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January 22, 2025

‘This must be a wake-up call for Europe’: Tech leaders urge EU to match Trump’s $500bn AI investment plan

Founders and investors underscore the need for Europe to put more money behind AI

Tech leaders are calling on the EU to match the US government’s $500bn AI infrastructure plan, saying the bloc needs to up investment if it wants to remain competitive in the field. 

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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.

Martin Coulter

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