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October 26, 2023

Germany’s richest man wants to ensure Europe has an OpenAI rival

The Dieter Schwarz Foundation is putting serious cash into making the Heilbronn-Franken region a hub for AI in Europe

The charitable foundation of Germany’s richest man wants to make sure that Europe has its own homegrown answer to OpenAI, as the region seeks to establish technological sovereignty in an era of rapid AI advancement. 

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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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