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June 1, 2026

SoftBank helps drive record €93bn of foreign investments for ‘Choose France’

French president Emmanuel Macron gathered hundreds of CEOs, investors and industrial players in annual ‘Choose France’ summit

Foreign investors have committed a record €93bn as part of the annual Choose France event hosted this week by president Emmanuel Macron, with much of the funding driven by AI infrastructure projects.

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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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