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‘The true barrier to entry is scale’: Inside the new frontier of European fintech’s AI arms race
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Analysis
October 20, 2026
‘The true barrier to entry is scale’: Inside the new frontier of European fintech’s AI arms race
Revolut, Lendable and Starling are all building their own transactional foundation models
Damisola Sulaiman
Nick Clegg on Europe, AI and big tech
Podcast
October 15, 2026
Nick Clegg on Europe, AI and big tech
Few people have seen tech policy from as many angles as Clegg
John Thornhill and Freya Pratty
Who are Europe’s fastest-growing companies?
Podcast
October 2, 2026
Who are Europe’s fastest-growing companies?
London-based wellness marketplace Healf was crowned winner
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Does Europe have a voice in AI safety?
Podcast
September 15, 2026
Does Europe have a voice in AI safety?
How is this debate materialising in Europe, where no AI company is pushing the frontier?
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Renewed online debate about German bureaucracy sparks criticism over startup scene: ‘Things need to change’
Analysis
August 31, 2026
Renewed online debate about German bureaucracy sparks criticism over startup scene: ‘Things need to change’
An X post by Stripe CEO Patrick Collison over the weekend highlighted the laborious procedures startups have to go through in Germany
Anne Sraders
Wellbeing marketplace Healf tops Sifted’s third UK and Ireland leaderboard
Leaderboard
March 18, 2026
Wellbeing marketplace Healf tops Sifted’s third UK and Ireland leaderboard
Launching today, the Sifted 100: UK and Ireland ranks the region’s fastest-growing startups
Éanna Kelly
These investors have backed the most European AI unicorns
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Most active investors
November 10, 2025
These investors have backed the most European AI unicorns
Nvidia, General Catalyst, Atomico: the 12 funds with the biggest AI wins in the region
Ruggero Di Spigna

# Stripe

‘The true barrier to entry is scale’: Inside the new frontier of European fintech’s AI arms race

Nick Clegg on Europe, AI and big tech

Who are Europe’s fastest-growing companies?

Does Europe have a voice in AI safety?

Renewed online debate about German bureaucracy sparks criticism over startup scene: ‘Things need to change’

Wellbeing marketplace Healf tops Sifted’s third UK and Ireland leaderboard

These investors have backed the most European AI unicorns