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Europe’s AI opportunity episode 4: Turning challenges into strengths

Europe’s AI opportunity is a new podcast mini-series brought to you by Sifted and Nebius, an AI infrastructure company building full-stack cloud for the AI era.  In this episode, Sifted’s Europe Editor Mimi Billing will be exploring what the next phase of Europe’s AI growth will look like. This episode focuses on everything from infrastructure and compliance to how companies can find the right European talent. Joining the conversation were Mona Li, VP at Nebius, Hakob Astabatsyan, CEO and cofounder of Synthflow, and Luca Bocchio, partner at Accel.

Europe’s AI opportunity episode 3: The next few years

Europe’s AI opportunity is a new podcast mini-series brought to you by Sifted and Nebius, an AI infrastructure company building full-stack cloud for the AI era.  Over the next three episodes, Sifted’s senior reporter Daphné Leprince-Ringuet will be exploring the potential of AI for Europe’s enterprises. This episode focuses on what the AI opportunity looks like for Europe in the next few years — what are Europe’s AI founders focusing on to differentiate themselves in the AI race, what they need to scale and stand a chance against their competitors and why, ultimately, investors betting on European AI. Joining the conversation were Tom Blackwell, chief communications officer at Nebius, Albane Dersy, cofounder and COO of Inbolt, Steffen Tjerrild, cofounder of Synthesia, and Philippe Botteri, partner at global investor Accel.

Europe's AI opportunity episode 2: Building AI startups for the enterprise era

Europe's AI opportunity is a new podcast mini-series is brought to you by Sifted and Nebius, an AI infrastructure company building full-stack cloud for the AI era. Over the next three episodes, Sifted's senior reporter Daphné Leprince-Ringuet will be exploring the potential of AI for Europe's enterprises. This episode was recorded live from VivaTech in Paris — France’s flagship tech event that brings together startups, corporates and industrial leaders.  This episode focuses on whether, and how, European enterprises are adopting AI, and what this means for the AI startups they partner with — or, in some cases, don’t. Joining the conversation were Claire Nouet, cofounder and COO of Pathway, Olivier Gomez, cofounder and CEO of IAC.AI, and Anubhav Maheshwari, head of venture partnerships at Nebius.

AI Assurance: What responsible adoption really looks like with Temasek & Resaro

We discussed the most effective ways to measure and communicate trust in AI systems, how existing frameworks can help validate new AI systems and how the technology poses new questions for mitigating risk.  Participating in the discussion were:  * Song Hwee Chia, deputy CEO of Temasek, a global investment firm headquartered in Singapore. * Sebastian Hallensleben, chief trust officer at AI test lab Resaro. * Dr Kerim Galal, executive vice president at corporate development across strategy, AI, M&A and in-house consulting at German machine tools and laser tech company Trumpf. * Dr Frauke Goll, managing director at the AppliedAI Institute for Europe GmbH.

Europe's AI opportunity episode 1: Unpacking Europe's position in the AI race

Europe's AI opportunity is a new podcast mini-series is brought to you by Sifted and Nebius, an AI infrastructure company building full-stack cloud for the AI era.  Over the next three episodes, Sifted's senior reporter Daphné Leprince-Ringuet will be exploring the potential of AI for Europe's enterprises. This week, she unpacks Europe’s position in the AI race — its ambitions, gaps and what role infrastructure plays when it comes to building the next generation of AI leaders — with special guests, Roman Chernin, cofounder and chief business officer of Nebius, Thomas Wolf, cofounder and chief science officer at Hugging Face, and Jonas Andrulis, founder and CEO of Aleph Alpha.