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Why Withings Founder Eric Carreel Bought His Company Back From Nokia

And why he may go back to the same investors who pushed him to sell his connected-health startup.

Why LVMH Won't Buy Into The Latest, New Tech Craze

We don’t need to try every new thing, says the luxury conglomerate’s new chief digital officer.

Softbank's Robotics BusinessPrepares To Scale Up

Billionaire Masa Son's robotics business struggled to integrate a $100 million French startup. Now it must find synergies with BostonDynamics and flog many more units of the doe-eyed Pepper robot.

Ocado Is The Latest Tech Firm To Teach AI In British Schools

Schools don’t have the money to keep apace with tech’s latest concepts, so Ocado, Nvdia and Amazon are stepping in as third-party teachers.

Recruitment App DebutRaises $6.7 Million To Rip Up Résumés

It’s building up an expertise in machine learning to match graduates with employers, and hitting a conversion rate as high as 10%.

Kroger Goes Big On Robotics But May Trail Amazon And Walmart On Speed

The whizzy warehouses it’s getting from Ocado don’t offer the within-hours delivery that more Americansaredemanding.

Amazon's Alexa Can't Distinguish A Human Voice, But This Tiny Cambridge Startup Might Teach It How

Audio Analytic is teaching machines how to hear. That could make speakers like the Echo far smarter.

The Startup President:How France's Macron Nearly Built An EdTech Company

Exactly one year since Macron became France's boldest president, things could have been very different. The young banker looked into launching his own startup before jumping into politics, Forbes has learned.

Meet Xavier Niel, The Tech Billionaire Turning France Into A Startup Mecca

He’s built a startup incubator the size of an airport and has the French president on speed dial. To get here, he blasted through one of the clubbiest business networks in the world.

Why iPod Creator Tony Fadell Is Bringing His Old Co-Workers ToFrance

Twice burned bySilicon Valley, the tech tycoon is working out of France’s enormous startupincubator Station F -- and helping his Bay Area friends move over.