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April 22, 2026

These are the top 10 physical AI hubs in Europe 

€7bn and counting: here’s where the most deals happened in the last two years 

Éanna Kelly and Oshin Narang

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"AI that understands the laws of physics" is how Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has described physical AI, a booming sector that has attracted rapidly growing investment in recent years.

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Éanna Kelly

Éanna Kelly is a contributing editor at Sifted, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

Oshin Narang

Oshin is Sifted's startup & VC analyst.

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