Nvidia takes stake in Doctolib, three French AI startups in European push
The chipmaker is investing in the French doctor-booking platform and three French AI startups. Doctolib says it will use the money to speed up work on its own AI assistants for patients and doctors.
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Nvidia is taking a minority stake in Doctolib, the online platform for booking doctor appointments, Chief Executive Jensen Huang announced at a press conference in Paris on Tuesday evening. Neither side disclosed the amount, which Le Figaro reported at a few million euros. Doctolib CEO Stanislas Niox-Chateau said Nvidia would not get a board seat. Nvidia is also investing in French startups Genesis AI (robotics), Pigment (financial planning) and Entalpic (chemistry).
Niox-Chateau said Doctolib would use the funds to speed up hiring and the development of its in-house AI models. The models will run on Nvidia chips and power personal assistants for patients and doctors. Doctolib plans to keep health data in Europe under its own control and to rely less on models from OpenAI or Anthropic. According to Clubic, 400,000 people in France already use its personal health assistant, which is due to open to all patients in 2027.
Doctolib was last valued at 3.6 billion euros and says it has about 50 million users. Huang described Nvidia as the biggest venture investor in Europe. He said Nvidia had invested at least $8 billion in Europe last year and plans a further $2 billion, partly for AI data centers.