AI photography startup Meero may be the perfect example of how far the French Tech ecosystem has come in recent years. Founded in 2016, the company has already raised $63.4 million in venture capital, including a $45 million round last summer. It has almost 1,000 employees after the 400 it hired in just the past six months. And Meero was one of the few startups to stand out at the recent Viva Technology conference in Paris, an event largely organized around the digital transformation efforts of France's largest corporations. Meero's velocity and trajectory is the stuff that makes the hearts of French Tech boosters beat a little faster. Speaking on stage at VivaTech, cofounder and CEO Thomas Rebaud said he always dreamed about turning Meero into an international company and urged his employees to be ambitious.

While most fifth graders are naturally focused on straight chillin', one is already on track to change the world. Ten-year-old roboticist Eva is the youngest person to receive Five by Five's Paris Summer Innovation Fellowship. SEE ALSO: Young comedian makes'America's Got Talent' great again with Trump joke Kat Borlongan, a founding partner at Five by Five, shared a summary of Eva's application on Facebook. "The streets of Paris are sad. I want to build a robot that will make them happy again. I've already starting learning how to code on Thymio robots, but I have trouble making it work. I want to join the program so the mentors can help me."