Compute Economics & GeopoliticsEmmanuel Macron (France)Feb 11, 2025

Macron announces €109 billion for French AI and €200 billion for Europe

In a speech at the AI Action Summit, announced €109 billion in private investment in French AI and €200 billion in European investment, and said that if champions are left to the US and China alone, Europe may have the best regulation in the world but nothing to regulate

Why it matters

The moment Europe flipped its discourse from regulation first to no regulation without champions. A turning point in the EU sovereign AI debate

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Officialelysee.frhttps://www.elysee.fr/emmanuel-macron/2025/02/11/business-day-du-sommet-pour-laction-sur-lintelligence-artificielle-a-station-f

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