All VCs seem to want to talk about right now is defence tech and AI — and for good reason. Startups in the sectors are raising billions of euros and commanding headlines, with both French OpenAI challenger Mistral and German defence unicorn Helsing recently securing a roughly €12bn valuation apiece.
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