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March 7, 2025

8 German AI startups to watch, according to VCs

Investors from Earlybird, General Catalyst, Merantix Capital and EQT Ventures share the startups on their watch list

When DeepSeek launched its large language model (LLM) that it claims cost $6m to make, it served as proof for many VCs that LLMs had truly become commoditised.

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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.

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