Calmsie

🥖☕ With a fresh baguette in one hand and strong Parisian coffee in the other, we dove headfirst into two days of AI, community, and conversations that matter.

Last week, we had the joy of joining AI Connect and IMPACT² - two events that brought together some of the most passionate minds working at the intersection of technology and social change.

We connected deeply with the community through lightning pitches, small-group dialogues, and meaningful exchanges about inclusive design, corporate partnerships, and impact measurement. Thank you to the Grow AI team for creating a space that felt like home for mission-driven innovators 💛 powered by INCO with support from Google.org 💛

Then came IMPACT² at Paris City Hall, where leaders from across Europe gathered to tackle one of the defining challenges of our time: the future of democracy. From high-level debates to grassroots action, we saw once again how entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, and civil society can - and must - come together to co-create a more just, and resilient world.

Speakers included:
🔸 Nancy Pelosi (52nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives)
🔸 Anne Hidalgo (Mayor of Paris)
🔸 Valeriya Ionan (Deputy Minister for Digital Transformation of Ukraine),
🔸 Joseph Stiglitz (Nobel Prize in Economics)
🔸 Mario Nava (Director General DG Employment & social affairs at European Commission)
🔸 Bernard Cazeneuve (Former Prime Minister of France)
🔸 Oleksandra Matviichuk (Nobel Peace Prize Laureate)

To all the new friends we met along the way: merci for reminding us that the real power of AI lies not just in the algorithms, but in the people who wield them with heart.