Lyon Data Science

What Lyon Data Science does

Lyon Data Science is a French non-profit association (Association loi 1901), headquartered at 2 Rue du Professeur Charles Appleton, 69007 Lyon, France, and officially declared in March 2016. The organization organizes free, community-driven events aimed at democratizing data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data education for a general audience ranging from beginners and students to working professionals in the Lyon metropolitan area.

The association's core offering is a portfolio of event formats, including monthly technical conferences hosted at Epitech Lyon, informal Lyon Data Club meetups held at TUBA Lyon, and hands-on workshops and hackathons (including Tech & Wine evenings) available both in-person and online. Supporting these events is a content and community infrastructure distributed across Meetup (event registration), Discord (daily discussion and resource sharing), YouTube (conference replays), and GitHub (open-source notebooks, Python scripts, and datasets). The organization does not operate a proprietary platform or product; its technology layer consists of community-shared open-source resources rather than internally developed software.

Commercially, Lyon Data Science has no revenue model: all events are free, and there is no disclosed pricing, membership fee, or paid product. Operations are sustained by partner support, with two named strategic partners: Epitech Lyon (academic/venue) and TUBA Lyon (urban innovation venue). The go-to-market motion is community-led, relying on organic social presence across LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter/X, and Twitch to attract attendees. The association is privately held, employs 11-50 people, and has no disclosed funding rounds, acquisitions, or paying customer base.

Name

Lyon Data Science

Legal name

Association Lyon Data Science

Website

https://lyondata.science

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Lyon Data Science is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) founded in 2016 in Lyon that organizes free conferences, workshops, and meetups on data science, AI, and machine learning for a general audience of beginners, students, and professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Tech Community Education

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192)

akta.pro primary industry

Virtual/Hybrid Conference Production & Platform Management (THAHACAM)

Keywords

• Data science community
• Machine learning events
• Artificial intelligence meetups
• Open source education
• Tech community workshops

Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. No commercial revenue model: Lyon Data Science is an association loi 1901 (French nonprofit organization) that operates as a community platform. All events are free and accessible. The organization does not appear to generate commercial revenue but relies on partner support to sustain its mission of democratizing data science and AI in Lyon.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Lyon Data Science is a non-profit association (Association loi 1901) that organizes free community events to democratize data science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning in Lyon, France. It runs monthly technical conferences at Epitech Lyon, informal Lyon Data Club meetups at TUBA Lyon, hands-on workshops and hackathons, and shares open-source educational resources via Discord, GitHub, and YouTube.

Product overview

Lyon Data Science is a non-profit association (loi 1901) founded in March 2016 that democratizes data science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning through free, accessible, and inclusive events. The organization operates as a community platform offering five interconnected services: monthly technical conferences (Conférences techniques mensuelles) at Epitech Lyon featuring expert speakers on AI and ML topics; informal networking gatherings (Lyon Data Club) at TUBA Lyon for community exchange; hands-on workshops and special formats including hackathons and Tech & Wine evenings available both in-person and online; on-demand conference replays on YouTube; and open source educational resources shared via Discord and GitHub. All offerings are free and designed for all audiences, from beginners to professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Lyon Data Club: Informal meetup sessions for exchanging ideas about data science and AI in a friendly atmosphere, held at TUBA Lyon.

Products and services

• Conférences techniques mensuelles (Monthly Technical Conferences) Monthly free technical conferences where recognized experts share knowledge and experiences on AI, NLP, machine learning, and data engineering, held at Epitech Lyon. Targeted at beginners, students, and professionals interested in data science and AI.
• Lyon Data Club (Rencontres informelles)
• Ateliers et formats spéciaux (Workshops and Special Formats)
• Conferences Replays (YouTube)
• Ressources open source (Open Source Resources)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Epitech LyoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEpitech Lyon serves as the academic partner and regular host venue for Lyon Data Science's monthly technical conferences. As a leading tech education institution, Epitech provides credibility and access to the student and professional community for data science events.
• TUBA LyoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTUBA is an innovative urban space that serves as the preferred venue for the Lyon Data Club informal meetups. The partnership provides a welcoming, collaborative atmosphere for networking among data science enthusiasts, students, and professionals.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• TBA21 (related: TheTuringPost / community AI newsletters): Independent community-driven content platforms (e.g., The Turing Post) that disseminate AI/ML knowledge through free, accessible channels to practitioner and beginner audiences. Comparable as ecosystem peers in the free, content-first AI education landscape, though primarily digital rather than event-based.
• Women in AI: Global non-profit community supporting women in artificial intelligence through events, talks, and networking. Thematically adjacent as a non-profit community running AI-focused events and educational programming with a similar inclusivity and access mission.

Broad incumbents

• Data Science Dojo: Global data science training and community organization that runs bootcamps, conferences, and free educational content on data science and machine learning. Overlaps in mission (democratizing data science) and community-event format, but operates at much larger commercial scale.
• Open Data Science Conference (ODSC): Large-scale, globally organized data science and AI conference series with training, talks, and community events. A broader incumbent offering overlapping AI/ML educational content and community programming, but at significantly larger scale and with paid commercial model.
• DeepLearning.AI: Major AI education platform founded by Andrew Ng offering courses, newsletters, and community content on machine learning and AI. Comparable in providing free, accessible AI educational content, but at massive global scale and as a commercial enterprise rather than a community association.

Direct peers

• France is AI: French non-profit ecosystem that organizes events, conferences, and community programs around artificial intelligence. Operates with a similar mission of democratizing AI knowledge through community-driven, free events, making it a direct functional peer in the French AI community space.
• Paris Data Science: Community organization in Paris that runs data science and AI meetups, talks, and workshops in a similar free, community-driven format. Directly comparable as a French city-level data science community platform serving the same audience archetypes (students, professionals, beginners).

Emerging players

• AI Saturdays: Global grassroots community running free, volunteer-led AI study groups and workshops in dozens of cities. Highly comparable as a free, community-driven AI education organizer with city chapters and workshop formats that mirror Lyon Data Science's mission and structure.
• DataTalks.Club: Online community for data professionals featuring regular talks, podcasts, and community events around data science and analytics. Comparable as a community-led data science event organizer with similar free, content-driven audience engagement model, though primarily online rather than anchored to a single city.

Regional players

• Toulouse Data Science: Data science meetup group based in Toulouse running talks and workshops in the same local-community format. Comparable as a French regional peer running parallel city-level data science community programming without directly competing in Lyon's territory.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/lyondatascience
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@lyondatascience
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lyondatascience
• Instagraminstagram.com/lyondatascience
• Facebookfacebook.com/lyondatascience

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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