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Paris-based French tech reporter for @Siftedeu. Previously @ZDNet and @WiredUK. Views my own Tips and stories: [email protected] // Signal +33 6 31 99 74 65
Paris, France
Joined October 2013
📢 Today is my first day reporting for the @FT-backed @Siftedeu from Paris!. I'm excited to join a fantastic team of journalists covering #tech and #startup news across Europe. I'll be focusing on la #FrenchTech. .
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Can regions outside of capital cities attract ambitious founders? . For the @FT, I visited some of the startup hubs that have taken on the challenge - and away from the crowds, it turns out many of them have become thriving tech centres. Read more:
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VC money may be further away but regional start-up centres bank on local strengths to attract entrepreneurs
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RT @AnneSraders: So fortunate to have such great readers who faithfully open our newsletter every morning (at 5am, no less!) ❤️ please keep….
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RT @amyrlewin: Founders, founders, founders: how are you doing? . We'd like to know about the stresses and strains you're feeling in 2024.….
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RT @jburnmurdoch: NEW: an ideological divide is emerging between young men and women in many countries around the world. I think this one….
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RT @AnneSraders: Been getting a lot of responses that this week is indeed quite busy for dealmaking! If you're a founder or VC working on a….
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RT @AnneSraders: Mistral's big raise stole the headlines yesterday, but the new EU AI Act regulations could significantly hinder smaller st….
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French AI startup Mistral just raised a huge Series A round. But it could be facing an uphill battle with European regulations.
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RT @amyrlewin: We're hiring! @Siftedeu's looking for a junior editor to join our team of friendly journalists. This role is designed to be….
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RT @amyrlewin: European founders! Startup C-suiters! . I'd like to know about how your last fundraise went — and how your next fundraise is….
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Sifted is surveying European startups about fundraising in 2023 and 2024.
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RT @amyrlewin: We're hiring! Sifted's looking for a fintech reporter to join our lovely editorial team at the start of 2024. Fintech is li….
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Startup Europe. Grown-up reporting.
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"Why hasn't EIF announced a single investment from its €3.75bn fund of funds yet?". With @zosiawanat, we looked at how @EIF_EU's €3.75bn fund of funds is doing ten months after launch. Critics told us the strategy needs re-thinking:
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The EIF hasn’t announced a single investment yet — and some critics worry that it’s because there’s not enough €1bn funds in Europe to back.
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Why are French startups excluded from NATO's €1bn investment fund, which backs companies in most European countries?. Read more here:. "French deeptechs are losing out on Nato’s €1bn VC fund".
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NATO’s €1bn fund is backed by most European countries — but not France, meaning startups in the country are losing out on new investor cash.
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RT @gallardo_ortega: France and Germany are blocking new rules for AI foundation models proposed in the EU AI Act talks, a move that could….
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Home to Mistral and AlephAlpha respectively, France and Germany are blocking the deal to protect their startups, sources tell Sifted.
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RT @amyrlewin: UK councils have paid startup Beam at least £1.1m to find jobs and housing for the homeless. Is it working?. A new Sifted in….
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Xavier Niel announces ex-Google CEO @ericschmidt is backing €300m AI lab in Paris & reveals - all-male - 6-people founding research team @ #aiPulse @Xavier75.
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Schmidt announced he will be funding an AI lab in Paris — but said France should push against over-regulation of tech.
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RT @timmpsmith: "Stability AI’s head of audio resigns over copyright concerns". @ednewtonrex is the latest senior exec to leave the company….
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He tweeted that he doesn’t “agree with the company’s opinion that training generative AI models on copyrighted works is ‘fair use’”
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RT @bbz_lucie: For @FRANCE24's culture show to be filmed in Taiwan next week, we are looking for a Taiwanese journalist/critic who is willi….
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RT @Basile_Viault: Pendant ce temps, sur le TER Bourgogne de @SNCFVoyageurs, un voyageur décide de couper son foie gras avec sa carte vital….
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RT @timmpsmith: "Why top AI talent is leaving Google’s DeepMind". DeepMind was the leading private AI lab in the world for years, but 12 mo….
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DeepMind is one of the top AI labs in the world, but 12 months of AI hype have changed the industry in big ways.
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