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Interview

February 20, 2025

A16z’s Anjney Midha on backing Mistral, Black Forest Labs, and why Europe’s biggest problem isn’t regulation

A16z investor Anjney Midha sits on the boards of two of Europe’s hottest AI startups. What challenges is he seeing?

As someone who sits on the board of two of Europe’s hottest startups, French large-language model (LLM) builder Mistral and Germany’s image generation startup Black Forest Labs, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) general partner Anjney Midha has a good idea of what’s preoccupying some of the region’s brightest AI entrepreneurs.

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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