
Facebook will be one of the first inhabitants of the largest of the techno center of the world, the Paris Station F. the Center, designed primarily for startups, will open early next year and will work around the clock.
Station F (ex Halle Freyssinet) is a quite ambitious project, which is to change it appearance of Paris. Thanks to the financial support of billionaire Xavier Niela it will become the world's largest center for start-UPS or representative offices of large companies like Facebook or TechShop. "We are talking about the campus for startups, because we, in fact, very similar to a University campus, says project Director Roxanne Varza. — We hope that there will be a thousand startups."
The building in which they will work — station of the early twentieth century — an area of 34 000 sq. m., Anyone can rent a Desk here for $ 195, not to mention about the office. "It's about the size of the Eiffel tower lying on its side," says Warta. Anyone interested can take a virtual tour of the building. Have Facebook already has an office in Paris, but the company is still going to stay in Station F, alluding to a special project.
Project Station F — initiative, Xavier Neela, who personally supervised the investment through his firm Kima Ventures (investment size — $267 million). This building, which will be open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and its maintenance will take a lot of money. However, the intent of Neela, the business model of the techno center does not expect to receive any income.
According to venture capitalists, France has developed one of the most striking communities of scientists who study artificial intelligence, but outside the country French researchers almost do not know. And sometimes you do not know, even in France itself.
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