French generative AI startup LightOn launched an initial public offering (IPO) on the Euronext Growth market in Paris on Friday, with a listing expected later in November. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT LightOn, which provides large language model (LLM) software to businesses and the French government, would become the first GenAI startup to be listed in Europe. European peers like France's Mistral or Germany's DeepL have so far preferred to raise funding by remaining private. France is promoting itself as