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Top 20 AI research institutes based in France

RevenueBase identified 42 company matches for AI research institutes associated with France as of November 2026 and tracks 1,540 professional contacts across them, including 166 with verified work emails. Paris is the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for AI research institutes associated with France, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed November 6, 2026.

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1,540Contacts tracked
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The 20 largest AI research institutes based in France

Ranked by team size
Top 20 of 42 company matches for AI research institutes based in France, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Nov 6, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
#CompanyRevenueBase SmartSearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Exact matchToulouse, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026501-1,000381 contacts →

Exact match

“IRIT was founded in 1990.”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
2Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500184 contacts →

Exact match

“L'ISIR (Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique) est une Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR sous la tutelle de Sorbonne Université, du CNRS et de l’Inserm (ERL-U1150).”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
3Exact matchRennes, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026501-1,000164 contacts →

Exact match

“IRISA, a joint research unit IRISA is today one of the largest French research laboratory (more than 850 people) in the field of computer science and information technologies.”

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4Exact matchVandoeuvre-lès-nancy, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500162 contacts →

Exact match

“Le Loria, Laboratoire lorrain de Recherche en Informatique et ses Applications, est une Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR 7503), commune à plusieurs établissements : le CNRS…”

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5Exact matchAubiere, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500150 contacts →

Exact match

“Since its creation in 2012, the Institut Pascal gave birth to a structuring cluster in the field of «Engineering and Systems Sciences» aimed at national and international…”

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6Exact matchFamars, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-20082 contacts →

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“Véritable outil au service de la filière ferroviaire, l’Institut de Recherche Technologique (IRT) Railenium conduit des projets de recherche et d’innovation partenariales…”

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7Exact matchMontpellier, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-50039 contacts →

Exact match

“Le Laboratoire d'Informatique, de Robotique et de Microélectronique de Montpellier - LIRMM - est une unité mixte de recherche, dépendant conjointement de l'Université Montpellier…”

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8Exact matchToulouse, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-20038 contacts →

Exact match

“ANITI fait partie, avec Grenoble, Nice et Paris, des quatre instituts interdisciplinaires d’intelligence artificielle (3IA) mis en place dans le cadre du Programme Investissements…”

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9Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5029 contacts →

Exact match

“Twin Labs is a French AI lab backed by Clem Delangue & Thomas Wolf (HuggingFace), Irwan Bello & Romain Huet (OpenAI), Charles Gorintin (Alan, Mistral), Mehdi Ghissassi & Romuald…”

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10Exact matchNantes, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-50024 contacts →

Exact match

“The GeM Laboratory (Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering) is a Joint Research Unit (UMR 6183) associated with Nantes University, École Centrale de Nantes, and…”

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11Exact matchLacroix-saint-ouen, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5017 contacts →

Exact match

“Psycle advises and supports industrial companies in the integration of Artificial Intelligence solutions.”

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12Exact matchTalence, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5012 contacts →

Exact match

“We’ve been working since 2019 to understand, explain, adapt and leverage AI research and innovation for organisations and companies!”

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13Exact matchSaint-hippolyte-le-graveyron, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5011 contacts →

Exact match

“Fondé en 2018 par Augustin Huret, l'Institut Français d'Intelligence Artificielle contribue à bâtir des champions Français en permettant de faire de l'IA un avantage compétitif…”

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14Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5010 contacts →

Exact match

“Notre vision L'IA est un moteur de transformation majeur, mais son essor en entreprise reste décevant.”

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15Exact matchMetz Cedex 03, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-2008 contacts →

Exact match

“Le LCOMS est un laboratoire multidisciplinaire de l’Université de Lorraine.”

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16Exact matchIssy Les Moulineaux, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-106 contacts →

Exact match

“Impact AI is a think & do tank that brings together different stakeholders: companies, private or public entities, research institutes and educational partners interested in AI.”

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17Exact matchGrenoble, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-104 contacts →

Exact match

“The Business Analytics Institute is dedicated to transforming organizational decision-making through collaborative intelligence.”

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18Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-503 contacts →

Exact match

“Karlton Research, the "Augmented Human Intelligence" group, is the mother corporation of Geeglee, Hyb'RID and System Value”

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19Exact matchCarqueiranne, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-102 contacts →

Exact match

“Ecofrontiers is an applied research agency that builds actionable infrastructure at the intersection of AI, blockchain, and environmental finance.”

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20Exact matchLyon, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-101 contacts →

Exact match

“AIZEND Ai & International Artificial Intelligence”

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AI research institutes based in France at a glance

As of Nov 6, 2026
10.8%Verified-email coverage
36.7Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
23.8%Largest-city concentration · Paris
Nov 6, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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11-50
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51-200
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201-500
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501-1,000
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1,001-5,000
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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for France, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for France, over 42 companies.

How this list was built

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Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Company records associated with France whose business descriptions match “AI research institutes” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
Public preview
The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Where headquarters information is recorded, preview rows are also filtered to this page’s location. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 166 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on November 6, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Record context
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “AI research institutes”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many AI research institutes are there based in France?

RevenueBase identified 42 company matches for AI research institutes associated with France as of November 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

Irit Institut DE Recherche EN Informatique DE Toulouse tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which city has the most AI research institutes?

Paris leads with 10 company records, followed by Grenoble (2) and Lyon (2).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 166 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 42 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on November 6, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.