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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a speech during the plenary session of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, February 11, 2025. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier.
Europe will invest an additional 50 billion euros ($51.6 billion) to bolster the bloc's artificial intelligence ambition, European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday.
It will come on top of the European AI Champions Initiative, that has already pledged 150 billion euros from providers, investors and industry, von der Leyen told the Paris AI Summit.
"Thereby we aim to mobilise a total of 200 billion euros for AI investments in Europe," she said.
Von der Leyen said investments will focus on industrial and mission-critical technologies.
Companies which have signed up to the European AI Champions initiative spearheaded by investment company General Catalyst include Airbus, ASML, Siemens, Infineon, Philips, Mistral and Volkswagen . ($1 = 0.9690 euros)
(Reporting by Foo Yun Chee; editing by Richard Lough)
