The #JNPJ blog
To do business is to learn
Field-tested ideas, no theory. Entrepreneurship, AI, resilience and taking action, told unfiltered.
- Patrick de Carvalho August 27, 2026 · 10 min
The AI Act: four questions to answer before 2 December
Since 2 August 2026, part of the European AI regulation has applied to your company. Not the part everyone wrote about. And you have until 2 December.
Read the article - Patrick de Carvalho August 25, 2026 · 33 min
Hugging Face: 13 billion dollars for the choke point of global AI
A company founded by three Frenchmen is exploring a sale at more than 13 billion dollars. Most directors have no idea it sits inside their technical chain.
Read the article - Patrick de Carvalho August 21, 2026 · 24 min
8.3 billion virtual humans: I read the study everyone is commenting on without having opened it
I read the study everyone is commenting on without having opened it. The decisive figure is not 8.3 billion, it is 98.3% against 27%.
Read the article - Patrick de Carvalho May 25, 2026 · 31 min
The French taxpayer pays for the research, the Americans keep the patent
When the head of Mistral AI uses the word vassal in front of French MPs, it is not a figure of speech. The figures prove him right, and then some.
Read the article - Patrick de Carvalho May 20, 2026 · 19 min
I/O 2026: Google has officially declared the agentic era. Here is what it changes for your company tomorrow morning
Google has officially declared the agentic era. Meanwhile most French SMBs still have not mapped their own processes.
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