Osika's "it's hard to build in Europe, do it anyway," citing a track record: started a hardware photonics company in Paris, built the first LLM in French, and took the company public. His message: most VCs won't understand what you're doing, but "you cannot lose with the best engineers in the world."
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