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May 23, 2019

This AI will tell you how to vote in the European elections

There are 400m Europeans eligible to vote in the European elections. This AI can tell them how to vote - based on their strongest opinions.


Mimi Billing

5 min read

Can AI tell us what political party our true views align with? The Swedish AI company Mavenoid has given it a go.

Hundreds of millions of people across Europe are set to cast their vote over the coming days in the European elections, which run from Thursday to Sunday.

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The founders of Mavenoid, Shahan Lilja and Gintautas Miliauskas, both used to work for the US unicorn Palantir.
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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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