Pimento is a new French startup that is using generative AI in an interesting way as the company focuses on the first step of creative processes — ideation, […]
Today’s AI funding rush reminds me of the fintech investing hype of 2021
It turns out that the massive $642 million round that U.S.-based GPU compute provider CoreWeave just closed was a secondary transaction. I can’t summon a better news event […]
How the OpenAI fiasco could bolster Meta and the ‘open AI’ movement
It has been a whirlwind four days for OpenAI, the generative AI poster child behind the smash hit ChatGPT. Seemingly out of nowhere, the OpenAI board ousted CEO […]
Who knows what GamePlanner does, but Airbnb just bought the company
Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. One of the most interesting stories on the site this week — both […]
Kyutai is a French AI research lab with a $330 million budget that will make everything open source
This morning at Scaleway’s ai-PULSE conference, French billionaire and Iliad CEO Xavier Niel gave some extra details about his plans for an AI research lab based in Paris. […]
France’s Mistral dials up call for EU AI rules to fix rules for apps, not model makers
Divisions over how to set rules for applying artificial intelligence are complicating talks between European Union lawmakers trying to secure a political deal on draft legislation in the […]
Europe’s AI Act talks head for crunch point
Negotiations between European Union lawmakers tasked with reaching a compromise on a risk-based framework for regulating applications of artificial intelligence appear to be on a tricky knife edge. […]
Not many unicorns were spotted in the UK and France this year
As La French Tech and unicorns both turn 10, maybe it’s time to rethink where to shine a light Anna Heim 7 hours London was the place to […]
Mistral AI makes its first large language model free for everyone
The most popular language models out there may be accessed via API, but open models — as far as that term can be taken seriously — are gaining […]