Benoît Berthelot
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Billionaire Xavier Niel has bought the "Pavillon de Musique de la Comtesse du Barry," a historic residence near Versailles built for Louis XV’s royal mistress, adding to his growing portfolio of prestigious real estate holdings in France www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Xavier Niel Buys $45 Million Property Built for Louis XV’s Lover
Billionaire Xavier Niel has bought a historic residence near Versailles built for Louis XV’s royal mistress, adding to his growing portfolio of prestigious real estate holdings in France.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Billionaire Xavier Niel has bought the "Pavillon de Musique de la Comtesse du Barry," a historic residence near Versailles built for Louis XV’s royal mistress, adding to his growing portfolio of prestigious real estate holdings in France www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
French lawmakers voted to double its tax on large technology companies, risking a backlash from Donald Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
France Risks Trump Ire as Lawmakers Vote to Raise Big Tech Tax
French lawmakers voted to double its tax on large technology companies, risking a backlash from Donald Trump who has long threatened to retaliate against the measure with trade tariffs.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
French lawmakers voted to double its tax on large technology companies, risking a backlash from Donald Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
After taking full control of German publisher Axel Springer (Politico, Business Insider), Mathias Döpfner says he’s interested in bringing another US media startup under his roof : www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
The German Owner of Politico Wants Another US Media Outlet
After taking full control of publisher Axel Springer, Mathias Döpfner has a pile of cash and the desire to grow.
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September 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
After taking full control of German publisher Axel Springer (Politico, Business Insider), Mathias Döpfner says he’s interested in bringing another US media startup under his roof : www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
The three founders of Mistral AI emerged as France’s first AI billionaires after a funding round valued the tech firm at €11.7 billion www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
First AI Billionaires Emerge From French Homegrown Startup
The three founders of Mistral AI emerged as France’s first artificial intelligence billionaires after a funding round valued the tech firm at €11.7 billion ($13.7 billion).
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September 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The three founders of Mistral AI emerged as France’s first AI billionaires after a funding round valued the tech firm at €11.7 billion www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Dutch chipmaker ASML's €1.7 billion investment in French AI startup #Mistral has sparked hope that the company can offer a compelling alternative to American and Chinese AI. Story with
Yazhou Sun : www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Yazhou Sun : www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Mistral Emerges as Last, Best Hope for European AI Contender
ASML Holdings NV’s €1.3 billion investment in Mistral gives the French startup a valuable dose of capital and credibility as it seeks to build an artificial-intelligence champion for Europe. Yet Mistr...
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September 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Dutch chipmaker ASML's €1.7 billion investment in French AI startup #Mistral has sparked hope that the company can offer a compelling alternative to American and Chinese AI. Story with
Yazhou Sun : www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Yazhou Sun : www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI is in talks to raise as much as $1 billion in equity from several investors including Abu Dhabi fund MGX, according to people familiar with the matter : www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
With @mhbergen.bsky.social, Dinesh Nair
With @mhbergen.bsky.social, Dinesh Nair
Mistral in Talks With MGX, Others to Raise Up to $1 Billion
French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI is in talks to raise as much as $1 billion in equity from several investors including Abu Dhabi fund MGX, according to people familiar with the matter...
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July 9, 2025 at 6:50 AM
French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI is in talks to raise as much as $1 billion in equity from several investors including Abu Dhabi fund MGX, according to people familiar with the matter : www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
With @mhbergen.bsky.social, Dinesh Nair
With @mhbergen.bsky.social, Dinesh Nair
🎬 Donald Trump's threat to impose a “100% tariff” on films shot outside of the US was the talk of Cannes’ Film Market, where 15,000 movie professionals jostle in a vast, underground conference space to get deals done www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #Cannes2025
Trump Movie Tariff Plan Steals Spotlight at Cannes Film Festival
The Hungarian film institute’s booth at the Cannes Film Festival has a glossy brochure promoting a studio complex on the outskirts of Budapest. Next to a mock medieval village, it has a cluster of woo...
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May 22, 2025 at 9:38 AM
🎬 Donald Trump's threat to impose a “100% tariff” on films shot outside of the US was the talk of Cannes’ Film Market, where 15,000 movie professionals jostle in a vast, underground conference space to get deals done www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #Cannes2025
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🇫🇷 🎬 French producer Dimitri Rassam is the godson of Francis Ford Coppola. He is also betting tens of millions of euros on “The Accursed Kings”, an epic medieval saga destined to revive French cinema on the world scene.
By @benoitberthelot.bsky.social ⤵️
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By @benoitberthelot.bsky.social ⤵️
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French Producer Woos Hollywood With Epic That Inspired Game of Thrones
His godfather is Francis Ford Coppola and his family is French cinema royalty, but Dimitri Rassam says he’s carving his own path with plans to make a global blockbuster
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May 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🇫🇷 🎬 French producer Dimitri Rassam is the godson of Francis Ford Coppola. He is also betting tens of millions of euros on “The Accursed Kings”, an epic medieval saga destined to revive French cinema on the world scene.
By @benoitberthelot.bsky.social ⤵️
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By @benoitberthelot.bsky.social ⤵️
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Sex-for-work allegations are widespread at Socfin rubber plantations co-owned by French billionaire Vincent Bolloré — even after management promised to improve conditions.
Read our Bloomberg investigation, reporting by @sheridanprasso.bsky.social, with Gaspard Sebag
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Read our Bloomberg investigation, reporting by @sheridanprasso.bsky.social, with Gaspard Sebag
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Sex-for-Work Allegations Hang Over Tycoons’ Rubber Plantations
Hubert Fabri and Vincent Bolloré own plantations accused of land appropriation and labor abuses. Their company says it has taken steps to improve matters, but a trip to West Africa shows sexual coerci...
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April 17, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Sex-for-work allegations are widespread at Socfin rubber plantations co-owned by French billionaire Vincent Bolloré — even after management promised to improve conditions.
Read our Bloomberg investigation, reporting by @sheridanprasso.bsky.social, with Gaspard Sebag
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Read our Bloomberg investigation, reporting by @sheridanprasso.bsky.social, with Gaspard Sebag
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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My latest: sexual violence/harassment, land appropriation, labor rights violations at African plantations co-owned by French billionaire Vincent Bollore.
Rubber made by this woman, "Rebecca," who faces daily sexual coercion, is imported by Michelin for US tires.
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Rubber made by this woman, "Rebecca," who faces daily sexual coercion, is imported by Michelin for US tires.
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Sex-for-Work Allegations Hang Over Tycoons’ Rubber Plantations
Hubert Fabri and Vincent Bolloré own plantations accused of land appropriation and labor abuses. Their company says it has taken steps to improve matters, but a trip to West Africa shows sexual coerci...
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April 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
My latest: sexual violence/harassment, land appropriation, labor rights violations at African plantations co-owned by French billionaire Vincent Bollore.
Rubber made by this woman, "Rebecca," who faces daily sexual coercion, is imported by Michelin for US tires.
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Rubber made by this woman, "Rebecca," who faces daily sexual coercion, is imported by Michelin for US tires.
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Mathias Döpfner, the German billionaire and CEO of Axel Springer, who owns Politico and Business Insider, said he is “more optimistic than ever” that the US and Europe can establish a trade alliance to take on China www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
US, EU Should Unite to Fight China on Trade, Politico Owner Says
The German billionaire who owns Politico and Business Insider said he is “more optimistic than ever” that the US and Europe can establish a trade alliance to take on China.
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April 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Mathias Döpfner, the German billionaire and CEO of Axel Springer, who owns Politico and Business Insider, said he is “more optimistic than ever” that the US and Europe can establish a trade alliance to take on China www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#Amazon equipped some delivery vans in London, Amsterdam and Bologna with defibrillators, to see if drivers crisscrossing residential areas could speed up aid to heart-attack victims :
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Amazon Turned Drivers Into First Responders in Europe Experiment
Amazon.com Inc. equipped some delivery vans in Europe with defibrillators to see if drivers crisscrossing residential areas could speed up aid to heart-attack victims.
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April 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
#Amazon equipped some delivery vans in London, Amsterdam and Bologna with defibrillators, to see if drivers crisscrossing residential areas could speed up aid to heart-attack victims :
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EU Answer to Trump May Involve Data Use by US Big Tech, France Finance Minister Says
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EU Answer to Trump May Involve Data Use by Big Tech, France Says
The European Union’s response to US tariffs could include regulating the use of data by American big tech groups, France’s finance minister said in an interview with the JDD newspaper.
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April 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
EU Answer to Trump May Involve Data Use by US Big Tech, France Finance Minister Says
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NEW: LibGen contains millions of pirated books and research papers, built over nearly two decades. From court documents, we know that Meta torrented a version of it to build its AI. Today, @theatlantic.com presents an analysis of the data set by @alexreisner.bsky.social. Search through it yourself:
The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem
Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.
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March 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
NEW: LibGen contains millions of pirated books and research papers, built over nearly two decades. From court documents, we know that Meta torrented a version of it to build its AI. Today, @theatlantic.com presents an analysis of the data set by @alexreisner.bsky.social. Search through it yourself:
Vincent Bolloré, the billionaire "French Murdoch", planned to retire three years ago. Instead, he's overseeing the most sweeping overhaul yet of his sprawling empire.
Story with Tara Patel (gift link) :
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Story with Tara Patel (gift link) :
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Billionaire Bolloré Keeps Investors on Edge About His Endgame
The ‘French Murdoch’ is overseeing a fast-paced overhaul of his empire, three years after he signaled his retirement.
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March 5, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Vincent Bolloré, the billionaire "French Murdoch", planned to retire three years ago. Instead, he's overseeing the most sweeping overhaul yet of his sprawling empire.
Story with Tara Patel (gift link) :
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Story with Tara Patel (gift link) :
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Today, in dystopia:
The world's largest call center operator is using AI to make its staff sound less Indian
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The world's largest call center operator is using AI to make its staff sound less Indian
by @benoitberthelot.bsky.social
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Teleperformance Uses AI to ‘Neutralize’ Indian Accents of Agents
Teleperformance SE, the largest call-center operator in the world, is rolling out an artificial intelligence system that softens English-speaking Indian workers’ accents in real time in a move the com...
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February 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Today, in dystopia:
The world's largest call center operator is using AI to make its staff sound less Indian
by @benoitberthelot.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The world's largest call center operator is using AI to make its staff sound less Indian
by @benoitberthelot.bsky.social
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Teleperformance, the largest call-center operator in the world, is rolling out an AI system that softens English-speaking Indian workers’ accents in real time in a move the company claims will make them more understandable
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February 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Teleperformance, the largest call-center operator in the world, is rolling out an AI system that softens English-speaking Indian workers’ accents in real time in a move the company claims will make them more understandable
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The CEO of Publicis Arthur Sadoun said the merger of rivals Omnicom and Interpublic could be good for business, with less competition for key customers and more talent available to poach www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Publicis CEO Sees Upside With Merger of Omnicom and Interpublic
The chief executive officer of Publicis Groupe SA said the merger of rivals Omnicom Group Inc. and Interpublic Group could be good for business, with less competition for key customers and more talent...
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February 4, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The CEO of Publicis Arthur Sadoun said the merger of rivals Omnicom and Interpublic could be good for business, with less competition for key customers and more talent available to poach www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Arthur Mensch is the public face of French AI champion Mistral, but a behind-the-scenes powerbroker has been critical to its success
Story with @mhbergen.bsky.social, editing @oliviasolon.bsky.social
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Story with @mhbergen.bsky.social, editing @oliviasolon.bsky.social
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Mistral’s Secret Powerbroker Keeps Europe’s AI Hopes Alive
Arthur Mensch is the public face of French AI champion Mistral, but another startup’s CEO has been critical to its $6 billion valuation
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January 27, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Arthur Mensch is the public face of French AI champion Mistral, but a behind-the-scenes powerbroker has been critical to its success
Story with @mhbergen.bsky.social, editing @oliviasolon.bsky.social
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Story with @mhbergen.bsky.social, editing @oliviasolon.bsky.social
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European AI champion Mistral is “not for sale” and instead is working toward an initial public offering, CEO Arthur Mensch told Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
French AI Champion Mistral Isn’t for Sale, CEO Mensch Says
European artificial intelligence champion Mistral AI is “not for sale” and instead is working toward an initial public offering, according to Chief Executive Officer Arthur Mensch.
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January 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
European AI champion Mistral is “not for sale” and instead is working toward an initial public offering, CEO Arthur Mensch told Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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A fun one for NYE - I looked at club listings going back a decade in 15 cities to show that the trend for dance events to end earlier is global - with UK cities seeing some of the biggest shifts 📉🪩
Who killed the rave? (Gift link) on.ft.com/3PhQuY7
Who killed the rave? (Gift link) on.ft.com/3PhQuY7
December 31, 2024 at 9:59 AM
A fun one for NYE - I looked at club listings going back a decade in 15 cities to show that the trend for dance events to end earlier is global - with UK cities seeing some of the biggest shifts 📉🪩
Who killed the rave? (Gift link) on.ft.com/3PhQuY7
Who killed the rave? (Gift link) on.ft.com/3PhQuY7
French luxury group LVMH has acquired a historic villa in Cannes, France, for around €50 million, to showcase its brands during the city’s star-studded festivals, sources say www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
LVMH Bought a €50 Million Villa in Cannes for Brand Events
French luxury group LVMH has acquired a historic villa in Cannes, France, for around €50 million ($52.7 million), to showcase its brands during the city’s star-studded festivals, people familiar with ...
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December 19, 2024 at 2:52 PM
French luxury group LVMH has acquired a historic villa in Cannes, France, for around €50 million, to showcase its brands during the city’s star-studded festivals, sources say www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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saunas, startups, "spank me with your term sheet"
a dispatch from Slush in our weekend edition (🎁 link 4 u)
a dispatch from Slush in our weekend edition (🎁 link 4 u)
Eurovision Meets Shark Tank at Europe’s Premier Startup Conference
The saunas were hot and the money was flowing at Slush, which featured demos, DJs and a growing emphasis on defense technology.
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November 29, 2024 at 1:03 PM
saunas, startups, "spank me with your term sheet"
a dispatch from Slush in our weekend edition (🎁 link 4 u)
a dispatch from Slush in our weekend edition (🎁 link 4 u)
The Arnault family plans to turn second-tier football club Paris FC into a rival for Qatar-backed PSG, while French football has been struggling with poor finances, an underwhelming media deal and constant infighting
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LVMH Scion Lays Out Plan to Bring Paris Football Club to the Top
Antoine Arnault, the scion of the LVMH luxury empire led by his father, plans to turn second-tier football club Paris FC into a rival for Qatar-backed Paris Saint-Germain.
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November 21, 2024 at 2:37 PM
The Arnault family plans to turn second-tier football club Paris FC into a rival for Qatar-backed PSG, while French football has been struggling with poor finances, an underwhelming media deal and constant infighting
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French AI startup "H", backed by Accel, Amazon, Arnault, plans to raise more funds www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
French AI Startup Backed by Arnault Plans to Raise More Funds
H, the French artificial intelligence startup founded by veterans of Google’s DeepMind AI lab and backed by billionaires including LVMH Chief Executive Officer Bernard Arnault, is preparing for anothe...
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November 20, 2024 at 4:34 PM
French AI startup "H", backed by Accel, Amazon, Arnault, plans to raise more funds www.bloomberg.com/news/article...