As Anthropic plants its flag in Europe with a trust-first strategy, Mistral secures €1.8B in the continent's boldest AI sovereignty play yet. Meanwhile, French founders wrestle with wealth taxes while Chinese researchers rewrite the efficiency playbook.
The former Stripe executive was hired earlier this year to be Anthropic's Head of EMEA. He spoke with us about sovereignty, vibe coding, and why the Model Context Protocol has catalyzed the agentic era.
ASML’s €1.3B stake in Mistral signals Europe’s boldest play yet to compete with U.S. AI giants, uniting the continent’s semiconductor crown jewel with its fastest-rising AI star in a bid for technological sovereignty.
Between September 8 and September 12, a total of 15 companies raised €2.04B, including: Scintil Photonics, NeoFarm, SafeHeal, Dianosic, Nucleon Security, Nepsis Energy, Gobano Robotics, Nona, Manitty, My Auto Specialist, NRGYS, and Zylio.
This week: Mistral hits decacorn mode, Kyron.bio takes on glyco chaos to make safer biologics, French Tech faces headwinds, Scintil Photonics scores €50M to scale its laser chips, and Quadrille raises €500M to back bold tech bets.
French start-ups navigate choppy waters as VC funding plummets 24% while employment surges 11.5%. The 2025 Barometer from France Digitale and EY reveals an ecosystem transitioning from growth-at-all-costs to sustainable profitability amid mounting political and economic headwinds.
For all the buzz around antibody therapies, one overlooked culprit keeps holding them back: sugars. Paris-based Kyron.bio is tackling the hidden complexity of glycosylation — the way sugars attach to therapeutic proteins — with a platform that promises safer, longer-lasting drugs.
The French AI startup is reportedly on the cusp of raising a new round led by chip equipment maker ASML of the Netherlands. Plus: Hugging Face hires; Cycle gets pedaled down under; Luc Julia gets called out; and Alpic raises $6M for MCP infrastructure.
The Paris-based company has raised $6M to help companies deploy MCP servers for a world where AI agents, not humans, navigate digital services.
Between July 21 and September 5, a total of 19 companies raised €65.495M, including: Weekera, Alpic, Byome Labs, Flagcat, VitaDX, Rewayz, NeoEarth, Santafoo, Mocli, Molecular Simulation For All (MS4ALL), MagicPost, ComicBot, Stockline, Suzaku, Addvocate.ai, FLUDIS, and Kriptown.
Government instability shadows France’s rentrée, threatening support for innovation programs. The Startup Nation returned from vacation to gloomy headlines about layoffs, online controversies, and economic uncertainty.
bYoRNA is developing a patented fermentation process that could cut RNA production costs by 100x, improve safety, and enable global access to next-generation vaccines and therapies. This breakthrough comes as the U.S. is rejecting mRNA, a move that complicates the startup's business strategy.
Agentic AI shows signs of going rogue, Fidji Simo outlines OpenAI's future, France launches a new digital council, CNIL drops its AI playbook, EDF bets on AI-infused nuclear, and GE Vernova snaps up French startup Alteia.
AI systems are getting smart and independent. But what happens when they start making decisions we didn’t intend? A new Anthropic study reveals how even well-aligned models can go off-script. We spoke with ReciTAL CEO Gilles Moyse about the risks of agentic misalignment.
Between July 21 and July 25, a total of 10 companies raised €34.285 million, including: Greenphage, Austral Dx, OnParty, Aircap, DareWin Evolution, Easy Cash, and InBrain Pharma.
Quantum was in the spotlight at VivaTech 2025, with NVIDIA, Quandela, and cybersecurity leaders shaping the agenda. Also in this issue: Electra gets charged up; Swan flies; Aldebaran gets a Chinese lifeline; and MagREEsource attracts €23M for its magnet recycling tech.
