RAISE 2026 Summit: July Paris, the world\'s artificial intelligence capital

Two days. By early July, Paris will become the center of the artificial intelligence world. Yang Lekun, Arthur Mensch, Mark Cuban, head of Google\'s DeepMind robotics department... these big celebrities gathered next to the Louvre Pyramid.

Brief overview

The RAISE Summit will be held from July 8 to 9, 2026 in the Carroussel Hall of the Louvre in Paris. The 2026 class is expected to welcome 9000 participants and more than 350 international speakers. Guests on the stage include: Yang Lekun, Mistral, Mark Cuban, Eric Schmidt, Jim Fan (NVIDIA), etc. The event expanded to RAISE Week (July 4th-9th), including the MACHINA Summit focusing on physical AI and the Versailles dinner. Coupon code PARCTATRAISE26 provides a 20% discount on PRO, VIP and MACHINA tickets.

The RAISE Summit returns to the Carruselle Hall of the Louvre in Paris and will be held from July 8 to 9. The third summit clearly reached a new level: 9000 participants, more than 350 guest speakers, and 80% of the venue were senior executives. This is undoubtedly the largest AI event in Europe.

Exclusive coupon codes are also available for the event.
Places are limited, and 86% of tickets have been sold out.

Lineup comes first-that\'s the key

To be honest, the quality of a summit depends on the people who take the stage. Everything else is embellishment. And this time, RAISE really went all out. The first is Yang Lekun, a pioneer in deep learning and former chief AI scientist at Meta, a person many people hope to meet with their own eyes at least once. Joining him was Arthur Mensch, founder of Mistral, the pride of the French tech community against American companies. There are also Mark Cuban, star investor and owner of the Dallas Lone Rangers; Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google; and Jim Fan, one of NVIDIA\'s most sought after researchers. Behind these leading figures, there are more than 350 guest speakers: OpenAI, Anthropic, Oracle, BlackRock, McKinsey... the list is staggering.

Now, avoid the misunderstanding: RAISE is not a keynote speech show where polite applause and hurried to catch a train. Everything is designed to achieve practical results. The agenda revolves around four pillars: Foundation, Frontier, Friction, and Future. Co-founder Hadrien de Cournon made no secret: he created the event to give people building AI a place to move, not just to shake hands. In short, the concept for 2026 is to move from pilot projects to large-scale actual production.

Magic happens here. When 80% of the people at the venue are C-level executives, founders and investors, you attend RAISE not just to listen, but to raise money, sign agreements, and sense where the market is heading earlier than anyone else. This concentration is extremely rare in Europe.

No longer just a summit, but a whole week

Another change: RAISE has gone far beyond a two-day event. A complete RAISE Week (July 4 - 9) was built around it, and Paris became the AI Capital for nearly seven consecutive days. A 48-hour hackathon with a prize pool of 200,000 euros; an entrepreneurial competition with a prize of 5 million euros had more than 1100 applications at the time of launch. There was even a private dinner held at the Palace of Versailles for the lucky few in the industry. Yes, Versailles...

However, the real highlight of this year is the MACHINA Summit. This is the first large-scale event in Europe to focus entirely on physical AI and robotics, and it opened on July 7 at STATION F, led by Carolina Parada (Google\'s DeepMind robotics division) and 1X founder Bernt Børnich. Why is it worth paying attention? Because AI is leaving the screen and entering machines: humanoid robots, automated factories, autonomous systems. This is where the next generation wave is brewing away from chat robot hype.

For those who follow cryptocurrencies and Web3, this topic is not as distant as it seems. AI and digital assets are becoming increasingly close. Autonomous agents trading themselves, tokenization, and model-driven on-chain economy... This is no longer a theory, but a reality being built. To be honest, witnessing it with your own eyes is better than discovering it in a post three months later.

There is no full price to book a seat.

The main problem remaining: tickets. There are three options based on your needs-PRO, VIP, and VIP Max. The following coupon codes are available at the event:

Code PARCTATRAISE26: 20% discount on PRO, VIP and MACHINA tickets
Code PARCTATRAISE26VIPMAX: 10% discount on VIP Max tickets

However, one thing cannot be ignored: According to the latest information, tickets have been sold out 86%. In other words, ticket sales are fast and the best prices are always the first to disappear. If you are still hesitating, now is probably the time to act.

In the end, the real question remains: Will the third summit consolidate Paris\'s position as Europe\'s AI hub, while London and Berlin can only watch as trains pass by? Or will robotic technology driven by MACHINA-steal the limelight in the next few years? We will wait and see. But one thing is certain: In early July, everything will happen here. You better be there.