The European Commission plans to use EU funds to buy stakes in artificial intelligence and quantum companies seeking to scale as it continues a bid to counter U.S. dominance: www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...

European AI pride Mistral signed a 100 million deal with the French shipping giant CA CGM: sifted.eu/articles/mis...

'For our start-ups to compete globally, they need to be truly pan-European — able to raise capital, operate and scale seamlessly across borders. Right now, that’s simply not the case.' - Brent Hoberman

www.ft.com/content/21db...

More than 120 European tech founders — including the leaders of Shopify, Klarna & Mistral — are joining forces to mentor and invest in entrepreneurs as young as 18, as part of an effort to fight back against the Trump administration’s attacks on Europe’s competitiveness:  www.ft.com/content/7587...

'In the fast-growing world of artificial intelligence, Mistral, a French startup, may be a beneficiary of the transatlantic tempest. Not being American or Chinese may now be a help, not a hindrance' - www.economist.com/business/202...

The European Union is under pressure to step up its tech game and wean itself off a heavy reliance on United States digital infrastructure and services as transatlantic ties hit a new low. That's going to come with a heavy price tag:

www.politico.eu/article/push...

The Financial Times published its annual FT1000, a list of 1,000 European companies ranked by compound annual growth rate between 2020 and 2023: www.ft.com/content/cb3e...

"We must start believing that Europe is a global power" - Donald Tusk.

notesfrompoland.com/2025/03/02/t...

Important to note in light of CDU's election victory in Germany. The party pushed for a "sovereign AI and cloud". This is a win for Eurostack fans — an increasingly bigger group of people pushing for a European tech infrastructure.

Caveat: building out European tech infrastructure is expensive.

“My absolute priority will be to strengthen Europe as quickly as possible so that, step by step, we can really achieve independence from the USA” - Friedrich Merz, Germany's chancellor-in-waiting.

www.politico.eu/article/frie...

Earlier this week, Helsing (🇩🇪) and Mistral AI (🇫🇷) announced a strategic partnership to strengthen Europe’s technological leadership in AI and defence: helsing.ai/newsroom/hel...

France is set to announce a total of €109 billion in investment in artificial intelligence projects in the country by companies, funds and other sources over the coming years: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

AI, made in Europe: introducing the all new Le Chat by Mistral: your ultimate AI sidekick for life and work. Find out more: mistral.ai/en/news/all-...

'Europe must and will find its place in this new world. The prospects for our continent are better than they might seem. The EU has strengths on which it can build — and it has a plan to fix its weaknesses' - Christine Lagarde and Ursula von der Leyen in Financial Times: www.ft.com/content/fba6...

"But suppose Europeans would be a bit more upbeat. Suppose they would become more possibilist. In that case, many leaders would probably feel more encouraged to move ahead. This, in turn, would almost certainly lift the general mood a little."

foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/17/e...

"High-quality efficient AI models are no longer the exclusive domain of tech giants with huge hardware resources. Europe could compete on “efficiency, specialisation and responsible AI development" with “small” AI models like DeepSeek" - @frimelle.bsky.social

www.politico.eu/article/euro...