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June 1, 2026

The US and Europe: A tale of two AIs

While US AI labs sell the future, European startups are helping companies build it themselves

John Thornhill

4 min read

Anthropic’s astonishing $65bn raise last week at a near-$1tn post-money valuation raises all kinds of daunting questions for European tech.

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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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