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August 24, 2023

US AI startup Poolside raises $126m seed round and relocates to France

Poolside AI has raised a $126m seed round and is relocating to build a tool that could write code, sources tell Sifted

Paris has a new foundational AI player. Poolside AI, a startup that wants to create a ChatGPT-like tool that can write software code, has raised a mammoth $126m seed round, according to two sources directly involved with the fundraising.

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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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