France has been identified as the second-largest start-up “ecosystem” on the continent. The claim was made in an article on the site Maddyness, which also posited that Paris was set to become a ‘boomtown’ for investment in artificial intelligence (AI). Hugo Borensztein, co-founder and CEO of AI platform Omi, who was interviewed for the piece, […]
Financial institutions are increasingly embracing a ‘digital revolution’, according to analysis by global fintech group Broadridge. The report, Digital Transformation Enters a New Phase – Here’s What Comes Next, found more than half of participants saying digital transformation was the most-important strategic initiative for their company, with almost three-quarters (71%) suggesting AI had changed how […]
A ‘year of reckoning’ has arrived for the European fintech scene, according to growth investor Finch Capital. The firm’s State of European Fintech 2023 report found funding for the sector dropped by 70% year on year, to levels last seen before 2020. At the same time, the report added, while mergers and acquisitions had remained […]
The ‘Chips Act’, aimed at boosting Europe’s semiconductor industry, has received the green light from The European Council. The Act, about which Expert Investor has written extensively over the last year, will seek to help develop a European industrial base in the field of semiconductors, attract investment, promote research and innovation, and prepare the continent […]
Some element of ‘chip war’ would appear to be brewing between China and Europe. The Chinese government has announced that companies exporting gallium and germanium – both vital in the production of computer microchips – will now require an export licence. This comes a week after Dutch firm ASML was hit with new export controls […]
In the face of the excitement surrounding the prospects for artificial intelligence, the market needs to do its homework on potential risks and rewards At the end of last year, plenty of experts were calling time on the decade-long technology rally. Its valuations couldn’t be sustained in an environment of higher interest rates, they said, […]
How investors in the biotech sector can benefit from artificial intelligence’s increasing importance in drug discovery and development purposes Artificial intelligence and machine-learning algorithms are disruptive technologies that are having a twofold impact on the drug discovery process. First, the technology can be applied to save time and money during the process of identifying molecular […]
The European Parliament and EU Member States have reached agreement on the European Chips Act, which seeks to make the market competitive with the US and Asia in the production of microchips. A statement from the European Commission said the continent’s dependence on chips from Taiwan and South-East Asia had been illustrated by the shortage […]
It receives requests for more than €6bn but only has a fraction of that sum to dish out
Some 100 new projects due to be introduced, with most based in so-called tier 2 markets
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