European digital sovereignty: “Something crazy is happening in Paris”

Artificial intelligence offers an unexpected launching pad for future technological champions that Europe has never managed to produce in the face of an overpowering Silicon Valley. France believes in it and is putting its foot down like never before. Immerse yourself in the beating heart of “European-style AI”.


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Philippe Laloux


Journalist at the Economy department

By Philippe Laloux

Published on 5/05/2024 at 5:04 p.m.
Reading time: 4 min

Ilya San Francisco, historic cradle of “tech” and world reference in the race for artificial intelligence (AI). And then there is Paris, which has become, in no time, the standard of European revenge against the American giants. With each new technological wave, Europe tried to find the alpha and omega to impose its champions. In vain. Computing, the web, social networks, the cloud, all revolutions have been confiscated by a handful of geeks from Silicon Valley, who have become the absolute masters of the new economy. The tide is turning, powered by MistralAI, the “French ChatGPT” born barely a year ago.



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