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June 16, 2023

Nato launches tech accelerator to bring Silicon Valley ethos to Europe’s armies

The military alliance wants to revamp the continent’s defence forces with €50m a year for more engineers, more software and more AI

Éanna Kelly

3 min read

Nato is launching a new startup accelerator next Monday, with a budget of roughly €50m a year to bring a new generation of technology to militaries in Europe and North America. 

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Éanna Kelly

Éanna Kelly is a contributing editor at Sifted, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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