France is making a major push to position itself as Europe’s hub for artificial intelligence, throwing its weight behind the fast-growing and much-hyped technology.

AI was the phrase on everyone’s lips at France’s annual technology conference Viva Tech, from startups to established technology firms, along with companies from industries as diverse as cosmetics and banking. Macron, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire and Digital Minister Jean-Noel Barrot attended the event held on June, 16, adding the government’s backing to France’s tech push. “We will invest like crazy on training and research,” Macron told the media, adding that France is well-positioned in AI due to its access to talent and start-ups forming around the technology. France doesn’t have an AI giant like the U.S., but wants to create two or three “big global players” in the technology, according to Macron.