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France’s Arlequin AI raises €28m to build alternative AI architecture for very large data sets

AI

Cybersecurity

Defence

France

France’s Arlequin AI raises €28m to build alternative AI architecture for very large data sets

The Paris startup is betting that the next wave of AI will require architectures beyond LLMs, with models designed to analyse complex relationships across large datasets for defence, security and other high-stakes applications.

Mike Butcher
Mike Butcher

Sep 10, 2026

Exclusive: Mistral’s first investor says it is “uniquely positioned” as a Western counterpart to Chinese AI

Exclusive: Mistral’s first investor says it is “uniquely positioned” as a Western counterpart to Chinese AI

Former Lightspeed partner, Paul Murphy, tells Pathfounders that Mistral is playing a different game to Anthropic and OpenAI.

Mike Butcher
Mike Butcher

Sep 9, 2026

Opinion: Stop calling Isar Aerospace Europe’s SpaceX

Space

Europe

Opinion: Stop calling Isar Aerospace Europe’s SpaceX

Isar will be Europe's 'space saviour' when it starts getting real about reusable rockets.

Mike Butcher
Mike Butcher

Sep 8, 2026

Germany’s Ground A raises €9.1m pre-seed to scale its low-energy counter-drone laser

Germany

AI

Defence

Hardware

Germany’s Ground A raises €9.1m pre-seed to scale its low-energy counter-drone laser

The German defence-tech startup’s system uses drastically less energy, is designed to be manufactured at scale, and will be offered to Ukraine.

Mike Butcher
Mike Butcher

Sep 8, 2026

Column: AI is killing the Pre-seed playbook

Opinion

VC

Europe

Column: AI is killing the Pre-seed playbook

Early funding round sizes have tripled, early valuations have pushed beyond $10m, and the economics for early-stage funds are getting harder to justify. Now, a new generation of investors is moving fast to invest well before the pre-seed round, and sometimes before there is even a company, argues Nolan Gray.

Guest Author
Guest Author

Sep 8, 2026

Claret Capital closes Fund IV at €575m to back European growth companies

Debt funding

VC

Europe

Claret Capital closes Fund IV at €575m to back European growth companies

The growth debt investor has closed its fourth fund as it looks to put more capital behind European companies and expand its presence across the continent

Amelia Isaacs
Amelia Isaacs

Sep 7, 2026

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