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• French AI company Mistral raised €3 billion in its latest funding round. • This investment pushes the company's total valuation above €21 billion. • The record-breaking round increases the scale of European competition against dominant American AI firms.

• Paris-based start-up Mistral AI raised €3bn in a funding round led by Samsung. • This investment values the company at more than €21bn, marking the largest venture funding round in European history. • The capital supports Mistral's goal of providing a European alternative to US-based AI firms like OpenAI and Anthropic.

• Paris-based AI company Mistral closed a €3bn Series D funding round led by Samsung to advance sovereign AI, which refers to AI infrastructure owned and controlled by a specific nation. • The investment values the business at more than €21bn. • This capital allows Mistral to scale its open-weight large language models to compete with global AI giants.

• Google announced on Wednesday that it will invest at least €13 billion in Finnish data centers and digital infrastructure over the next two years. • The funding will support infrastructure across four municipalities, clean energy projects, and local initiatives for biodiversity, education, and research. • This represents Google's largest single investment in Europe to date, leveraging Finland's cheap power and favorable climate for AI operations.

• Google announced a €13bn investment to build a data center project in Finland. • The funding includes allocations for clean energy projects, nuclear power pacts, and community funds for local biodiversity and education. • This project is expected to create tens of thousands of jobs for the local workforce.

• Google committed $13 billion to develop Finland's digital infrastructure over the next two years. • This investment, the company's largest in Europe to date, will fund data center construction, strategic infrastructure, clean energy, and nature restoration. • The funding expands cloud computing capacity and digital connectivity for the European market.

• Google will invest €13 billion across four Finnish data center sites during 2027 and 2028. • The expansion is supported by a 22-year nuclear agreement in Loviisa, 629MW of new wind power, and a 94MW battery. • This massive energy investment allows the company to secure its own power supply as Nordic grids struggle to absorb the high electricity demand of large data centers.