France's data centre ambitions bump up against rural fearsA massive AI data centre planned for the small French village of Fouju is creating a divide. While proponents see economic benefits and job...
05 Jun, 2026, 04.15 PM IST
PM Modi’s high stakes push for sovereign AI faces reality checkIndia is striving to build its own artificial intelligence capabilities, aiming for self-reliance and global export. However, the nation fa...
03 Jun, 2026, 07.53 PM IST
SoftBank to invest €75 billion in 5 GW French AI centresSoftBank Group is set to invest up to $87 billion in France to build 5 gigawatts of AI data center capacity, aiming to establish the countr...
01 Jun, 2026, 06.19 AM IST
Mistral AI buys Austrian physics AI startup in industrial pushFrance's Mistral AI has acquired Emmi AI from Austria. This move aims to boost Mistral's services for European industrial clients. Emmi AI ...
19 May, 2026, 05.26 PM IST
French carrier group moves south of Suez ahead of conditional UK-French Hormuz missionFrance's aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is now in the Red Sea. This move prepares for a possible mission in the Strait of Hormuz. The F...
06 May, 2026, 09.32 PM IST
Italy closes antitrust probes into AI firms after commitments on 'hallucination' risksItaly's antitrust regulator has concluded probes into three AI firms. DeepSeek from China, Mistral AI from France, and Scaleup Yazilim Hizm...
30 Apr, 2026, 07.13 PM IST
Italy closes antitrust probes into AI firms after commitments on 'hallucination' risksItaly's competition watchdog has concluded probes into three AI firms. DeepSeek from China, Mistral AI from France, and Scaleup Yazilim Hiz...
30 Apr, 2026, 02.53 PM IST
AI firms flex lobbying muscle on both side of AtlanticAI companies are spending heavily to shape new regulations in Europe and the United States. They are also engaging the public, promoting AI...
25 Apr, 2026, 11.06 AM IST
Andreessen Horowitz partner Bryan Kim departs to launch new AI-focused fundBryan Kim, who joined the Silicon Valley venture capital firm in November 2020, focused on consumer technology and AI applications. During ...
17 Apr, 2026, 11.18 PM IST
Large AI firms hoovering maximum funding, not enough for smaller startups: Y Combinator’s Ankit GuptaAnkit Gupta spoke to ET ahead of the accelerator’s Startup School event in Bengaluru on April 18 — the first in India. In order to tap aspi...
13 Apr, 2026, 11.25 AM IST
Bajaj Finserv's AI push; Govt's UPI fixBajaj Finserv chairman Sanjiv Bajaj says the company will launch a dedicated fund for AI startups. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
30 Mar, 2026, 07.42 PM IST
France's Mistral raises $830 million in debt for AI data centre build-upThe deal, set to be announced on Monday, marks Mistral's first debt raising and underscores growing investor confidence in European AI firm...
30 Mar, 2026, 12.00 PM IST
French AI startup Mistral invests $1.4 billion in data centres in SwedenFrench AI firm Mistral AI is investing 1.2 billion euros in new data centres in Sweden. This significant investment aims to build independe...
11 Feb, 2026, 05.55 PM IST
First French AI billionaires emerge after €11.7 billion Mistral funding roundMistral AI's three founders, Arthur Mensch, Timothee Lacroix, and Guillaume Lample, are now billionaires. A recent funding round valued the...
11 Sep, 2025, 04.10 PM IST
France had no prior knowledge of Microsoft's Mistral AI deal, official saysEarlier this week, Microsoft said it had made a 15-million euro ($16 million) investment in Mistral, and would soon make the Paris-based co...
28 Feb, 2024, 07.54 PM IST
France's Mistral AI raises 105 million euros shortly after being set upThe fund-raising highlights the rapid growth of the artificial intelligence (AI) sector as well as Europe's desire to create rivals to Sili...
14 Jun, 2023, 12.32 AM IST
France to ink big aerospace deals with Saudi Arabia: ReportsManuel Valls is on a tour of several Middle Eastern countries which began in Cairo with the signing of a deal with Egypt to sell two helico...
11 Oct, 2015, 04.10 PM IST