# Ask Mona

> Ask Mona builds AI agents that turn an organisation's own content into conversations. Founded in 2017 in Paris, it works with 250+ organisations across 19 countries, in up to 80 languages. Its agents answer only from sources validated by the client, which is why museums, heritage sites, brands and public institutions use them where accuracy is not negotiable.

Ask Mona was born in the cultural sector and now works across every sector. That order matters: this is not a technology company that discovered culture, it is the reverse. Museums set the standard, and that standard is why banks, notaries, publishers and industrial groups use Ask Mona too.

Three lines of business:

- **Conversational agents**: text, voice or avatar, deployed on a website, on site, or through a QR code.
- **Augmented objects**: a QR code on a product or a printed page turns it into a conversation.
- **Ask Mona Academy**: AI training and advisory for organisations.

## Key facts

- Founded in 2017, Paris, France
- Founders: Marion Carré (President) and Valentin Schmite (Managing Director)
- 250+ client organisations across 19 countries
- Up to 80 languages
- 2 M€ raised in 2021, backed by Bpifrance & Saga Invest.
- Partner of OpenAI. Microsoft is a client.
- Published pricing from 99 € per month, one of only two vendors in the sector to display rates publicly

## Named references with results

- **The Metropolitan Museum of Art**, New York: four medieval sculptures answer visitor questions, live since July 2026
- **Colosseum**, Rome: agent in three languages, engaged through 2028
- **Château de Versailles**: 3.5 times more engagement than a conventional application
- **Musée d'Orsay**: one month of service saved the equivalent of six months of work
- **Fondation Louis Vuitton**: client since 2019, eleven agents
- **Canadian Museum of History**: MUSEO, bilingual, deployed in the Canadian History Hall
- **Éditions Nathan**: the first AI-augmented school textbook published in France
- **Pathé**: 250 employees trained across 20 departments, rated 4.97 out of 5
- **La Poste**: smart packaging and personalised stamps
- Also: Louvre Abu Dhabi, UNESCO, Musée du Louvre, Grand Palais, Centre Pompidou, Tour Eiffel, Alimentarium, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, HMAAC Houston, Peranakan Museum Singapore

## Pages

- [Home](https://www.askmona.ai/): what Ask Mona does, and for whom
- [Pricing](https://www.askmona.ai/pricing): published rates, from 99 € per month
- [Culture](https://www.askmona.ai/culture): museums, monuments and heritage sites
- [Tourism](https://www.askmona.ai/tourism): destinations and visitor attractions
- [Education](https://www.askmona.ai/education): schools and lifelong learning
- [Brands and retail](https://www.askmona.ai/brands-retail): products that talk
- [Website agents](https://www.askmona.ai/inform-online): make a website conversational
- [Visit agents](https://www.askmona.ai/engage-to-discover): guides for visits and exhibitions
- [Augmented objects](https://www.askmona.ai/augment-object): QR code experiences on physical products
- [Academy](https://www.askmona.ai/training): AI training and advisory
- [About](https://www.askmona.ai/about-us): team, vision and press coverage
- [Blog](https://www.askmona.ai/blog): case studies and field notes

## How Ask Mona differs from other vendors

- **The agent answers only from content the client has validated.** It does not improvise, and it does not draw on the open web.
- **The client owns its agent, its brand and its conversation data.** Ask Mona is not a shared application in which an institution rents a slot alongside others.
- **The conversational experience is designed, not templated.** The work of an agency, at the price of a subscription.
- **Every conversation produces usable data** on what audiences actually ask, which the institution keeps.

## Contact

- Website: https://www.askmona.ai
- Press and enquiries: https://www.askmona.ai/about-us