AcceleratorAI-firstby Meta, Hugging Face and SNCF Connect & Tech, with HEC Paris

AI Startup Program at STATION F

Six-month Paris accelerator at STATION F for startups building on open-source AI models, run by Meta and Hugging Face.

Invests

—

Takes

Not published

Length

About 6 months

Where

Paris

The deal

Support, mentoring and platform access; no funding or equity terms are published.

Meta, Hugging Face and SNCF Connect & Tech run an accelerator for French startups building on open models, hosted at STATION F with the HEC Paris Incubation and Acceleration Centre. Startups get technical mentoring, Hugging Face platform access and real SNCF use cases to work on. The third edition picked five startups and ran January to June 2026.

Takes: Not published
Length: About 6 months
Format: In person
Based in: Paris, FR
Runs in: Paris
Stage: Early stage
Focus: Open-source AI (language, image and audio models)
Cohorts: Yearly; third edition of 5 startups ran January to June 2026
Acceptance: 5 startups (third edition)
Perks: Technical mentoring from Meta and Hugging Face, Hugging Face platform and tools, SNCF use cases, HEC Paris incubator support

Notable alumni and portfolio

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Terms as published by the program; verified October 2026. Programs change their deal every year, the apply page is the source of truth.

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