Analysis

December 12, 2023

Will European AI regulation crush its hottest AI startups?

French AI startup Mistral just raised a huge Series A round from top US investors. But it could be facing an uphill battle with European regulations


This week kicked off with a bang in European tech, with the announcement that Paris-based generative AI startup Mistral AI had closed a €385m Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The round is one of the largest in European tech this year. 

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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

Tim Smith

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

Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the venture capital industry and deeptech startups, including robotics, spacetech and defence tech. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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