IBM said it will hire about 1,400 people in France over the next two years before a meeting with President Emmanuel Macron.
These jobs — in the fields of blockchain, cloud computing and internet of things — come on top of the already-announced 400 new hirings IBM said it will make in the field of artificial intelligence in France.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and IBM CEO Ginni Rometty are scheduled to have one-on-one meetings with Macron later on Wednesday, before so-called “Tech for Good” workshops with them and heads of other tech companies Uber and Facebook.
President Emmanuel Macron told executives from the world’s biggest technology firms on Wednesday that he wanted innovation to be a driving force for the French economy, but also that they needed to contribute more to society.
President Emmanuel Macron told executives from the world’s biggest technology firms on Wednesday that he wanted innovation to be a driving force for the French economy, but also that they needed to contribute more to society.
