Danone's entry into the IP Paris Connexion program illustrates the unique dynamic of IP Paris, where research of excellence and leading industrial players come together to address the major challenges of our time. This partnership paves the way for a long-term collaboration, which we want to be deeply structuring, in areas as decisive as health and nutrition.
Danone and Institut Polytechnique de Paris sign a partnership to foster tomorrow's innovations in health and nutrition through the IP Paris Connexion program
22 Jun. 2026
Danone and IP Paris are signing a partnership within the framework of the IP Paris Connexion program to develop research projects in artificial intelligence, data science, and technologies applied to health, nutrition, and consumer behavior. Danone becomes the first partner from the agrifood sector to join this program.
T. Coulhon (IP Paris), A. de Saint-Affrique (Danone) and I. Esser (Danone) officialize their partnership as part of the "IP Paris Connexion" program, June 19, 2026 – VivaTech, Paris.
Paris, June 22, 2026
By joining the IP Paris Connexion program, Danone becomes the first player in the agrifood sector to join this initiative dedicated to developing scientific and technological collaborations. This membership marks a new step in the relationship between Danone and Institut Polytechnique de Paris. It aims to structure and strengthen joint projects, facilitating Danone's access to the scientific expertise, laboratories, talent, and innovation capabilities of the Institute, in order to support the development of solutions in the fields of health and nutrition. Designed to strengthen ties between 2corporate partners and the academic ecosystem of Institut Polytechnique de Paris, IP Paris Connexion is a partnership program dedicated to developing strategic collaborations with companies and institutional players. It provides a structuring framework to foster new cooperation, ambitious research projects, and mobilize the expertise of IP Paris' 6 schools — École polytechnique, ENSTA, École nationale des ponts et chaussées (ENPC), ENSAE Paris, Télécom Paris, and Télécom SudParis — as well as its interdisciplinary centers, technological platforms, and innovation ecosystem. IP Paris also brings a forward-looking vision to the partners joining the program.
Mobilizing IP Paris’ scientific excellence to address health and nutrition challenges
As a science-based global company, Danone places innovation at the heart of its strategy to meet major health, nutrition, and sustainability challenges. This partnership aims to bring forth new research projects in key areas such as artificial intelligence applied to health and nutrition, advanced data science, modeling of complex biological systems, and digital technologies to better understand consumer behavior. It will lead to collaborative innovation projects and regular scientific exchanges, strengthening interactions between Danone’s teams and the academic and scientific community of IP Paris. This collaboration will also be closely linked with the Engineering for Health (E4H) interdisciplinary center, which brings together IP Paris' expertise around health and nutrition challenges. E4H will provide a privileged framework for interactions with IP Paris talent, whether through internships, PhDs, or structured academic collaborations. Together, Danone and IP Paris intend to build a common long-term roadmap and develop high-impact projects at the intersection of science, technology, and innovation.
This partnership reflects a strong conviction: it is at the intersection of science, technology, and collaboration that the most decisive advances are created. By joining IP Paris’ Connexion program, we will explore innovation projects leveraging artificial intelligence and digital technology for health and food, with the ambition of transforming scientific innovation into concrete impact for consumers and patients.