Philippe MEDA
The Vision Pro is officially a dud
Last year, I was expressing clear doubts about the interest of Apple Vision Pro:
Still no clear use case, still no precise demographics. That tech enthusiasts will buy it makes no doubt, but they are called innovators and early adopters for a reason: they're not the core market.
🔵 Cruising in chaos - Part 5, Pierre Wack's scenario planning
In this series of articles, which started this summer, I explore the key differences between innovation during relatively stable times and our current market. After discussing portfolio strategies, we're investigating Pierre Wack's work at Shell in the 1960s today.
FoodTech Catalyst
FoodTech Catalyst is a new online seminar series developed within the European project FoodTech Entrepreneur BootCamp, and I will participate in tonight's event, organized by SmiLe Venture Hub and Genopole.
This free program is set to become a meeting point for innovators looking to transform breakthrough ideas into
In the 2010s, I used to replace "digital" with "electricity" to check if an innovation claim was empty PR. Nowadays? Even faster: swap "AI" with "metaverse."
If "AI-powered supply chain management" sounds empty, imagine how "AI-powered digital marketing" sounds...
Yesterday's Apple lack of AI is a positive signal (of sorts)
In terms of innovation, the only remotely interesting announcement from Apple's yesterday's keynote was certainly a first concrete AI application. I'm referring to live translation via AirPods paired to an iPhone.
If you missed it (or didn't bother — as I nearly did)
🟢 ASML’s investment in Mistral is about Europe, hype, and scaling opportunities
By now, you've probably heard about Mistral, and if you weren't on vacation this summer, you might have caught the rumors about Apple possibly buying them out. Rumors that sparked some preemptive outrage from French pundits, raising the flag of national sovereignty...
It turns out that