Podcast
July 21, 2026
Inside Mistral’s monster fundraise and Palantir-like repositioning
The EU’s €5bn Scaleup Fund, managed by EQT, is in talks to lead or co-lead the AI darling's round
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Maya Dharampal-Hornby is a reporter, covering UK tech for Sifted, based in London. She's also the producer of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast .

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