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IN THE LOOP
With €3 billion, Mistral is changing its business
Three years after it was founded, Mistral has raised €3 billion at a valuation of more than €21 billion. The…
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TRENDS
Behind OpenAI, the quiet rise of Chinese AI models
While media attention remains focused on OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind, another battle is unfolding within the artificial intelligence industry.…
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IN THE ARMY NOW
French neuromorphic vision pioneer PROPHESEE raises €20 million: MANTARA targets a multibillion-euro European market
When Prophesee was founded in 2014, its ambition was to develop a new generation of sensors inspired by the workings…
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IN THE LOOP
Spain’s THEKER raises $85 million: Europe finally produces its own contenders in general-purpose robotics
The race for artificial intelligence is no longer being fought solely inside data centres. After three years dominated by language…
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TRENDS
China is building the financial infrastructure of a post-dollar world
China is not seeking to dethrone the dollar, but it is trying to make its use less indispensable. For several…
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QUANTUM PULSE
UK-based OQC raises nearly €300 million as the quantum race enters a new geopolitical phase
UK-based OQC (Oxford Quantum Circuits) has completed the largest private funding round ever recorded in Europe’s quantum computing sector. The…
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AI SHIFT
British deeptech company PHYSICSX raises €255 million: the AI race expands into strategic infrastructure
The race for artificial intelligence is no longer confined to conversational models, software agents or improvements in knowledge-worker productivity. A…
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CODE OF POWER
The European Commission is shifting from digital policy to an AI industrial policy
The global artificial intelligence race is now being fought through electricity grids, power-generation capacity, data infrastructure and industrial supply chains.…
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IN THE LOOP
Europe now wants to build the technology it regulates
When the European Union adopted the GDPR in 2018, it established itself as the global benchmark for digital regulation. The…
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IN THE LOOP
Have you heard of ASML, the company that could become Mistral AI’s new anchor investor?
According to Reuters, ASML, the Dutch group that holds a global monopoly on extreme ultraviolet lithography equipment, could lead Mistral…
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