https://honeylab.fr/insights/ Notes for founders, LPs, and corporate leaders. By Patrick Amiel — operating across Paris, Buenos Aires and Miami. en © 2026 Honey Lab hello@honeylab.fr (Patrick Amiel) hello@honeylab.fr (Honey Lab) Thu, 07 May 2026 12:00:00 +0200 Honey Lab https://honeylab.fr/web-app-manifest-512x512.png https://honeylab.fr/insights/ https://honeylab.fr/insights/hire-for-ai-use-case/ https://honeylab.fr/insights/hire-for-ai-use-case/ Thu, 07 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Build If I had to hire a junior in marketing or finance tomorrow, I'd weigh their Claude use case heavier than their school. Why AI fluency is the new hiring filter — and what a good use case actually looks like. https://honeylab.fr/insights/european-champions-on-offence/ https://honeylab.fr/insights/european-champions-on-offence/ Wed, 06 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Back Doctolib in the UK, Deel and Qonto on a global acquisition spree, Brevo crossing unicorn status with eleven acquisitions. European tech is no longer just defending its home market — it's buying its way into the next decade. https://honeylab.fr/insights/ai-native-leverage/ https://honeylab.fr/insights/ai-native-leverage/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Build A few Anthropic licences, three operators, and the throughput of a 20-person team. What I'm seeing across Paris and Miami — and why headcount stopped being a useful proxy for the health of a startup. https://honeylab.fr/insights/board-pay-peanuts/ https://honeylab.fr/insights/board-pay-peanuts/ Sun, 18 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Advise Only 30% of French startups pay their independent directors. Below — what good board work actually costs, why the cheapest seat is the most expensive one, and a benchmark grid by company stage. https://honeylab.fr/insights/argentina-latam-gateway/ https://honeylab.fr/insights/argentina-latam-gateway/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100 Back A week in Buenos Aires after a stop in Miami. Founders forged by permanent crisis, a President opening the country to foreign capital, and the contours of a tech ecosystem coming back to life. https://honeylab.fr/insights/six-pillars-french-tech/ https://honeylab.fr/insights/six-pillars-french-tech/ Mon, 08 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100 Build 25 years of ecosystem-building can be undone in 18 months. A diagnosis of what's holding up the French tech machine — and what's quietly giving way underneath it. https://honeylab.fr/insights/yc-a16z-2026-theses/ https://honeylab.fr/insights/yc-a16z-2026-theses/ Sat, 22 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100 Back When YC and a16z converge, it's rarely just narrative. What their 2026 build-lists really say — about AI-native companies, organisational redesign, and the next category of founders.