pulseo

Mission n’uburyo ihagaze mu murongo w’udushya twa AI

Pulseo yihagararaho nk’ikigo gicumbikira giteguriwe gufasha udushya duto dushya dushingiye ku bucuruzi mu Bufaransa, cyane cyane mu ikoranabuhanga riri gutera imbere, harimo n’ubwenge bw’abantu (artificial intelligence). Uburyo bwayo bugaragazwa n’uko bushingira ku ntangiriro z’iterambere, aho imishinga ikenera inkunga ihamye kugira ngo iva ku gitekerezo ikomeze kugera ku bikorwa bifatika.

Muri urwego rw’ibigo bicumbikira imishinga mu Bufaransa, Pulseo yibanda by’umwihariko ku bashinze imishinga bashyiramo AI nk’igice cy’ingenzi mu gisubizo cyabo. Uku kwibanda bituma ikigo gicumbikira gitanga inkunga ihuje n’ibibazo byihariye bya tekiniki n’imyitwarire by’iki gice, nk’uko amakuru acungwa, uko ibipimo by’imyigishirize (model) bisobanurwa, cyangwa kubahiriza amategeko. Ikigo gicumbikira gikorana n’abafatanyabikorwa bo mu mashuri makuru n’ab’udushami tw’inganda kugira ngo gishyireho ibidukikije bifasha kugerageza no kwemeza ikoranabuhanga rya AI.

Bitandukanye n’ibindi bigo bifasha imishinga itandukanye itari iy’AI gusa, Pulseo yibanda ku kurema agaciro k’aho mu gufasha kubona inkunga yo mu karere no ku rwego rw’igihugu, ndetse no kubona ubufatanye n’ibigo bimaze kwigaragaza. Ubu buryo bugamije gufata imishinga mu muryango w’ubucuruzi w’u Bufaransa, ariko nabwo bugaha amahirwe yo gukura no kwagura ku rwego mpuzamahanga.

Porogaramu n’inkunga ihuje n’ibikenewe by’abatangiye imishinga ikoresha AI

Pulseo itanga porogaramu yo gucumbikira imishinga iteguwe ku inkingi nyinshi zingenzi, igamije guhura n’ibikenewe byihariye by’abatangiye imishinga ikora ibisubizo bishingiye kuri AI. Ubusanzwe inzira y’inkunga imara amezi 12 kugeza kuri 18, hakaba igihe cy’amezi 6 gikomeye cyeguriwe gutegura neza umushinga.

• Ubufasha mu by’ikoranabuhanga n’ubucuruzi : Abatangiye imishinga bahabwa gukurikiranwa ku giti cyabo n’inzobere mu AI, siyanse y’amakuru (data science), no mu iterambere ry’ubucuruzi. Aba bafasha baturuka mu bice bitandukanye, harimo abashakashatsi mu by’ubwenge bw’abantu, abashoramari b’abanyamwuga bafite uburambe, n’abayobozi b’ibigo by’ikoranabuhanga.
• Guhabwa ibikoresho by’ikoranabuhanga : Pulseo itanga ibikoresho by’umubiri n’ibikoresho bya software bihuje n’ibikenewe by’imishinga ya AI, nk’ibidukikije byo kubara ku muvuduko mwinshi (high-performance computing), ibikoresho byo gucunga amakuru, n’inzibacyuho zo gukorana mu iterambere.
• Amahugurwa yishingiye ku nsanganyamatsiko : Habaho amasomo y’igihe gisanzwe ku bibazo by’ikoranabuhanga (uburyo bw’imiterere y’imyigishirize/model architecture, kunoza algorithm) no ku bibazo by’ingamba (gushaka amafaranga yo gutangiza no gukura, uburenganzira ku byaremwe mu mutungo bwite (intellectual property), kubahiriza GDPR). Ayo mahugurwa ayoborwa n’abavuga hanze, akenshi baturuka mu bigo binini cyangwa mu bigo by’ubushakashatsi.
• Inkunga mu gushaka inkunga y’imari : Ikigo gicumbikira gifasha abatangiye imishinga gutegura dosiye zabo zo gusaba inkunga, kibahuza n’abashoramari b’inzobere mu ikoranabuhanga ryo mu rwego rwo hejuru (deep tech), kandi kigafasha gutegura uko bazatanga ikiganiro cyabo (pitch).

Ikintu gitandukanye muri porogaramu ya Pulseo ni uburyo bwayo bwo “gerageza kandi wige” (test and learn), buhira abatangiye imishinga kwihutisha kwemeza ibitekerezo byabo by’ikoranabuhanga n’iby’ubucuruzi. Ubu buryo bushyigikiwe n’ubufatanye n’amashami y’ubushakashatsi n’ibigo byagerageza (pilot companies), bigafasha imishinga icumbikiwe kugerageza ibisubizo byayo mu bidukikije bifatika.

Abasoje porogaramu n’ibyagezweho bifatika

Muri abatangiye imishinga babonye inkunga ya Pulseo, bamwe bagize inzira zidasanzwe, bigaragaza ingaruka z’ikigo gicumbikira ku muryango w’ubwenge bwa AI mu Bufaransa.

• DeepMed : Yibanda ku gusesengura amafoto y’ubuvuzi hakoreshejwe AI, iyi sosiyete yateje imbere igisubizo cyo gutahura hakiri kare indwara ziterwa n’uburwayi bwo kwangirika kw’imitsi (neurodegenerative diseases). Nyuma y’igihe cyayo muri Pulseo, DeepMed yazamuye miliyoni 3,2 z’amayero (€3.2 million) mu cyiciro cya seed, kandi ishyiraho ubufatanye n’itsinda ry’ibitaro ryo mu Bufaransa kugira ngo ikoranabuhanga ryayo rishyirwe mu bikorwa mu bigo byinshi.
• EcoSense : Iyi sosiyete ikoresha AI mu kunoza imicungire y’ingufu mu nyubako zifite ubwenge (smart buildings). Yacumbikiwe mu 2021, EcoSense yatsindiye amahamagarwa menshi y’amasosiyete yo mu Burayi (European calls for projects) kandi ihitamo kwitabira porogaramu yo kwihutisha iterambere (acceleration) muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika. Ikipe yayo kandi yahawe igihembo “Young Innovative Company” gitangwa na Minisiteri y’Ubukungu y’u Bufaransa.
• LinguaTech : Ukoresha ikoranabuhanga ryo gutunganya ururimi mu buryo bwikora (automatic natural language processing - NLP) ku ndimi zifite abavuga bake, LinguaTech yungukiye ku mbuga z’ubufatanye za Pulseo mu kubaka ubufatanye n’amashuri makuru yo muri Afurika. Kuva icyo gihe, iyi sosiyete yongereye ibikorwa byayo mu bihugu byinshi bivuga ururimi rw’Igifaransa, kandi yazamuye miliyoni 1,8 z’amayero (€1.8 million) mu nkunga y’imbere (pre-seed funding).

Aka ni urugero rugaragaza itandukanye ry’uduce two gukoresha AI mu basoje porogaramu ba Pulseo, kuva mu buvuzi kugera ku ingufu, harimo no gutunganya indimi. Ikigo gicumbikira gigaragaza ibyo byagezweho kugira ngo kigaragaze ubushobozi bwayo bwo gufasha imishinga ifite ubushobozi bukomeye bwa tekiniki, ariko kigasimbuza ko ibyo byavuye mu mikoranire hagati y’amakipe y’abatangiye imishinga n’abafasha b’ikigo gicumbikira.

Urusobe rw’abafatanyabikorwa n’ubufatanye

Pulseo ishingira ku rusobe rufite abafatanyabikorwa benshi kugira ngo itange abatangiye imishinga yayo amahirwe yo kubona umutungo n’uburyo bwo kwiyungura amahirwe. Ubu bufatanye bukubiyemo ibintu byinshi: ibijyanye n’ikoranabuhanga, amashuri makuru, inganda, n’imari.

• Ubufatanye n’amashuri makuru : Ikigo gicumbikira gikorana n’ibigo byinshi byo hejuru by’uburezi n’ubushakashatsi mu Bufaransa, harimo:
  • The Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria), kugira ngo babone inzobere mu AI no muri siyanse y’amakuru.
  • École Polytechnique, binyuze mu shami ryayo rishinzwe imibare ikoreshwa (applied mathematics lab), ku mishinga ikeneye ubumenyi buhanitse bwo kubaka icyitegererezo.
  • Paris-Saclay na Grenoble-Alpes universities, ku gahunda z’ubushakashatsi zihuriweho n’amahirwe yo gushaka impano.
• Ubufatanye n’inganda : Pulseo ifitanye imikoranire n’ibigo mu nzego zitandukanye kugira ngo byorohereze imishinga yo kugerageza (pilots) n’itangizwa ry’ubucuruzi hakiri kare:
  • Amatsinda y’inganda nka Schneider Electric na Saint-Gobain, abashishikajwe n’ibikorwa bya AI mu Industry 4.0 n’ibikoresho byubaka bifite ubwenge (smart materials).
  • Abakora mu rwego rw’ubuvuzi nka BioMérieux na Hospices Civils de Lyon, ku mishinga ijyanye na AI mu buvuzi.
  • Abatangiye imishinga y’ikoranabuhanga imaze gukura, nka Dataiku na Hugging Face, bakora nk’abafasha cyangwa abafatanyabikorwa mu by’ikoranabuhanga.
• Urushundura rw’abashoramari : Ikigo gicumbikira gikorana hafi n’amafaranga menshi yo gushora imari (investment funds) n’abashoramari ku giti cyabo (business angels) b’inzobere mu ikoranabuhanga ryo mu rwego rwo hejuru (deep tech):
  • Ikigega Partech, cyashoye imari mu basoje porogaramu benshi ba Pulseo.
  • Bpifrance, binyuze mu porogaramu zayo zihariye zo gutanga inkunga ku mishinga itangiza udushya.
  • Imiyoboro y’abashoramari ku giti cyabo nka France Angels na Paris Business Angels.
• Ibigo bya Leta : Pulseo yungukirwa n’inkunga y’abafatanyabikorwa benshi ba Leta, bifasha korohereza kubona inkunga n’amasoko:
  • Intara y’Île-de-France, ifatanya mu gutera inkunga zimwe mu porogaramu zo gucumbikira.
  • French Tech, aho Pulseo iba ari umunyamuryango, kugira ngo igire kugaragara no kubona amahirwe yo guhurira hamwe.
  • Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), ku mishinga ihuriweho ikubiyemo abatangiye imishinga n’amashami y’ubushakashatsi.

Uku kwinjira mu rusobe rw’abafatanyabikorwa bituma Pulseo itanga inkunga yuzuye ku batangiye imishinga yayo, ihuza ubumenyi mu by’ikoranabuhanga, kubona amasoko, n’inkunga y’imari. Ikigo gicumbikira gitegura kenshi ibirori byo guhuriza hamwe (networking), nka “demo days” n’inama zishingiye ku nsanganyamatsiko, kugira ngo gikomeze imikoranire hagati y’abatangiye imishinga bacyo n’abafatanyabikorwa bashobora kubafasha.

Amasezerano y’ubwitange n’inzira yo gusaba

Pulseo ihitamo abatangiye imishinga yayo hakoreshejwe inzira yo guhatanira, igamije kumenya imishinga ifite ubushobozi bwo hejuru ihuje n’uturere tw’ubumenyi bwayo. Dosiye zirasubizwa mu buryo buhoraho (rolling basis), kandi habaho ibiganiro by’ihitamo inshuro nyinshi mu mwaka.

• Ibipimo by’ihitamo :
  • Urwego rw’iterambere : imishinga iri mu cyiciro cya pre-seed cyangwa seed, ifite prototype ikora cyangwa igitekerezo cyemejwe (validated proof of concept).
  • Ikipe : abashinze imishinga bafite ubumenyi buuzuzanya, harimo ubumenyi bwa tekiniki mu AI n’icyerekezo cy’ubucuruzi gisobanutse.
  • Udushya : imishinga itanga igisubizo gitandukanye mu rwego rwayo, ifite ubushobozi bwo kwaguka (scalability).
  • Guhuza n’uturere twibandwaho : ubuzima bwa digitale (digital health), ibisubizo birambye, Industry 4.0, cyangwa ubundi buryo aho AI igira uruhare rw’ingenzi.
• Inzira yo gusaba :
  • Kohereza dosiye yo gusaba kuri interineti, irimo gusobanura umushinga, ikipe, n’isoko ryihirwa.
  • Guhitamo hakiri kare hashingiwe kuri dosiye, bikurikirwa n’ikiganiro n’ikipe ya Pulseo kugira ngo hamenyekane niba bishoboka no kureba uko umushinga uhuye n’ibyo ikigo gicumbikira gikeneye.
  • Kugaragaza (pitch) imbere y’akanama k’abahitamo gashinzwe n’abafasha (mentors), abashoramari, n’abasoje porogaramu b’ikigo gicumbikira.
  • Icyemezo cya nyuma gikorwa kandi kigatangazwa nyuma y’ibyumweru 4 kugeza kuri 6 uhereye igihe dosiye ishyikirijwe.
• Ukwiyemeza n’uko bita ku nyungu :
  • Abatoranyijwe biyemeza kugira uruhare rugaragara mu mahugurwa no mu nama z’ubufasha.
  • Pulseo ntabwo ifata imigabane mu batangiye imishinga icumbikiwe, ariko ishobora gufasha mu gushaka inkunga y’imari mu gusubiza, mu gihe ifite uburenganzira bwo kugira icyo ivuga ku bashoramari.
  • Abatangiye imishinga bunguka kubona ahantu ho gukorera (workspaces) n’ibikoresho bya tekiniki ku buntu cyangwa ku giciro gito mu gihe porogaramu imara.

Ku batangiye imishinga bashaka kwinjira muri Pulseo, birasabwa gutegura dosiye yerekana itandukaniro rya tekiniki ry’umushinga, ndetse n’ubumenyi bw’ikipe. Abifuza kwiyamamaza nabo bahabwa inama yo kwitabira ibirori bitegurwa n’ikigo gicumbikira kugira ngo bamenye neza uburyo bukurikizwa kandi bahure n’abafasha bacyo.