Igor Carron

@igorcarron

Present: Stealth Past: CEO & Co-founder @LightOnIO, took it IPO in 2024 Rocket Scientist, Nuclear Engineer, PhD Worked in Martian, Lunar, Earth & Zero gravity

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Researchers’ pivots as problems change

One post says researchers pivoted as some problems were solved or became irrelevant and new ones took their place.

9 Sources, 4d ago, updated 4d ago

Skepticism over an extra authority for a technology everyone is supposedly required to implement by default

A French-language quote-post sarcastically questions another authority for technology its author says everyone must implement by default.

1 Source, 11d ago, first seen 11d ago

Ecosia reportedly drops Mistral in favor of open-source AI models

POLITICO reports Ecosia’s CEO said the Berlin-based search engine will use open-source models, including ones from China.

14 Sources, 12d ago, updated 12d ago

Perplexity releases updated open-weights decision model, with benchmark and price claims attached

Perplexity says its new pplx-decider-v1.1-27b model costs $0.02 per million input tokens, half the price of v1. OpenRouter later said the model was also available there with text, JSON, or image inputs and free output.

24 Sources, 10d ago, updated 10d ago

Proposed photonics cluster for training LLMs described as 'not innovative enough'

A project participant says they wanted to build the cluster using their photonics and calls the program a 'cost opportunity.'

2 Sources, 14d ago, first seen 14d ago

Building tech in Europe despite the obstacles

One post urges people to build in Europe anyway; another cites a Paris photonics company and a claimed first LLM in French.

2 Sources, 14d ago, first seen 14d ago

LightOn’s 2021 PAGnol is claimed to be the first LLM in French

A poster says PAGnol came in 1.5B and 10B versions, both made in Europe.

2 Sources, 15d ago, first seen 15d ago

Multi-agent AI’s potential advantage beyond speed

A post argues that, on some problems, a team of agents can outperform a single agent given proportionally more runtime—suggesting an advantage in compute efficiency, not just speed.

10 Sources, 22d ago, updated 22d ago

ModernBERT described as an open-source model from LightOn

A user points to ModernBERT, calling it an open-source model from LightOn.

2 Sources, 30d ago, first seen 30d ago

AI inference shows a “Moore’s Law” pattern, a user argues

The commenter points readers to ChatJimmy.ai to illustrate the comparison.

1 Source, 43d ago, first seen 43d ago

AI Figures Post Wow Reactions to a Tweet

LightOn CEO and INRIA professor post reactions of surprise to a tweet.

2 Sources, 45d ago, first seen 45d ago

Igor Carron Posts Saving Private AI Meme

LightOn CEO posted a looping Saving Private Ryan clip retitled Saving Private AI.

1 Source, 51d ago, first seen 51d ago

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Researchers’ pivots as problems change

Skepticism over an extra authority for a technology everyone is supposedly required to implement by default

Ecosia reportedly drops Mistral in favor of open-source AI models

Perplexity releases updated open-weights decision model, with benchmark and price claims attached

Proposed photonics cluster for training LLMs described as 'not innovative enough'

Building tech in Europe despite the obstacles

LightOn’s 2021 PAGnol is claimed to be the first LLM in French

Multi-agent AI’s potential advantage beyond speed

ModernBERT described as an open-source model from LightOn

AI inference shows a “Moore’s Law” pattern, a user argues

AI Figures Post Wow Reactions to a Tweet

Igor Carron Posts Saving Private AI Meme

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Researchers’ pivots as problems change

Skepticism over an extra authority for a technology everyone is supposedly required to implement by default

Ecosia reportedly drops Mistral in favor of open-source AI models

Perplexity releases updated open-weights decision model, with benchmark and price claims attached

Proposed photonics cluster for training LLMs described as 'not innovative enough'

Building tech in Europe despite the obstacles

LightOn’s 2021 PAGnol is claimed to be the first LLM in French

Multi-agent AI’s potential advantage beyond speed

ModernBERT described as an open-source model from LightOn

AI inference shows a “Moore’s Law” pattern, a user argues

AI Figures Post Wow Reactions to a Tweet

Igor Carron Posts Saving Private AI Meme