Alignment between Europe’s AI start-ups and national industrial strengths suggests potential gains for competitiveness
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European artificial intelligence start-ups are focusing on the bloc’s national strengths, new data suggests, with German firms around Munich heavily concentrating on manufacturing and supply chain tools, for example.
This focus on one of Germany’s economic strengths is ground for “cautious optimism,” according to the Berlin-based think tank Interface, although in terms of raw numbers of AI start-ups, the US remains far ahead of the EU.
“The manufacturing and supply chain market presents the strongest grounds for optimism regarding EU AI competitiveness,” according to Interface’s recently released report, European AI Competitiveness Beyond Frontier Models.
The analysis sets aside the international obsession…
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