# AI Consulting in France | Paris-Based AI Consultants > Paris-based AI consultants for companies across France: strategy, governance and adoption, in English or French. Clients include L'Oréal UK & Ireland and IGN. From €3,500. Source: https://wecallshotgun.com/ai-consulting-france Language: en --- AI Consulting in France # AI CONSULTING FRANCE ## Paris-based AI consultants for strategy, governance and adoption across France, in English or French. [Book Your Free AI Audit](https://cal.com/wecallshotgun/ai-adoption) [How an engagement runs →](https://wecallshotgun.com/enterprise) We Call Shotgun is a founder-led AI consulting firm based in Paris. We work with companies across France whose teams have AI tools and barely use them: strategy, governance, adoption roadmaps and hands-on enablement, in English or French. 50+ companies served, including L'Oréal UK & Ireland, Essilor Luxottica and IGN, with 2,000+ professionals enabled and a 5.0/5 client rating. 50+ Companies served 5.0/5 Client rating 2,000+ Professionals enabled ## WHY AI CONSULTING IN FRANCE? French companies have bought the tools: Copilot seats, ChatGPT Enterprise, Gemini. Then usage stalls with a handful of enthusiasts. What's missing is everything around the tool: a strategy the COMEX believes, governance your DPO signs off, and adoption that lasts past week three. That's the work we do, from La Défense to Lyon Part-Dieu. - ✓**Strategy tied to the P&L:** a roadmap built around the workflows where your time and money go - ✓**Governance built in:** AI charter, risk zones and usage policy aligned to GDPR, CNIL guidance and the EU AI Act - ✓**Adoption measured from week one:** a usage baseline first, then the time saved on real workflows, tracked against it - ✓**Founder-led, in English or French:** you work with the two founders, who come from Groupe BPCE and Google Creative Lab ### CONSULTING ENGAGEMENTS AI readiness audit & executive briefing €3,500+ Two-week AI strategy sprint €14,000+ 30/60/90-day transformation programme €50,000+ Multi-site rollout across France Quoted on scope Net of VAT, with materials and a post-engagement adoption review included. ## WHAT OUR AI CONSULTANTS DELIVER Four pillars, from the first audit to agentic workflows. ### AI Strategy & Roadmap Readiness audit, value and risk mapping, and a 30/60/90-day roadmap with owners and metrics ### Governance & AI Charter Usage policy, risk zones, and GDPR, CNIL and EU AI Act alignment your legal team signs off ### Adoption & Enablement Hands-on work on ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini and Claude, built around each role's real workflows ### Agentic Workflows Design and build of AI agents once the foundations are in daily use ## WHERE WE WORK IN FRANCE Based in Paris. On site wherever your teams sit, with remote and hybrid work for multi-site rollouts. [Paris & Île-de-France Our base. CAC 40 headquarters, La Défense, Station F, financial and professional services](https://wecallshotgun.com/ai-training-paris) [Lyon & Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Biopharma, the Vallée de la Chimie, industry, banking and regional mid-sized groups](https://wecallshotgun.com/ai-training-lyon) [Bordeaux & Nouvelle-Aquitaine Aerospace and defence, the wine industry, French Tech Bordeaux and B2B services](https://wecallshotgun.com/ai-training-bordeaux) [Marseille & PACA Port and logistics, healthcare, the Aix-Marseille tech scene and Provençal industry](https://wecallshotgun.com/ai-training-marseille) [Lille & Hauts-de-France Retail and distribution, e-commerce, EuraTechnologies and regional industry](https://wecallshotgun.com/ai-training-lille) [Nantes & Pays de la Loire Tech, shipbuilding, agri-food and the scale-ups of western France](https://wecallshotgun.com/ai-training-nantes) [Toulouse & Occitanie Aerospace and space around Airbus, AI research at ANITI, and deeptech](https://wecallshotgun.com/ai-training-toulouse) [London & the UK Our London consulting page, for Franco-British teams](https://wecallshotgun.com/ai-consulting-london) ## HIRING AI CONSULTANTS IN FRANCE: BUYER GUIDE Straight answers to what executives ask us before they sign. ### What does an AI consultant actually deliver? Four things, in sequence. An **AI readiness audit** that maps where value and risk sit in your current workflows. An **AI charter and governance framework** your legal team and DPO can sign off. A **30/60/90-day adoption roadmap** with named owners and measurable outcomes. And **hands-on enablement**, because a roadmap nobody knows how to run stays a PDF. When the engagement ends at the strategy deck, the gap between licences bought and licences used stays where it was. ### Boutique firm or large consultancy? Large firms are built for multi-year system integration with big teams of analysts. You pay for that in cost, in speed and in distance from the people doing the work. Our own comparison: we start within 2 weeks, a Big 4 firm in 2 to 3 months, and a typical 6-week engagement costs €25k to €60k with us against €150k to €500k+. You also work with the founders directly, and the engagement is judged on adoption ninety days later. The full comparison is on our [enterprise page](https://wecallshotgun.com/enterprise). For the wider French market, including Artefact, Ekimetrics and Capgemini Invent, read [Best AI Consulting Firms in France (2026)](https://wecallshotgun.com/blog/meilleurs-cabinets-conseil-ia-france-2026). ### Do you work in English in France? Yes. Both founders work in English and French. We regularly work with international companies that have French offices: UK and US headquarters running a rollout in Paris and Lyon, or European groups aligning France, the UK, Germany and Spain on one approach. Leadership work can run in English and team work in French, with the AI charter and usage policy written in both languages. ## FRAMEWORKS WE CONSULT WITH The We Call Shotgun concepts behind every engagement. [Activation vs Adoption Paying for a licence and using it are two different numbers.](https://wecallshotgun.com/ai-adoption-glossary#ai-activation-vs-adoption) [Workflow-first Training Start from the work people do, then bring the tool in.](https://wecallshotgun.com/ai-adoption-glossary#workflow-first-training) [Skill Inversion Why juniors out-ship seniors with AI.](https://wecallshotgun.com/ai-adoption-glossary#skill-inversion) [Five Stages of Expertise Disruption How AI rewrites senior roles.](https://wecallshotgun.com/ai-adoption-glossary#five-stages-expertise-disruption) [90-Day AI Adoption Playbook From pilot to measured ROI.](https://wecallshotgun.com/teachthem#ninety-day-playbook) [Painful Tuesday The week-three drop-off, and how to design around it.](https://wecallshotgun.com/ai-adoption-glossary#painful-tuesday) > “THE TOOL WAS NEVER THE PROBLEM. NOBODY TAUGHT THEM TO DRIVE.” Toni Dos Santos, Co-Founder of We Call Shotgun and author of [Teach Them to Drive](https://wecallshotgun.com/teachthem) ## FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS What companies ask us about AI consulting in France. ### Where are you based? In Paris. We work on site across France and in London, and remotely across Europe, in English or French. ### Who are the best AI consultants in France? It depends on what you need. For large data science builds, look at firms like Artefact, Ekimetrics or Capgemini Invent. If your teams have AI tools and barely use them, and you need strategy, governance and adoption handled together, a founder-led boutique like We Call Shotgun is built for that, at boutique prices. Judge any firm on practitioner experience, client references and whether your teams use AI more once the consultants have left. ### How much does AI consulting cost in France? At We Call Shotgun, an AI readiness audit and executive briefing starts at €3,500, a two-week AI strategy sprint at €14,000 and a 30/60/90-day transformation programme at €50,000. Prices are net of VAT and include materials and a post-engagement adoption review. Multi-site rollouts are quoted on scope. ### Do we need an AI consultant or AI training? If you have no roadmap, no governance and no agreed use cases, start with consulting. If the strategy exists and usage is stuck with a few early adopters, start with [AI training across France](https://wecallshotgun.com/ai-training-france). Most companies need both, in that order, which is why our consulting engagements include hands-on enablement. ### Do you work outside Paris? Yes, all the time. We work on site in Lyon, Bordeaux, Marseille, Lille, Nantes and Toulouse, and anywhere else in France your teams sit, with remote and hybrid work for multi-site rollouts. ### How do you handle GDPR, the CNIL and the EU AI Act? Every engagement runs under NDA, on enterprise AI tiers with no model training on your data. Governance deliverables align to GDPR, CNIL recommendations, the EU AI Act and your internal AI policy, plus sector rules such as ACPR expectations for banks where they apply. Article 4 of the AI Act still applies to every company that uses AI in the EU: since [Regulation (EU) 2026/1744](https://wecallshotgun.com/blog/digital-omnibus-ai-act-2026-what-changed) it requires measures that support staff AI literacy, and national market surveillance authorities have supervised it since 3 August 2026. Our free [EU AI Act check](https://wecallshotgun.com/ai-act-check/) takes five minutes and gives you a red, amber or green verdict. ### Do you work with SMEs and mid-sized companies (PME and ETI)? Yes. We focus on mid-market companies of 200 to 5,000 employees and on divisions of large groups. Smaller companies get the same method with governance sized to them, starting at €3,500 for a readiness audit and executive briefing. ## RELATED SERVICES & LOCATIONS [AI Strategy Consulting](https://wecallshotgun.com/ai-strategy-consulting) [AI Training France](https://wecallshotgun.com/ai-training-france) [AI Training Paris](https://wecallshotgun.com/ai-training-paris) [AI Consulting London](https://wecallshotgun.com/ai-consulting-london) [Enterprise AI Adoption](https://wecallshotgun.com/enterprise) [EU AI Act Check](https://wecallshotgun.com/ai-act-check/) [ChatGPT Enterprise](https://wecallshotgun.com/chatgpt-enterprise-training) [Microsoft Copilot](https://wecallshotgun.com/copilot-training) [Claude](https://wecallshotgun.com/claude-training) [Client Reviews](https://wecallshotgun.com/reviews) ## WHERE DOES AI USAGE STALL IN YOUR TEAMS? Book a free 20-minute call. Tell us where it stalls and we'll tell you what we'd change first. 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