Entente CordIAle Paris-Saclay – Oxford-Cambridge AI Initiative

London, 9 July 2025 – The Saclay Cluster – which includes Institut Polytechnique de Paris, HEC Paris and Université Paris-Saclay –, University of Oxford and University of Cambridge, are joining forces to build AI excellence. 

During the French President's state visit to the United Kingdom, Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris), HEC Paris, Université Paris-Saclay, Oxford University and Cambridge University formalised a joint commitment to create a strategic partnership in the field of artificial intelligence. 

Named the Entente CordIAle Paris-Saclay – Oxford-Cambridge AI Initiative, this partnership brings together two leading centres of scientific and technological excellence: the Saclay Cluster and the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. They share a common ambition: to foster the emergence of excellent, ethical and sovereign artificial intelligence on a European scale.