AI Program

We help VINCI Group entities design and develop promising artificial intelligence projects that have the capacity to reveal a potential growth driver or anticipate a market transformation.

Benefits of the program

– A development program open to all employees at all levels
– Secondment of an expert to work in tandem on your project
– Methodological support to design and develop your AI project
– Daily support for 6 months (coaching, training and mentoring)
– Access to a network of AI experts at the VINCI Group
– 4 workshops organised at Leonard to bring together the AI community
– More than 300 hours of training on data science


 

Programme schedule

– November and December 2023: project exploration phase
– End of December 2023: selection of the best projects
– January – May 2024: project acceleration phase
– June 2024: industrialisation in VINCI entities

48
projects
7
centres of excellence
8
in-house coaches

News

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Green hydrogen: three initiatives that could speed up the sector’s development in Europe

A steadily structural transformation of an ecosystem of players, emerging co-evolution strategies linking uses, technology and regions, long-term commitments from industry leaders, and the rise of green ammonia applications… Europe’s hydrogen market is gradually taking shape and its ultimate goal of scaling up is in sight. We take a look at three recent announcements that could help push things forward.

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