After a packed first edition in December with 150+ hardware builders, the Paris community clearly responded.

We are back for a new Paris Hardware Meetup, this time focused on Defense Hardware! 🛡️

Hardware Meetups bring together founders, engineers, and innovators in 40+ cities around the world to share ideas, showcase projects, and connect with the people shaping the future of hardware. Paris is full of world-class builders, now is the time to bring them together!

We have a fantastic group of guest speakers:

Martin de Gourcuff, co-founder and CTO at Harmattan AI
Jean Caillé, Chief Engineer SW & HW at Helsing
Timothée Penet, founder and CEO at Landroval
Simon Calonne, working on something new in DefTech

Agenda for the night:

19:00 - 19:30 - Arrival, mingle, grab refreshments
19:30 - 19:40 - Welcome and introduction
19:40 - 20:40 - Guest talks and audience Q&A
20:40 - 21:00 - Community open mic 🎤
Share your current project in 1 min, an open moment for anyone who is building something exciting!
21:00 - 21:30 - Mix, mingle, and wrap up!

Thank you to our sponsors

Harmattan AI's mission is to empower the armed forces of liberal democracies and their allies with sovereign, autonomous, and rapidly deployable defense capabilities. By combining AI-driven autonomy, real-time intelligence, and conflict-ready industrialization, Harmattan AI delivers unmanned systems, layered air-defense solutions, electronic-warfare products, and C2 platforms that enhance survivability, accelerate decision-making, and enable operational advantage in contested environments.
Want to be part of the adventure? See Harmattan AI's open roles!

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Want to host, speak, or sponsor the next Paris Hardware Meetup? Reach out to: nicolasrodriguez01dev@pm.me

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