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May 18, 2026

Exclusive: The ‘lobby wars’ pitting Europe’s chip startups against semiconductor giants

Supported by the European Commission, six chip startups have created a new lobby group to represent their interests


Six European semiconductor startups have come together to create a new lobby group dubbed Voices

Europe’s chip startups are organising to make their interests heard in the face of intense lobbying from larger semiconductor players.

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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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