(this article is translated from French)
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On the occasion of LSA Tech IA for Business, held on July 2 in Paris, a jury of experts recognized the most innovative startups in the sector. Eight AI solutions were awarded across five categories, with two additional special distinctions.
A jury of industry professionals rewarded eight startups selected across five key categories.
On July 2, in the heart of Paris’s 16th arrondissement, LSA Tech IA for Business took place — an event entirely dedicated to AI innovations in the retail sector. On this occasion, a panel of professionals rewarded eight startups selected across seven categories.
Members of the jury
- Karim Dali, Director of E-commerce, Carrefour
- Cédric Dufour, CEO, Rakuten France and Rakuten TV
- Thomas Métivier, CEO, Cdiscount
- Grégoire Borgoltz, Chief Operating Officer, Picnic
- Philippe de Chanville, Co-founder, ManoMano
- Arnaud Girard, Director of E-commerce, Lidl France
- Benoît Grimaud, Director of Development, Data, IT and Innovation, Monoprix
- Emmanuel Guillo, Director of E-business, Galeries Lafayette
- Olivier Sorlet, Sales Director, Solum
- Julie Delvallée, Head of Department, LSA
- Bleuenn Féquant, Journalist, LSA
Prior to the event, nearly 30 startups were preselected by the editorial team and invited to pitch their solutions on June 19 in front of a panel of professionals. Following this session, the jury voted for the most promising projects, while the editorial team awarded its own special recognitions.
Winners of the 2025 edition
AI supporting in-store teams
- Winner: Diebold Nixdorf
- Solution: SmartVision, combining AI and computer vision with cameras to detect theft and scanning errors at self-checkout stations.
AI supporting digital teams
- Winner: Apizr
- Solution: An AI engine that simplifies and secures web API calls by automatically managing errors, connections, caching, and more.
AI supporting HR teams
- Winner: Akor Consulting
- Solution: SenarIA, a training solution using AI-generated avatars representing peers or customers in realistic retail interaction scenarios.
AI supporting category managers (joint winners)
- Winner: Algocat
- Solution: An AI platform that enriches, corrects, and automatically generates product data (titles, descriptions, attributes, classification, product relationships) to optimize e-commerce catalog SEO and conversion.
- Winner: Nricher
- Solution: An AI that analyzes product catalogs in real time — both those of the e-merchant and competitors — to automatically optimize product listings, pricing, and advertising budgets.
AI supporting marketers
- Winner: Genlab
- Solution: An AI capable of generating virtual models from a library of 1,500 royalty-free faces. A fully modular solution designed to personalize and automate photo shoots.
(The winner was absent during the award ceremony and does not appear in the photos.)
Jury’s Favorite
- Winner: Neuralk AI
- Solution: A tabular foundation model designed to automatically transform structured data (catalogs, customer data, transactions) by cleaning, enriching, classifying, and analyzing it to enable better predictions.
Editorial Team’s Special Mention
- Winner: Cali Intelligences
- Solution: An AI platform integrated with in-store cameras to analyze customer flows in real time, detect queues, and optimize checkout management.
