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November 18, 2025

Mistral and SAP to roll out in French and German public services amid string of AI deals

President Macron and German chancellor Merz attended the Summit on European Digital Sovereignty in Berlin today


The Summit on European Digital Sovereignty in Berlin. @BMDS/Woithe

The French and German governments are partnering with Mistral and SAP to deploy AI in public services, in an effort to boost public procurement for European tech and reduce dependency on US 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

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.

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