--- title: Innovation, Viva Technology, and Startups with François... description: François Bitouzet, managing director of Viva Technology (VivaTech), shares his career journey from studying sociology and economics in France to leading... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/innovation-viva-technology-and-startups-with-fran-ois-bitouzet-iqu1gyrk4 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Innovation, Viva Technology, and Startups with François Bitouzet | daily.dev og:description: François Bitouzet, managing director of Viva Technology (VivaTech), shares his career journey from studying sociology and economics in France to leading... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/innovation-viva-technology-and-startups-with-fran-ois-bitouzet-iqu1gyrk4 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/IqU1GyrK4.png og:image:alt: Innovation, Viva Technology, and Startups with François Bitouzet og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Innovation, Viva Technology, and Startups with François Bitouzet **[Ardan Labs \(YouTube\)](https://daily.dev/sources/ardanlabs-youtube)** · 86 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary François Bitouzet, managing director of Viva Technology (VivaTech), shares his career journey from studying sociology and economics in France to leading Europe's largest tech and startup event. He discusses his path through corporate communications, the World Innovation Summit for Education in Qatar, French e-commerce, and Publicis Live before joining VivaTech. He reflects on how innovation has shifted from closed R&D departments to open, global collaboration, how startups now need solid business fundamentals to attract investors, and why deep tech is the next major frontier. He also covers VivaTech's resilience through the COVID-19 pandemic and how AI is being concretely applied by large enterprises rather than just pure-play tech companies. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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