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July 3, 2025

Mistral, Black Forest Labs join calls to pause AI Act

The founders of AI startups join a wider effort to stop the clock on sweeping AI regulations


Over 45 business leaders from the EU AI Champions Initiative have published an open letter to the European Commission calling for a two-year “clock stop” on the AI Act, as the EU considers diluting some aspects of the law set to come into effect in August. 

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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