Some of the US’s leading investors are knocking down the doors of Europe’s generative AI startups this year. In May, NEA made a proactive offer to Stockholm-based Sana Labs, and last week Nvidia backed London-based Synthesia when the company “wasn’t actively looking for new investment”.
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Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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