# AI Agencies in Lyon, France

> 11 agencies in Lyon, ranked by published evidence — portfolio quality, credibility, and profile completeness.

Canonical page: https://www.aiagencies.eu/location/lyon
Generated: 2026-09-17 · Curated by Gabor Kiss · No paid placements — inclusion, score, and rank are never sold.

Listed hourly rates in Europe: €65–110/hr (25th–75th percentile of 145 listed agency rate ranges — the Lyon cell publishes at 8+ rated agencies).

## Ranked roster
1. **AVISIA** — Lyon, France · rate not published · team 250+ · founded 2007 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, Generative AI · 3 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/avisia-alpes
2. **Yield Studio** — Lyon, France · €85-130/hr (directory-listed) · team 50-249 · founded 2019 · services: AI Development, Generative AI, AI Agents · 6 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/yield-studio
3. **Qweri** — Lyon, France · rate not published · team 2-9 · founded 2019 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, AI SEO · 1 documented client engagement with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-10 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/qweri
4. **Sequance** — Lyon, France · rate not published · team 2-9 · founded 2024 · services: AI Automation, AI Agents, Generative AI · 2 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-10 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/sequance
5. **Flowt** — Lyon, France · rate not published · team 2-9 · founded 2024 · services: AI Development, AI Consulting, Generative AI · 6 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-09-10 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/flowt
6. **Powehi** — Lyon, France · rate not published · team 2-9 · founded 2024 · services: AI Consulting, AI Automation, AI Agents · 2 documented client engagements with source URLs · reviewed 2026-08-06 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/powehi
7. **Datalyo** — Lyon, France · rate not published · team 50-249 · founded 2014 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development · reviewed 2026-09-10 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/datalyo
8. **ActinVision** — Lyon, France · rate not published · team 50-249 · founded 2014 · services: AI Consulting, AI Development, Generative AI · reviewed 2026-09-04 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/actinvision
9. **Sociaty** — Lyon, France · rate not published · team 2-9 · services: AI Consulting, AI Automation, AI Agents · reviewed 2026-09-10 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/sociaty
10. **CZ Multimedia** — Lyon, France · rate not published · founded 2006 · services: AI Development, Generative AI, AI Automation · reviewed 2026-09-10 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/cz-multimedia
11. **DataGenius** — Lyon, France · rate not published · team 2-9 · founded 2017 · services: AI Development, AI Consulting · reviewed 2026-09-10 · https://www.aiagencies.eu/agency/datagenius

## Compared head-to-head
Curated comparison pages (published rates, team size, coverage, projected 12-week engagement cost, and the curator's verdict on both sides — pairings are never sold):
- AVISIA vs Qweri: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/avisia-alpes-vs-qweri
- AVISIA vs Yield Studio: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/avisia-alpes-vs-yield-studio
- Qweri vs Yield Studio: https://www.aiagencies.eu/compare/qweri-vs-yield-studio

## About this market
Lyon is France's second business center and its AI market is shaped by what the region actually manufactures and researches: health and biotech around Lyonbiopôle, chemicals and energy along the Rhône corridor, and the engineering pipeline out of INSA Lyon, École Centrale and ENS de Lyon. The La French Tech Lyon-Saint-Étienne network gives the smaller studios a visible community, and the work skews toward applied automation and industrial data rather than model research, which stays concentrated in Paris. Rates run below the capital for comparable engineering, and French is the default working language outside the larger firms.

## Questions buyers ask

### How much do AI agencies in Lyon charge?
The discount reflects local cost rather than capability, since the engineering schools that supply Lyon's studios also supply the capital's. Smaller studios publish rates rarely, so expect to ask, and treat quotes far under the band as a sign of subcontracting.

### Why hire an AI agency in Lyon?
Hire here when the problem is operational rather than experimental: process automation, document and quote workflows, systems that plug into tools a mid-sized company already runs. The city's agencies are small and sell to regional manufacturers and service firms, so the engagements tend to be scoped tightly and priced accordingly. For frontier model work, Paris remains the deeper market.

### Which industries do Lyon AI agencies specialize in?
Health and life sciences, chemicals and energy, industrial manufacturing and logistics—the sectors with the largest employers in the region. That mix is why local AI work leans toward data extraction, monitoring and internal assistants rather than consumer-facing generative products.

### Do Lyon agencies work in English?
Firms with international clients do, but Lyon's market is more domestic than Paris's and several studios operate mainly in French. Confirm before scoping which language your documentation, contracts and day-to-day communication will be in.

### What's the rate distribution across AI agencies in Lyon?
Of the 11 AI agencies on this page, 1 publish complete hourly rate ranges. They range from €85 to €130, with a median around €108. Across the register, rated agencies in Europe bill €65–110/hr (145 rated). 1 agency operates under €100/hr: Yield Studio.

### Which are the top-rated AI agencies in Lyon?
Based on our editorial scoring (portfolio quality, business credibility, and case study depth), the top-ranked AI agencies in Lyon are AVISIA, Yield Studio, Qweri. See the full review on each agency's profile.

### Which industries are best represented among Lyon AI agencies?
E-commerce is the most represented industry among Lyon AI agencies — 8 of 11 disclose E-commerce experience. Examples include AVISIA, Qweri, Sequance.

### How recent are these AI agency reviews?
All 11 agencies on this page were editorially reviewed between Aug 6, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026 — the most recent being DataGenius. See our review methodology for how scores are calculated.

### What's the smallest team size available for AI work in Lyon?
Qweri, Sequance, Flowt are the boutique studios (under 10 people) on this page, ideal for projects needing senior-level attention without large-team overhead.

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Source: AIAgencies.eu — the curated register of European AI agencies. Rate provenance: "agency-confirmed" = disclosed via submission or claimed profile; "directory-listed" = Clutch or two agreeing B2B directories (lone unverified sources are never written). Full method: https://www.aiagencies.eu/methodology · Rate index: https://www.aiagencies.eu/rates