LAAS CNRS

Name

LAAS CNRS

Legal name

LAAS-CNRS (Laboratoire d'Analyse et d'Architecture des Systèmes du CNRS)

Website

https://laas.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Scientific Research Services

NAICS

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) (541714), Space Research and Technology (92711)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Controllers & Control Systems (PLCs, PACs, CNC Controllers) (IMAHAHAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Lab Middleware, Instrument Connectivity & Automation (HLACAMAI)

Keywords

• Scientific research services
• Systems engineering research
• Robotics and automation
• Micro nano systems
• Applied research laboratory

Headquarters

HQ city

Toulouse

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Public Research Funding: Core funding from CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research) and associated university partners including Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, INSA Toulouse, INPT, UT2J, and UT1 Capitole

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

LAAS-CNRS is a public research laboratory conducting fundamental and applied research in system analysis and architecture across four core disciplinary fields: computer science, robotics, automatics, and micro and nano systems. The laboratory is organized into 6 scientific departments and 24 research teams, delivering research outputs, open-source software tools, technology transfer, and PhD training, funded primarily through public grants and industrial research contracts.

Product overview

LAAS-CNRS operates as a comprehensive research laboratory platform rather than a commercial product company. The laboratory provides research services across four core disciplinary fields (computer science, robotics, automatics, micro and nano systems) organized into six scientific departments: Decision and Optimization (DO), Energy Management (GE), Microwaves and Optics (HOPES), Micro Nano Bio Technologies (MNBT), Trustworthy Computing Systems and Networks (RISC), and Robotics (ROB). The research portfolio is supported by specialized tools including the HAL LAAS scientific repository for publications, and open-source software such as DIADES for diagnosis systems, TSSOS for polynomial optimization, and RealCertify for polynomial certification.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• LAAS-CNRS Research Platform A comprehensive research laboratory platform providing research services across computer science, robotics, automatics, and micro/nano systems, comprising 6 scientific departments and 24 research teams conducting fundamental and applied research.
• HAL LAAS Scientific Production Repository Open-access scientific publication repository hosting LAAS-CNRS research outputs including journal articles, conference papers, theses, and patents for the global research community.
• DIADES - Diagnosis of Discrete Event Systems Open-source software tool for model-based diagnosis of discrete event systems, providing automata and Petri net collection tools for diagnosis applications, aimed at researchers and engineers working on complex system monitoring.
• TSSOS Open-source software implementing Tightening Moment-SOS hierarchies for polynomial optimization, providing tools for structured and correlative sparsity optimization aimed at researchers in optimization and control theory.
• RealCertify Software for certifying positivity of polynomials and optimization over semialgebraic sets, supporting research in polynomial optimization and moment problems for academic and applied research users.

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple patents registered including pulse generators, adaptive sampling methodologies, and plasma etching processes for diamond power MOSFET fabrication
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability10 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier (UPS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLAAS-CNRS is associated with UPS as one of the 5 founding members of COMUE Université de Toulouse. This partnership provides institutional affiliation and collaborative research opportunities across multiple disciplines.
• Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse (INSA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLAAS-CNRS is associated with INSA Toulouse as one of the 5 founding members of COMUE Université de Toulouse, providing academic collaboration and student training opportunities.
• Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse (INPT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLAAS-CNRS is associated with INPT as one of the 5 founding members of COMUE Université de Toulouse, enabling joint research programs and graduate education.
• Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLAAS-CNRS is associated with UT2J as one of the 5 founding members of COMUE Université de Toulouse, supporting interdisciplinary research across humanities and sciences.
• Université Toulouse I Capitole (UT1)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLAAS-CNRS is associated with UT1 Capitole as one of the 5 founding members of COMUE Université de Toulouse, enabling collaboration in law and economics applied to technology research.
• CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLAAS-CNRS is a laboratory under CNRS, receiving core institutional funding and support from the French national research organization.
• CEA (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative research partner on LRC-LICUR project (Rapport d'activité Année 10, 2025) focused on energy systems and power electronics research.
• Arcelor Mittal Fos/MermajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerIndustrial partner for autonomous power supply project using thermoelectric generators and supercapacitor storage for industrial sensor applications (2024).

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• INRIA (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique): France's national computer science and applied mathematics research institute. Comparable as a sibling CNRS-affiliated public research organization with overlapping scope in AI, optimization, robotics, and formal methods.
• CEA (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives): France's major public research organization covering energy, defense, and information technology. Directly comparable as an existing LAAS research partner on power electronics (LRC-LICUR project) with overlapping energy, micro/nano systems, and embedded systems portfolios.
• Fraunhofer Society: Germany's applied research network with 76 institutes. Comparable as a European public research organization model focused on applied science, industry contracts, and tech transfer across automation, microelectronics, and AI.
• Max Planck Society: Germany's fundamental research organization with 86 institutes. Comparable as a European public research network with strong publications output, similar gtm model (community-led, scientific dissemination), and interdisciplinary structure.
• MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL): MIT's flagship interdisciplinary research lab spanning AI, robotics, and systems. Comparable as a large multi-department research organization with industry partnerships, but with US private-university funding model.
• IMEC: Belgium-based leading semiconductor and nanoelectronics R&D center. Comparable as a major European research organization in micro/nano systems with significant industry partnerships, though much larger scale (>5000 staff).

Direct peers

• Italian Institute of Technology (IIT): Italian public research foundation with similar scope across robotics, nanotechnology, and computational sciences. Comparable as a Southern European public research lab with industry transfer focus and similar scale (~1900 staff).
• ETH Zurich - Research Labs: Swiss federal institute with research groups in robotics, control systems, and micro/nano systems. Comparable as a public European research institution conducting interdisciplinary system analysis and architecture research.
• CMU Robotics Institute: Carnegie Mellon's premier robotics research center. Comparable as a dedicated research entity with strong industry partnerships in autonomous systems, control theory, and AI applied to physical systems.
• CSEM (Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique): Swiss public-private R&D center in micro/nano systems, MEMS, and energy. Comparable in micro/nano fabrication, MEMS, and applied industrial research with European public funding model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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