We are proud to announce that Xpdeep has been selected as one of the 12 laureates of NETVA – Start in America 2026, the flagship program of La Synapse, the French Embassy's initiative to accelerate deeptech collaboration along the transatlantic axis.
The 2026 cohort was chosen by juries of French and American experts from nine major U.S. innovation ecosystems. Our immersion week will take place in Washington, D.C. La Synapse
What NETVA represents
Since 2010, NETVA has supported more than 225 French deeptech startups, giving each cohort access to individualized meetings and the extensive network of the French Embassy in the United States. Being part of this community matters — not as a badge, but as a structural accelerator for what we are building. La Synapse
The program's triple objective is clear: learning best entrepreneurial practices on the other side of the Atlantic, building technological partnerships, and developing international prospects. For Xpdeep, all three are directly in play. La Synapse
Why the U.S. market, and why now
Regulated industries — aerospace, defense, automotive, energy, financial services — are moving from AI experimentation to AI deployment at scale. The question they are now asking is not whether AI can perform. It is whether AI can be trusted, audited, governed, and aligned with business objectives.
This is exactly where Xpdeep operates.
Our ante-hoc structural explainability infrastructure makes AI transparent by architecture — not by approximation. That architectural choice unlocks three capabilities that most AI platforms cannot deliver together:
Governance — full auditability of every decision, by design, without post-hoc reconstruction
Alignment — models that express themselves in the language of business KPIs, not statistical outputs
Prescription — actionable intelligence that tells operators not just what the model has learned, but what to do next
Compliance is a consequence of this architecture. The real value is competitive advantage: faster time-to-deployment, higher model performance, new functionalities — counterfactual analysis, prescriptive intelligence on time-series — and the ability to put AI to work where human operators previously had to stay in the loop out of necessity, not choice.
Washington, D.C. — the right room
Washington sits at the intersection of federal AI policy, defense procurement, aerospace certification, and deeptech investment. The organizations shaping the governance of AI in critical industries are headquartered here. Being present, in the room, during this period of accelerated rulemaking and procurement transformation is not optional for a company in our space.
NETVA gives us the network and the institutional backing to make that presence count.
Thank you
We extend our sincere thanks to the Science and Technology Service of the French Embassy in the United States and to the La Synapse team for building and sustaining this program. It is a genuine asset for the French deeptech ecosystem.
If you are working on AI trustworthiness, certification, operational alignment, or deeptech partnerships in the United States — we would be glad to connect during our immersion week.