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Rexel supports the creation of a French AI research champion
On September 15, 2020, Rexel and
four other major French companies
announced Hi! Paris, an interdisciplinary
center for research excellence
in the fields of artificial intelligence and data analysis.
Led by two prestigious grandes écoles,
Institut Polytechnique and HEC,
Hi! Paris aims to become a French
and European champion of science,
technology, and business, capable of
rivalling the world s finest institutions. Its research on avant-garde projects
will be the guarantee of improved
competitivity for the companies
that can implement it.
The center is the result of a close
partnership between the academic
world and innovative companies
involved in the digital revolution.
Rexel thus joined forces with Total,
L Oréal, Capgemini, and Kering
to create the project.
In so doing, the Group intends to
maintain its technological lead
and be recognized as a global reference
in the use of AI for the energy industry.
The alliance between today s industrial
leaders and the top thinkers
and researchers of the world
of tomorrow is the key to our success
in the coming years, says
Patrick Berard, CEO of Rexel.