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Station F and Anthropic say the AI boom is drawing startups back in person

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AI makes it possible to build a company from anywhere, but founders are still choosing to sit together, Station F director Roxanne Varza and Anthropic’s Aiden Blake said. They spoke on a panel at Wave by Vento in Turin on Thursday.

“What’s really interesting is we’re seeing more and more people coming since the ‘AI boom’. I think actually a lot of teams are really embracing physical presence,” Varza said.

Station F, in Paris, always has 1,000 early-stage companies on site, Varza said. Blake is head of startup sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Anthropic. Charlie Perreau of Les Echos moderated the session, titled “The Power of Proximity”.

“The ability to build a product and to engage with prospective customers online has never been easier. What that actually means for people is that the real trust, I think, happens in person,” Blake said.

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