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June 22, 2026

Want to build European AI muscles? Scrap non-compete clauses

With so many promising AI startups in Europe, governments should do everything they can to enable growth

John Thornhill

4 min read

The drastic export restrictions the Trump administration has clamped on Anthropic’s most powerful AI models is a stark demonstration of the geo-technological realities of our age. Quite clearly, the US is the world’s AI hegemon that both pioneers the best frontier models and arbitrarily sets the rules of the game. 

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John Thornhill

John Thornhill is Sifted’s founder and innovation editor of the Financial Times. He tweets from @johnthornhillft

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