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November 12, 2025

To win the AI race, Europe should focus on applications, says Accel partner

New report shows European startups building AI applications are closing the funding gap with the US

While US tech giants spend tens of billions of dollars building AI models and data centers, Europe must focus on growing global leaders at the application level, according to Philippe Botteri, partner at VC firm Accel.

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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