{"id":6537,"date":"2026-04-17T05:16:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T05:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/6537\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T05:16:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T05:16:45","slug":"amd-and-the-french-government-announce-plans-to-advance-ai-innovation-research-and-open-ecosystem-development-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/6537\/","title":{"rendered":"AMD and the French Government Announce Plans to Advance AI Innovation, Research and Open Ecosystem Development in France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>News Highlights:<\/p>\n<p>Collaboration to strengthen French digital future through expanded access to AMD AI compute resources and training for French researchers, educators, developers and AI start-ups.<br \/>\nAMD to unlock the potential of the Alice Recoque, France\u2019s planned first Exascale supercomputer, to advance France\u2019s AI and research capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>PARIS, France \u2013 April 16, 2026 \u2013 Today, AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) and representatives of the French government announced plans to deepen collaboration in support of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elysee.fr\/en\/emmanuel-macron\/2025\/02\/11\/make-france-an-ai-powerhouse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">France\u2019s National Strategy for AI<\/a>, aimed at accelerating local AI innovation, expanding access to open and advanced compute resources for the local AI ecosystem and strengthening France\u2019s position in the global AI landscape.<\/p>\n<p>The Letter of Intent (LOI) was signed in Paris at the French Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industrial, Energy and Digital Sovereignty. AMD senior vice president, Global AI Markets, Keith Strier, joined Philippe Baptiste, Minister of Higher Education, Research and Space, S\u00e9bastien Martin, Minister Delegate in charge of Industry, and Anne Le H\u00e9nanff, Minister Delegate in charge of Artificial Intelligence and Digital, for the formal signing.<\/p>\n<p>The multi-year collaboration aims to strengthen France\u2019s AI ecosystem through infrastructure, research and education. To help expand AI expertise and enable diversity and resilience across the French AI ecosystem, AMD plans to provide researchers, developers and startups with hardware, software and training through its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\/en\/corporate\/university-program.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AMD University Program<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\/en\/developer\/ai-dev-program.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AMD AI Developer Program<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\/en\/developer\/resources\/training\/amd-ai-academy.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AMD AI Academy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, AMD will continue to deepen its collaboration with GENCI, the Jules Verne Consortium and CEA in connection with <a href=\"https:\/\/ir.amd.com\/news-events\/press-releases\/detail\/1267\/amd-and-eviden-to-power-europes-new-exascale-supercomputer-the-first-based-in-france\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alice Recoque<\/a>, expected to be France\u2019s first exascale supercomputer powered by AMD technology, through a planned Center of Excellence designed to provide expertise, training and ecosystem support to help fully harness the power of the Alice Recoque AI supercomputer and advance the broader AI Factory France ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>Philippe Baptiste, Minister of Higher Education, Research and Space, stated:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cFrance has all the assets needed to assert its central role in the development of artificial intelligence: world-class fundamental and applied research, globally renowned engineers, and unique infrastructures in Europe. Through this partnership with AMD, we are strengthening our scientific and academic ecosystem by providing high-quality support to our researchers, teachers, and students, granting them unprecedented access to cutting-edge infrastructures. The Alice Recoque supercomputer, operated by GENCI and the CEA, marks a decisive step in enhancing our research and innovation capabilities, both in the public and private sectors. I am convinced that this will enable us to better meet the scientific challenges of our time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>S\u00e9bastien Martin, Minister Delegate for Industry, stated:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAMD not only brings the technology and expertise to power Alice Recoque but also commits to working with the French Government on the local economic and social benefits of the research undertaken. This letter of intent paves the way for a fruitful public-private collaboration. It will contribute to France\u2019s ambitious strategy for technological sovereignty. France must become a global leader in AI, not only in research, but also in the AI value chain, from electronics to software, focusing on value creation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anne Le H\u00e9nanff, Minister Delegate for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Affairs, stated:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no AI without infrastructure. Building a strong and sustainable digital future requires working across the entire value chain and diversifying our partnerships. I welcome AMD\u2019s strong commitment to engaging with our startup ecosystem and contributing to a more resilient and innovative landscape\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Keith Strier, senior vice president, Global AI Markets, AMD, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrance has implemented one of the most ambitious national AI programs in Europe, capitalizing on its robust AI ecosystem, world-class academic programs and an advanced energy and data infrastructure. AMD looks forward to providing the workbench to expand the frontiers of industrial and scientific innovation in France, and maximize the upside of sovereign AI investments, by enabling France\u2019s AI community to harness AMD\u2019s broad portfolio of high-performance computing platforms and open software ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>About AMD<\/p>\n<p>AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) drives innovation in high-performance and AI computing to solve the world\u2019s most important challenges. Today, AMD technology powers billions of experiences across cloud and AI infrastructure, embedded systems, AI PCs and gaming. With a broad portfolio of AI-optimized CPUs, GPUs, networking and software, AMD delivers full-stack AI solutions that provide the performance and scalability needed for a new era of intelligent computing. Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/amdcloud.sharepoint.com\/sites\/GlobalCommunicationsPartnerHub\/Shared%20Documents\/EMEA\/02%20-%20Announcements%20&amp;%20events\/2026\/04%20April\/www.amd.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.amd.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>CAUTIONARY STATEMENT\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) such as AMD\u2019s partnership with the French government including plans, expected timing and expected benefits; and the ability of AMD to provide its AMD AI compute portfolio and software ecosystem, which are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are commonly identified by words such as &#8220;would,&#8221; &#8220;may,&#8221; &#8220;expects,&#8221; &#8220;believes,&#8221; &#8220;plans,&#8221; &#8220;intends,&#8221; &#8220;projects&#8221; and other terms with similar meaning. Investors are cautioned that the forward-looking statements in this press release are based on current beliefs, assumptions and expectations, speak only as of the date of this press release and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations. Such statements are subject to certain known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and are generally beyond AMD&#8217;s control, that could cause actual results and other future events to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied or projected by, the forward-looking information and statements. Material factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, without limitation, the following: impact of government actions and regulations such as export regulations, import tariffs, trade protection measures, and licensing requirements; competitive markets in which AMD\u2019s products are sold; the cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry; market conditions of the industries in which AMD products are sold; AMD\u2019s ability to introduce products on a timely basis with expected features and performance levels; loss of a significant customer; economic and market uncertainty; quarterly and seasonal sales patterns; AMD&#8217;s ability to adequately protect its technology or other intellectual property; unfavorable currency exchange rate fluctuations; ability of third party manufacturers to manufacture AMD&#8217;s products on a timely basis in sufficient quantities and using competitive technologies; availability of essential equipment, materials, substrates or manufacturing processes; ability to achieve expected manufacturing yields for AMD\u2019s products; AMD&#8217;s ability to generate revenue from its semi-custom SoC products; potential security vulnerabilities; potential security incidents including IT outages, data loss, data breaches and cyberattacks; uncertainties involving the ordering and shipment of AMD\u2019s products; AMD\u2019s reliance on third-party intellectual property to design and introduce new products; AMD&#8217;s reliance on third-party companies for design, manufacture and supply of motherboards, software, memory and other computer platform components; AMD&#8217;s reliance on Microsoft and other software vendors&#8217; support to design and develop software to run on AMD\u2019s products; AMD\u2019s reliance on third-party distributors and add-in-board partners; impact of modification or interruption of AMD\u2019s internal business processes and information systems; compatibility of AMD\u2019s products with some or all industry-standard software and hardware; costs related to defective products; failure to maintain an efficient supply change as customer demand changes; AMD&#8217;s ability to rely on third party supply-chain logistics functions; AMD\u2019s ability to effectively control sales of its products on the gray market; impact of climate change on AMD\u2019s business; AMD\u2019s ability to realize its deferred tax assets; potential tax liabilities; current and future claims and litigation; impact of environmental laws, conflict minerals related provisions and other laws or regulations; evolving\u00a0 expectations from governments, investors, customers and other stakeholders regarding corporate responsibility matters; issues related to the responsible use of AI; restrictions imposed by agreements governing AMD\u2019s notes, the guarantees of Xilinx\u2019s notes and the revolving credit agreement; AMD\u2019s ability to satisfy financial obligations under guarantees and other commercial commitments; impact of acquisitions, joint ventures and\/or investments on AMD\u2019s business and AMD\u2019s ability to integrate acquired businesses; impact of any impairment of the combined company\u2019s assets; political, legal and economic risks and natural disasters; future impairments of technology license purchases; AMD\u2019s ability to attract and retain key employees; and AMD\u2019s stock price volatility. Investors are urged to review in detail the risks and uncertainties in AMD\u2019s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not limited to AMD\u2019s most recent reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"News Highlights: Collaboration to strengthen French digital future through expanded access to AMD AI compute resources and training&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[24,25,5977],"class_list":{"0":"post-6537","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ai","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-corporate"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}