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November 6, 2023

Aleph Alpha raises $500m Series B in one of Europe’s largest AI rounds ever

The German AI startup hopes to compete with LLM competitors in the US and China


Aleph Alpha CEO Jonas Andrulis

German AI company Aleph Alpha has today raised $500m (€460m) in one of Europe’s largest AI rounds ever. €110m of the funding is in the form of equity, and Sifted understands the majority of the funding is in the form of a grant. It includes no debt.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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