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It's time to accelerate Europe by removing friction. The only way is up, and there's a lot of tech enthusiasm in Europe to make it happen.

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Eu/Acc @eu-acc.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
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...
politico.eu
EU plans new fund to help tech companies scale
Cashpot seeks to counter tech dependency on U.S. and other global powers.
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Eu/Acc @eu-acc.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
European AI pride Mistral signed a 100 million deal with the French shipping giant CA CGM: sifted.eu/articles/mis...
sifted.eu
Mistral inks €100m deal with French shipping giant CMA CGM
The deal will see Mistral help the leading logistics company develop new use cases and build AI models and agents
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Eu/Acc @eu-acc.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
'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...
ft.com
How Europe can make it easier for start-ups to scale
Entrepreneurs and investors are rallying behind a call for a voluntary pan-European legal framework for fledgling companies
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Eu/Acc @eu-acc.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
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...
ft.com
European tech founders join forces to invest in young entrepreneurs
Podcaster Harry Stebbings is spearheading a €10mn fund to build tech start-ups to combat a ‘doom loop’ in Europe
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Eu/Acc @eu-acc.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
'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...
economist.com
Mistral, Europe’s biggest AI startup, is blowing hot
Not being American or Chinese may now be a help, not a hindrance
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Eu/Acc @eu-acc.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
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...
politico.eu
EU-US rift triggers call for made-in-Europe tech
Transatlantic tensions are fueling calls for the EU to wean itself off its U.S. tech addiction. It won’t be cheap.
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Eu/Acc @eu-acc.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
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...
ft.com
FT1000: Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies 2025 ranking
The ninth annual list showcases 1,000 examples of outstanding business performance
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Eu/Acc @eu-acc.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
"We must start believing that Europe is a global power" - Donald Tusk. notesfrompoland.com/2025/03/02/t...
notesfrompoland.com
Tusk: Europe must "believe we are a global power" and achieve "defence independence"
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Pieter Haeck @pieterhaeck.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
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.
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Eu/Acc @eu-acc.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
“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...
politico.eu
Germany’s Merz vows ‘independence’ from Trump’s America, warning NATO may soon be dead
Election winner likens the Trump administration to Putin’s Russia as he bids to take Europe in a new direction.
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Eu/Acc @eu-acc.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
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...
helsing.ai
Helsing and Mistral announce strategic partnership in defence AI – Helsing
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Eu/Acc @eu-acc.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
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...
bloomberg.com
France to Announce €109 Billion in Fresh AI Investments
France is set to announce a total of €109 billion ($113 billion) in investment in artificial intelligence projects in the country by companies, funds and other sources over the coming years, President...
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Eu/Acc @eu-acc.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
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-...
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The all new le Chat: Your AI assistant for life and work | Mistral AI
Brand new features, iOS and Android apps, Pro, Team, and Enterprise tiers.
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Eu/Acc @eu-acc.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
'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...
ft.com
Lagarde and Von der Leyen: Europe has got the message on change
We can no longer squander our strengths with self-imposed handicaps. There is too much at stake
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Eu/Acc @eu-acc.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
"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...
foreignpolicy.com
Europe’s Biggest Problem Is Pessimism
The headwinds are surmountable, but the continent is giving up on the idea of progress.
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Eu/Acc @eu-acc.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
"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...
politico.eu
Europe’s AI hopes rebound after DeepSeek success
New Chinese model suggests winning the AI race could be done on the cheap.
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