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Tech 24 takes to the skies as VivaTech takes over the Champs-Elysées
Tech 24 takes to the skies as VivaTech takes over the Champs-Elysées
France’s biggest geek get-together started with a bang this year. For its 10th anniversary, the VivaTech trade show took to the Champs-Elysées, billing the installation as "Europe's largest open-air technology experience."
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VivaTech turns 10 this June, cementing its place as one of Europe's biggest startup and tech events while bringing quantum computers, orbital startups, and the energy transition's top minds to Paris.
14 May 2026
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When VivaTech first opened its doors in 2016, it gathered 45,000 visitors. This June, the 10th edition is expected to welcome more than 180,000 attendees from 171 countries, a 300% increase that reflects not just the event's growth, but the pace of transformation reshaping the global tech landscape.
From 17 to 20 June at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, VivaTech 2026 promises to be its most ambitious edition yet: 15,000 startups, 4,000 investors, 1,500+ live demos, and a program built around the questions that actually matter right now, AI and productivity, cybersecurity and defense, the energy transition, and the frontier technologies redefining what's scientifically possible.
Here's a look at some of the conversations and speakers you won't want to miss.
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VivaTech Turns 10 on the Champs-Élysées: The Future of Tech Comes to ...
VivaTech Turns 10 on the Champs-Élysées: The Future of Tech Comes to ...
Paris, June 14, 2026 - To mark a decade of innovation, VivaTech, Europe's largest event dedicated to startups and technology, is set to transform the Champs-Élysées into a spectacular, free, open-to-all immersive tech experience unlike anything seen before.
A One-of-a-Kind Anniversary
Founded in 2016 through the initiative of Publicis Groupe and Groupe Les Échos-Le Parisien, VivaTech has grown over ten years into Europe's most important gathering for startups, tech leaders, investors and innovators. To mark this milestone, the event steps outside the walls of Paris Expo Porte de Versailles for a day and takes over one of the world's most iconic avenues, in partnership with the Comité Champs-Élysées.
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Tech 24 takes to the skies as VivaTech takes over the Champs-Elysées • FRANCE 24 English
For its 10th anniversary, the VivaTech trade show took to the Champs-Elysées for what they called “Europe’s largest open-air technology experience.” France 24 is a media partner of VivaTech this year, and Peter O’Brien took his reporting to new heights, literally!
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VivaTech 2026, June 17–20, Porte de Versailles, Paris
VivaTech 2026, June 17–20, Porte de Versailles, Paris
Ten years is long enough to prove a concept and short enough to still feel the momentum. VivaTech, which opened in Paris in 2016 as an ambitious experiment in bridging the startup world with the corporate establishment, returns to Porte de Versailles from June 17 to 20, 2026 for its tenth edition — and the numbers it is carrying into that anniversary tell a story of compounding institutional weight that few European tech events can match.
The growth trajectory alone commands attention. From 45,000 visitors at its inaugural edition to more than 180,000 in 2025, VivaTech has recorded 300% audience growth over a decade. Attendees arrived from 171 countries last year. Startups on the floor have tripled. The investor count has multiplied twelvefold. These are not the metrics of an event that found a comfortable plateau and settled into it — they are the metrics of something that has been consistently outgrowing its own infrastructure, which is precisely why the 2026 edition is arriving with a structural expansion to match.
The physical footprint reflects the scale ambition. VivaTech is taking over Hall 7 across three floors, adding …
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Paris officially opens its doors to the tech elite and striving startups as the VivaTech conference kicks off on Wednesday.
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From Jeff Bezos and Yann LeCun making appearances to artificial intelligence and tech sovereignty being high on the agenda, here is everything to watch out for at the 2026 edition.
10-year anniversary
VivaTech this year is making a big deal of turning 10, with a free event open to all on Sunday that turned the Champs-Élysées into a walkway of robots, the mobility of the future and all types of innovation.
The public event is not the only one as Saturday, 20 June, is also dedicated to the general public to explore the exhibition space.
To mark the anniversary, VivaTech also changed its name, which was previously Viva Technology.
The organisers say the name change reflects that, over the past 10 …
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No verdict, no pronouncement. The model extracts atomic factual claims with verbatim quotes; every quote is validated against the source text and corroboration is computed by counting how many editorially-opposed blocs assert each fact. 9 fabricated/unverifiable quotes were rejected by the cite-or-die gate.
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2×cross-perspective · 3VivaTech held its 10th anniversary edition in June 2026.
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france24“For its 10th anniversary, the VivaTech trade show took to the Champs-Elysées”
tech.eu“VivaTech turns 10 this June”
europesays.com“For its 10th anniversary, the VivaTech trade show took to the Champs-Elysées”
sortiraparis.com“In its anniversary edition, the VivaTech fair is set to make a spectacular splash in the capital’s skies.”
2×cross-perspective · 2VivaTech 2026 was held at the Champs-Elysées and Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.
otherwestern
france24“the VivaTech trade show took to the Champs-Elysées”
tech.eu“From 17 to 20 June at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, VivaTech 2026 promises to be its most ambitious edition yet”
2×cross-perspective · 2VivaTech 2026 billed its Champs-Elysées installation as 'Europe's largest open-air technology experience.'
otherwestern
france24“billing the installation as "Europe's largest open-air technology experience."”
europesays.com“what they called "Europe’s largest open-air technology experience."”
1×broadly confirmedVivaTech 2026 features 15,000 startups, 4,000 investors, and 1,500+ live demos.
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tech.eu“15,000 startups, 4,000 investors, 1,500+ live demos”
fox26medford.com“Over 15,000 start-ups are expected to show off their wares at Vivatech”
Single-source · 7 — reported by one bloc only (uncorroborated)
VivaTech 2026 is expected to welcome more than 180,000 attendees from 171 countries.
tech.eu
The HyLight airship has up to 10 hours of endurance and can survey up to 350 kilometers of infrastructure in a single mission.
sortiraparis.com
The HyLight airship operates with near-silent operation and only water-vapor emissions.
sortiraparis.com
French President Emmanuel Macron called for 'better regulation' of AI during the G7 meeting in Evian.
fox26medford.com
French President Emmanuel Macron warned against 'non-cooperation between democracies' on AI.
fox26medford.com
The G7 meeting occurred during the VivaTech 2026 event.
fox26medford.com
France and Germany affirmed their will to work together to secure digital independence during VivaTech 2026.
fox26medford.com
Framing · 9 — loaded language surfaced (spin shown, not adopted)
france24
“Tech 24 takes to the skies as VivaTech takes over the Champs-Elysées”
→ VivaTech held its 10th anniversary at the Champs-Elysées.
france24
“started with a bang”
→ VivaTech 2026 began with notable attention.
tech.eu
“cementing its place as one of Europe's biggest startup and tech events”
→ VivaTech is one of Europe's largest tech events.
tech.eu
“the pace of transformation reshaping the global tech landscape”
→ The global tech landscape is undergoing rapid change.
europesays.com
“Peter O’Brien took his reporting to new heights, literally!”
→ Peter O’Brien reported from an elevated location during VivaTech.
sortiraparis.com
“a spectacular splash in the capital’s skies”
→ VivaTech 2026 featured a notable aerial display.
sortiraparis.com
“an unprecedented sight”
→ The HyLight airship flight was a rare visual event.
fox26medford.com
“transatlantic tensions over AI marked the G7 meeting”
→ The G7 meeting was influenced by tensions over AI.
fox26medford.com
“increasingly capable AI models are released by private developers”
→ Private developers are releasing more capable AI models.
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