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France's most selective engineering school, at the centre of the Paris-Saclay research cluster.
École Polytechnique is the most prestigious of France's grandes écoles for engineering, with an admissions process and mathematical training that are famously demanding.
Its campus sits within Paris-Saclay, a research cluster assembled deliberately to concentrate French scientific and industrial research in one place south of Paris.
France has invested heavily in deep technology entrepreneurship over the past decade, with public capital, tax incentives, and infrastructure directed at research-based company formation.
Paris has become one of Europe's largest startup ecosystems, and Paris-Saclay is where its most technical companies tend to originate.
Alumni founders are prominent across French technology, particularly in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, energy, and financial technology.
The school's graduates also occupy senior positions across French industry and government, which gives its founders unusual institutional access.
French deep technology funds, national innovation agencies, and European research programmes provide substantial early capital.
Paris's venture community has deepened considerably, with several funds specialising in research-based companies.
GCN’s global network includes millions of startups and founders and a broad community of investors, creating opportunities to discover potential connections across university communities.
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