Announcement ·
Nvidia takes a stake in Doctolib to support sovereign AI in healthcare
Original title, in French: “Nvidia entre au capital de Doctolib pour soutenir l'IA souveraine en santé”
- Publication
- Journal du Net (France)
- Author
- Unsigned
- Published on
- 14 October 2026 · read in the page structured data
Summary
Nvidia is taking a stake in Doctolib, the French medical appointment booking platform, as a minority shareholder without a seat on the board of directors. The deal was announced on 13 October by Jensen Huang, who says he wants to "kick-start the artificial intelligence revolution in Europe" and states that Nvidia invested at least $8 billion in Europe the previous year, including in the French companies Genesis IA and Pigment. According to Stanislas Niox-Château, CEO of Doctolib, the investment is meant to accelerate hiring and the development of proprietary AI models, notably a personal health assistant for patients and assistants for healthcare professionals, which are the company's priorities for 2027-2028. Doctolib will use Nvidia's chips and software for a "sovereign" AI trained on its own data. The company, valued at €3.6 billion in the spring, launched a research programme in August drawing on the data of its 50 million users.
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8 billion USD
Nvidia's investment in Europe in 2025
Europe, previous year (according to Jensen Huang)
« Nvidia, acteur majeur du secteur technologique mondial, a investi au moins 8 milliards de dollars en Europe l’année dernière, selon Jensen Huang. »
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3.6 billion EUR
Doctolib's valuation
France, last spring
« La dernière valorisation de Doctolib était au printemps dernier de 3,6 milliards d’euros. »
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50 million
Number of Doctolib users whose data is used for the research programme
Doctolib, France
« Doctolib a lancé, en août, un programme de recherche scientifique qui utilise les données personnelles de ses 50 millions d’utilisateurs »
Classification
- Country
- France
- Company size
- All sizes
- Industries
- Healthcare, pharmaceuticals, social care
- Companies
- Genesis IA (cited), Pigment (cited), Doctolib (deploys AI), Nvidia (supplier)
- Keywords
- sovereign artificial intelligence, healthcare, AI assistant, health data, investment, Nvidia chips
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