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ANTHROPIC hires ORANGE’s AI chief to accelerate its expansion in Europe
The artificial intelligence war is no longer being fought solely in research laboratories or data centres. It is now unfolding…
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French health insurer ALAN surpasses €1 billion in total funding as PROSUS joins its shareholder base
French scale-up Alan has reportedly raised €480 million from investment group Prosus in a transaction that would value the company…
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AI: what is the “adversarial distillation” that ANTHROPIC accuses ALIBABA of using?
Artificial intelligence is entering a new phase of its geopolitical confrontation. After the battle over semiconductors, data centres and the…
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Advertising: US retail giant WALMART acquires French adtech VIBE for €1.2 billion to step up its challenge to AMAZON
Advertising: Walmart’s push to build a media empire The world’s largest retailer is no longer content just selling products —…
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Defense: German startup STARK, backed by Peter Thiel, raises €500 million
Defense: the rearmament race is increasingly playing out in venture capital boardrooms The German startup Stark, which specializes in attack…
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French geolocation startup WHEERE raises €8.5 million to take its indoor positioning technology into orbit
GPS has become one of the most critical infrastructures in the global economy. Every day, billions of smartphones, vehicles, aircraft,…
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Harvest now, decrypt later: why Washington is accelerating its post-quantum transition
Trump signed two Executive Orders yesterday marking a new phase in America’s technology strategy The first sets an ambitious industrial…
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French observability startup TSUGA raises €30 million as AI agents push monitoring costs to breaking point
AI is often presented as a cost-cutting technology Task automation, streamlined operations, productivity gains — the dominant narrative is one…
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Corporate cars enter the circular economy: FLEASE raises €13 million to challenge traditional long-term leasing
Corporate cars enter the circular economy: Flease’s bet against traditional long-term leasing The long-term rental market was built on a…
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COMAND AI raises €32 million: European defense is no longer aiming for sovereignty, but for supremacy
Comand AI keeps accelerating Eighteen months after a first funding round of €8.5 million and a €3 million pre-seed, the…
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