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January 14, 2025

France almost doubled AI investment in 2024 but trails UK and Germany overall

A growing number of unicorn mafias are launching the next generation of French startups

Investment in French artificial intelligence companies almost doubled last year but still lags behind the UK and Germany for the amount of venture capital raised overall, according to the latest edition of influential French investor Alexandre Dewez’s ‘State of the French Tech Ecosystem’.

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Martin Coulter

Martin Coulter is Sifted's news editor, based in London. You can follow him on LinkedIn and X

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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