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title: "France remains a tortoise in corporate AI adoption — Marsanne Studio AI watch"
description: "A Cegid survey highlights France's lag in structured corporate AI adoption, one year after Bercy's \"Osez l'IA\" plan."
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Data study · 8 September 2026

# France remains a tortoise in corporate AI adoption

Original title, in French: “La France reste une tortue de l’adoption de l’IA en entreprise”

**Publication**

L'Agefi (France)

**Author**

[Benoît Menou](https://www.agefi.fr/auteur/benoit-menou)

**Published on**

8 September 2026 · read in the page structured data · updated on 9 September 2026

## Summary

One year after Bercy launched the "Osez l'IA" plan, intended to make the use of artificial intelligence widespread in companies, a Cegid survey points to a French lag. According to the survey, individual uses of AI, not regulated by companies, have become the norm in France.

Summary based on the article's title and standfirst, as the text is not accessible.

[Read the article on L'Agefi →](https://www.agefi.fr/cash-risk/actualites/la-france-reste-une-tortue-de-ladoption-de-lia-en-entreprise)

## Classification

**Country**

France

**Company size**

All sizes

**Industries**

All industries, or industry not specified

**Companies**

Cegid (study author)

**Keywords**

AI adoption, Osez l'IA plan, unregulated use, Bercy, shadow AI

Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to L'Agefi and its author. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.