Public funding, without the paperwork

Yes, for companies based in France, but it mainly funds awareness, diagnostics, consulting and training, more rarely the building of the project itself. Three places to look:

• Bpifrance, the French public investment bank: free tools to take stock of AI, and co-funded support for SMEs and mid-sized companies;
• your region: support for consulting and transformation projects, often reserved for certain sectors;
• your chamber of commerce and industry: free digital support.

Schemes change often: we check which ones are open at the time of your project.

Yes, when your project can be funded, and it is included in the price of the Domain Audit and of the Company Brain. We identify the schemes open to your company, depending on its size, region, sector and project; we check their conditions and timetable; then we prepare the application with you: the description of the project, the budget, the timetable, the result indicators and the documents required. The application is submitted in your company’s name, and we stay by your side to answer the funder’s questions.

The Domain Audit always comes before Business Agents: its roadmap prices the funding available and what remains for you to pay for its first stage. For the other offers, ask us during the Scoping Meeting: if a scheme can apply, we will tell you.

Ask us during the Scoping Meeting, free and with no commitment: if a scheme can apply to your project, we will tell you. The answer depends on your size, region, sector and project, then on the conditions and timetable of the schemes open at that time. If none applies, we tell you that too.

No. The decision belongs to the funder. Not every company is eligible either: depending on size, sector or project, sometimes no scheme applies, and we would rather tell you than prepare a pointless application. The application is made in your company’s name, and your company remains responsible for the information it provides.

Often, yes. Many schemes must be applied for before the project starts: for those, work that has already begun can no longer be funded. Some schemes also only accept providers approved by the funder. That is why we check the conditions and the timetable before any commitment, and tell you from the outset.

That is rarer. Most schemes fund awareness, diagnostics or consulting; some regional grants also cover a study or a proof of concept (a first version, tested on a small scale). This is checked case by case, at the time of the project: for a Task Automation or a Process Agent, ask us during the Scoping Meeting; for Business Agents, the Domain Audit’s roadmap prices the funding available for its first stage.

Some, yes. Other schemes require a minimum turnover or headcount. Bpifrance’s free tools and the support offered by chambers of commerce and industry remain open to the smallest companies; for a first step, that is sometimes all you need, and we will tell you.

It depends on the scheme: we do not quote any rate. Rates and ceilings change several times a year; that of the Diag Data IA, a co-funded support programme from Bpifrance, changed at least three times in 2026. For up-to-date figures, contact Bpifrance or your regional advisor, and do not build your budget on a percentage you read six months ago. For your project, the Domain Audit’s roadmap prices the funding available and what remains for you to pay for its first stage.

The French state’s national plan to spread AI across companies (its name means “Dare to use AI”), launched on 1 July 2025 and stepped up on 18 June 2026. It offers free awareness tools and a platform of use cases; Bpifrance adds co-funded support for SMEs and mid-sized companies. Its goal: 80% of SMEs and mid-sized companies, and half of very small businesses, using AI by 2030.