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Benoît Berthelot @benoitberthelot.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Vincent Bolloré a lancé un think tank "d'inspiration chrétienne", l'Institut de l'espérance, à un an de l'élection présidentielle. Son manifeste propose un centaine de mesures sur le pouvoir d'achat, l'immigration, la sécurité, la fertilité, la culture www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Tycoon Bolloré Forms Christian Think Tank Before French Election
French billionaire Vincent Bolloré has created a Christian-inspired think tank with other wealthy business leaders to propose a conservative agenda ahead of the country’s presidential election next ye...
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Benoît Berthelot @benoitberthelot.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Le fonds souverain norvégien a exclu de son portefeuille le groupe #Bolloré pour « violations des droits humains » à la suite de rapports faisant état d'abus dans les plantations de caoutchouc dont il est copropriétaire en Afrique www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Bolloré Companies Excluded by Norway Fund on Human Rights Issues
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, has excluded companies tied to billionaire Vincent Bolloré from its investment portfolio, citing “human rights violations,” after a review and foll...
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Benoît Berthelot @benoitberthelot.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Is Europe’s AI darling Mistral becoming a supercharged AI consultant ? www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Is Europe’s AI Darling Mistral Becoming a Consultant?
The startup embeds AI engineers with its biggest European clients
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Olivia Solon @oliviasolon.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Great work from @caseynewton.bsky.social and an illuminating case study in how journalists authenticate allegations/sources in an age of generative AI www.platformer.news/fake-uber-ea...
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Debunking the AI food delivery hoax that fooled Reddit
A “whistleblower” tried to corroborate his viral post with AI-generated evidence. This is how I caught him. PLUS: Grok's image-generation crisis, and the rapture over Claude Opus 4.5
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Benoît Berthelot @benoitberthelot.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Amazon’s decision earlier this year to cut 14,000 employees around the globe is reverberating at the company’s European headquarters in Luxembourg, with record job cuts www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Amazon European Hub in Luxembourg Braces for Record Job Cuts
Amazon.com Inc.’s decision earlier this year to ax 14,000 employees around the globe is reverberating at the company’s European headquarters in Luxembourg.
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Benoît Berthelot @benoitberthelot.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
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...
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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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Benoît Berthelot @benoitberthelot.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
French lawmakers voted to double its tax on large technology companies, risking a backlash from Donald Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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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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Benoît Berthelot @benoitberthelot.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
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...
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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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Benoît Berthelot @benoitberthelot.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
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...
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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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Benoît Berthelot @benoitberthelot.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
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...
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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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Benoît Berthelot @benoitberthelot.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
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
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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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Benoît Berthelot @benoitberthelot.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
🎬 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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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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Tom Février @tomfevrier.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
🇫🇷 🎬 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 ⤵️ www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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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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Benoît Berthelot @benoitberthelot.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
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...
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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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Sheridan Prasso @sheridanprasso.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
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...
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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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Benoît Berthelot @benoitberthelot.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
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...
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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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Benoît Berthelot @benoitberthelot.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
#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 : www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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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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Benoît Berthelot @benoitberthelot.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
EU Answer to Trump May Involve Data Use by US Big Tech, France Finance Minister Says www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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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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Damon Beres @damonberes.com · 20/03/2025
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:
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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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Benoît Berthelot @benoitberthelot.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
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...
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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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Olivia Solon @oliviasolon.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
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...
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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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Benoît Berthelot @benoitberthelot.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
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 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Benoît Berthelot @benoitberthelot.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
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...
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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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Benoît Berthelot @benoitberthelot.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
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 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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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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Benoît Berthelot @benoitberthelot.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
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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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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Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
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
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Benoît Berthelot @benoitberthelot.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
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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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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Mark Bergen @mhbergen.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
saunas, startups, "spank me with your term sheet" a dispatch from Slush in our weekend edition (🎁 link 4 u)
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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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Benoît Berthelot @benoitberthelot.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
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 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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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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Benoît Berthelot @benoitberthelot.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
French AI startup "H", backed by Accel, Amazon, Arnault, plans to raise more funds www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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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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Brad Stone @bradstone.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
New cover. December Businessweek.
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Nick Turner @newsynick.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
What is Bluesky? You probably know the answer to that if you're here. But @kurtwagner.bsky.social breaks it down with this QuickTake explainer www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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How Bluesky, the Rival of Elon Musk’s X, Is Seizing the Moment
Donald Trump’s US election victory — and Elon Musk’s role in helping to get him elected — has sent some users of Musk’s social networking service X searching for alternatives. Musk has spent months pu...
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Rachel Metz @rachelmetz.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
This is big: we learned 3 of the hottest AI companies — OpenAI, Google and Anthropic — are all struggling to build their next frontier AI models. Read @shiringhaffary.bsky.social @dinabass.bsky.social @julialove.bsky.social and me on what’s happening and what’s next. Gift link! t.co/dNZTbrQ4BJ
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Max Chafkin @chafkin.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
new from me and @danahull.bsky.social! In which we argue that yeah, Musk's political thing worked, and yeah, its here to stay. Get ready for four years, and prolly more, of Elon up in our politics (sorry but here's a gift link at least) www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Elon Musk Has a New Project to Run: Trump’s Government
After plowing at least $132 million into the president-elect’s campaign, the richest man in the world is about to treat the US government as if it were a money-losing social network.
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Benoît Berthelot @benoitberthelot.bsky.social · 20/01/2024
Scoop: two Google DeepMind AI scientists are in talks to leave and form a stealth startup in Paris, sources say. "Holistic" has held discussions about a financing round that may exceed €200 million, and may be focused on building a new AI model www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Benoît Berthelot @benoitberthelot.bsky.social · 05/12/2023
Scoop: #MistralAI is in the final stages of raising roughly €450 million from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Nvidia and Salesforce, in a funding round that values the OpenAI rival at about $2 billion with Mark Bergen, LizetteChapman
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OpenAI Rival Mistral Nears $2 Billion Valuation With Andreessen Horowitz Backing
Mistral AI is in the final stages of raising roughly €450 million ($487 million) from investors including Nvidia Corp. and Salesforce Inc. in a funding round that values the OpenAI rival at about $2...
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 20/11/2023
Hundreds of OpenAI employees have threatened to resign and follow ousted leader Sam Altman to Microsoft unless the current board resigns
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OpenAI Staff Threaten to Go to Microsoft If Board Doesn’t Quit
Hundreds of OpenAI employees have threatened to resign and follow ousted leader Sam Altman to Microsoft Corp. unless the current board resigns, following its poorly handled firing of the chief executi...
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Alexandre Rajbhandari @alexrajbhandari.bsky.social · 26/10/2023
BNP Paribas posted weaker revenue from fixed-income trading in the third quarter, adding to evidence that European banks underperformed their Wall Street counterparts in a period of lesser turbulence in markets. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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BNP Paribas Bond Trading Slides as EU Banks Trail US Peers
BNP Paribas SA posted weaker revenue from fixed-income trading in the third quarter, adding to evidence that European banks underperformed their Wall Street counterparts in a period of lesser turbulen...
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Benoît Berthelot @benoitberthelot.bsky.social · 26/10/2023
Debt and Scandal Throw Billionaire Drahi’s Empire Into Turmoil : t.co/mXOrgkLNVW
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