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Every year since 2019, STATION F has unveiled its Future 40: a selection of the 40 most promising and high-performing startups on campus. For this 8th edition, four startups supported by 21st by CentraleSupélec have made the list: RainPath, Bleu Robotics, Youngr Labs, and Alouette AI. It’s a proud moment for the entire accelerator team!
The Future 40: The top 4% of the world’s largest startup campus
Out of more than 1,000 startups on campus this year, the Future 40 winners represent the top 4%. They were selected based on the strength of their metrics, real-world traction, and key milestones achieved, with no cap on fundraising.
Together, the 40 startups in the 2026 cohort have already raised over €110 million. The majority are in the pre-seed or seed stage. They join a network of 320 companies that have raised a total of €1.2 billion over the past eight editions.
RainPath : Predicting the right treatment from a single slide
Founded in early 2025, RainPath is reinventing tissue diagnostics using optics and artificial intelligence to diagnose cancers faster and at a lower cost. More than 150,000 patient diagnostics have already been processed using its tools.
Its image analysis models aim to eventually replace some of the complementary tests (immunohistochemistry, molecular biology, genetics)—which are costly in terms of reagents and turnaround time—by predicting their results from routine stained slides. The startup has 15 models ready for clinical validation and will unveil its foundation model for tissue analysis in the coming months.
This work is powered by RainPath LabOS, its cloud-based LIMS already in production in pathology labs: once validated, the models will be integrated directly into the tools pathologists use every day.
Supported by 21st by CentraleSupélec within its Health & Care vertical, RainPath notably pitched at the 2025 CentraleSupélec DeepTech Night. For the RainPath team, the accelerator provides "support to help us reach our goals and accelerate our R&D."
Bleu Robotics : Teaching humanoid robots new industrial tasks
Bleu Robotics develops AI models for industrial humanoid robots. Its technology allows these robots to learn new factory tasks from just a few demonstrations performed by operators.
Bleu Robotics joined the 21st by CentraleSupélec Future of Industry vertical in the first half of 2026. Since then, the startup has raised €5 million in pre-seed funding in a round led by Contrarian Ventures and OVNI Capital.
Youngr Labs : A virtual cell laboratory for longevity
Youngr Labs is building an AI-powered virtual cell laboratory dedicated to age-related diseases and longevity. With co-founders Céline Tchao, Raphael Mourad, and Tanguy de Poncins, the startup is developing the first drug discovery engine capable of predicting how molecules—from nutrition to medication—can restore the five functions that decline with age: locomotion, cognition, senses, vitality, and psychological well-being.
Youngr Labs joined the 21st by CentraleSupélec Health & Care vertical in the first half of 2026. "The accelerator provided us with real support in closing our fundraising round," the Youngr Labs team reports.
Alouette AI AI for engineers in complex industries
Alouette AI is developing agentic AI for industrial engineering. Its tool supports engineers in complex industries by leveraging sovereign, 100% verified digital models.
Founded by Bruno Gérard and Antoine Vidon, Alouette AI joined the Future of Industry vertical at 21st by CentraleSupélec in the first half of 2026.
21st by CentraleSupélec, supporting the deeptech startups of tomorrow
These four selections illustrate 21st by CentraleSupélec's commitment to deeptech startups that provide solutions to the major industrial, medical, and environmental challenges of the 21st century. An impact accelerator created in 2021, 21st by CentraleSupélec supports students, researchers, and entrepreneurs in developing deeptech startups, from ideation to scaling.
With its campuses at Paris-Saclay and STATION F, 21st by CentraleSupélec offers its startups the best of both worlds: proximity to research laboratories and the dynamism of the world's largest startup campus. Supported startups benefit from strategic guidance, over 140 mentors and industry experts, partner VC funds including the CentraleSupélec Venture alumni fund, privileged access to CentraleSupélec's 19 research laboratories, and a network of over 50,000 alumni ready to open doors for them.
Congratulations to RainPath, Bleu Robotics, Youngr Labs, and Alouette AI on this wonderful recognition, as well as to all the winners of this edition. And thank you to the STATION F teams for their commitment to the campus startups!
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