# Artificial Intelligence

French GenAI drug discovery startup DeepLife raises $10m as it mulls US relocation
News
December 11, 2024
French GenAI drug discovery startup DeepLife raises $10m as it mulls US relocation
DeepLife is building a platform to create "digital twins" of cells
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Another big AI legaltech round: Lawhive raises $40m from Google Ventures
News
December 5, 2024
Another big AI legaltech round: Lawhive raises $40m from Google Ventures
Balderton Capital, Jigsaw and Episode 1, as well as professional footballers Harry Maguire and Reece James, also backed the UK startup
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Parisian AI startup Pathway on moving to the US: 'We need to be in the room where it happens, and it happens in the Bay Area'
News
December 2, 2024
Parisian AI startup Pathway on moving to the US: 'We need to be in the room where it happens, and it happens in the Bay Area'
The Paris-founded startup has just closed a $10m seed round and is planning to double down on its US presence
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Does Mistral have what it takes to win the LLM market?
Analysis
November 29, 2024
Does Mistral have what it takes to win the LLM market?
Sources tell Sifted the company is set to hit €30m in revenues this year. How does it plan to compete against US Big Tech?
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Brain-inspired AI chip startup Gemesys raises €8.6m pre-seed round
News
November 19, 2024
Brain-inspired AI chip startup Gemesys raises €8.6m pre-seed round
The company says its aiming to reduce the energy consumption of training and running AI models by 10k times
Tom Nugent
‘I don’t see Mistral as competition’: OpenAI exec on Paris office opening
Interview
November 15, 2024
‘I don’t see Mistral as competition’: OpenAI exec on Paris office opening
The US tech giant wants to plug into French tech — and isn’t scared of competitors
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Google, Meta and some of France's top universities: Where Mistral poaches its top talent from
Analysis
November 13, 2024
Google, Meta and some of France's top universities: Where Mistral poaches its top talent from
Sifted analysed 105 profiles that are reported to work at France’s buzzy AI scaleup
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Hyped AI startup 11x raises $50m from Andreessen Horowitz
News
November 11, 2024
Hyped AI startup 11x raises $50m from Andreessen Horowitz
It comes less than two months after the company announced a $24m Series A
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Emerge raises £56m to invest in AI-heavy education and future of work startups
News
November 7, 2024
Emerge raises £56m to invest in AI-heavy education and future of work startups
The firm plans to invest cheques of between £500k-2m into companies building in everything from language learning to talent sourcing
Anne Sraders
US-focused AI fintech Cleo hits $150m ARR and eyes return to the UK
Interview
November 6, 2024
US-focused AI fintech Cleo hits $150m ARR and eyes return to the UK
The fintech celebrated scoring more than $100m in ARR earlier this year
Tom Matsuda
AI assistant Sana raises $55m in a round led by NEA
News
October 30, 2024
AI assistant Sana raises $55m in a round led by NEA
The Series C values the startup at $500m
Mimi Billing
From bootstrapping to a $665m cash acquisition: How Silo AI made it to exit
Interview
October 23, 2024
From bootstrapping to a $665m cash acquisition: How Silo AI made it to exit
The cash deal is the largest AI deal so far in Europe
Mimi Billing
Paris-based GenAI startup LightOn to IPO at a €50m valuation
News
October 22, 2024
Paris-based GenAI startup LightOn to IPO at a €50m valuation
The startup, which started building Gen AI models only four years ago, is targeting a €10m raise
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Synthesia triples spending as race to sell GenAI tools to enterprises hots up
News
October 18, 2024
Synthesia triples spending as race to sell GenAI tools to enterprises hots up
The startup was one of just seven new European unicorns in 2023
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Multilingual AI: Paris-based Gladia raises $16m to make AI understand accents
News
October 15, 2024
Multilingual AI: Paris-based Gladia raises $16m to make AI understand accents
The French startup is tackling AI’s failure to understand non-English languages and accents properly
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
OpenAI confirms new office in Paris
News
October 9, 2024
OpenAI confirms new office in Paris
The US tech giant’s move to the French capital had been hotly anticipated
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
‘It’s less than a handful of us’: How Photoroom became one of the world’s only profitable GenAI startups
Interview
October 8, 2024
‘It’s less than a handful of us’: How Photoroom became one of the world’s only profitable GenAI startups
Photoroom’s cofounder Matthieu Rouif shares the company’s secret sauce to profitability
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Sam Altman’s Worldcoin deprioritises Europe amid GDPR regulatory fight
News
October 7, 2024
Sam Altman’s Worldcoin deprioritises Europe amid GDPR regulatory fight
Worldcoin, the crypto biometrics project cofounded by Sam Altman, is shifting its focus away from Europe — where its tech and products are built — to Asia
Tom Matsuda
Graphcore — bought by SoftBank for $600m+ — made $4m in revenue in 2023
News
October 4, 2024
Graphcore — bought by SoftBank for $600m+ — made $4m in revenue in 2023
The company's latest financial accounts state that 2023 was a “challenging year”
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
'It’s not hard to wire a lot of money to Nvidia': Aleph Alpha’s Jonas Andrulis on the difficulty of making an LLM business work
Analysis
October 3, 2024
'It’s not hard to wire a lot of money to Nvidia': Aleph Alpha’s Jonas Andrulis on the difficulty of making an LLM business work
The German AI startup has pivoted operations this year after missing revenue goals in 2023
Tim Smith
'We have to build a very strong revenue engine': Poolside AI gets ready to release product after a year of secrecy
Interview
October 3, 2024
'We have to build a very strong revenue engine': Poolside AI gets ready to release product after a year of secrecy
The startup raised a $500m Series B to boost the capabilities of its AI model and double down on its go-to-market strategy
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
AI startup Poolside raises $500m Series B
News
October 2, 2024
AI startup Poolside raises $500m Series B
Bain Capital Ventures led the round and was joined by the likes of DST Global and Nvidia
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
AI robots for warehouses: UK-based Dexory raises $80m to scale autonomous tech in US
News
October 1, 2024
AI robots for warehouses: UK-based Dexory raises $80m to scale autonomous tech in US
Generative AI has changed the game for autonomous technology, says founder and CEO Andrei Danescu
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Plural backs Oriole Networks in £17.5m round to develop tech to train LLMs 100 times faster
News
September 30, 2024
Plural backs Oriole Networks in £17.5m round to develop tech to train LLMs 100 times faster
The round comes just six months after the startup’s £10m seed raise
Kai Nicol-Schwarz

# Artificial Intelligence

French GenAI drug discovery startup DeepLife raises $10m as it mulls US relocation

Another big AI legaltech round: Lawhive raises $40m from Google Ventures

Parisian AI startup Pathway on moving to the US: 'We need to be in the room where it happens, and it happens in the Bay Area'

Does Mistral have what it takes to win the LLM market?

Brain-inspired AI chip startup Gemesys raises €8.6m pre-seed round

‘I don’t see Mistral as competition’: OpenAI exec on Paris office opening

Google, Meta and some of France's top universities: Where Mistral poaches its top talent from

Hyped AI startup 11x raises $50m from Andreessen Horowitz

Emerge raises £56m to invest in AI-heavy education and future of work startups

US-focused AI fintech Cleo hits $150m ARR and eyes return to the UK

AI assistant Sana raises $55m in a round led by NEA

From bootstrapping to a $665m cash acquisition: How Silo AI made it to exit

Paris-based GenAI startup LightOn to IPO at a €50m valuation

Synthesia triples spending as race to sell GenAI tools to enterprises hots up

Multilingual AI: Paris-based Gladia raises $16m to make AI understand accents

OpenAI confirms new office in Paris

‘It’s less than a handful of us’: How Photoroom became one of the world’s only profitable GenAI startups

Sam Altman’s Worldcoin deprioritises Europe amid GDPR regulatory fight

Graphcore — bought by SoftBank for $600m+ — made $4m in revenue in 2023

'It’s not hard to wire a lot of money to Nvidia': Aleph Alpha’s Jonas Andrulis on the difficulty of making an LLM business work

'We have to build a very strong revenue engine': Poolside AI gets ready to release product after a year of secrecy

AI startup Poolside raises $500m Series B

AI robots for warehouses: UK-based Dexory raises $80m to scale autonomous tech in US

Plural backs Oriole Networks in £17.5m round to develop tech to train LLMs 100 times faster