Microsoft and BlackRock team up for $100bn AI fund
Two firms are partnering to invest in AI infrastructure
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Balderton Capital joins surge of tech investment into Europe
Early Stage Fund IX and Growth Fund II will back tech firms across the continent
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Why the tech giants are facing an ‘existential event’
Mega-cap leaders have overcapitalised in winner-takes-all race for AI dominance, warns Tom Aylott, bringing their future relevance into question
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Microsoft announces major AI investment in Sweden
In line with government’s commitment to increase innovation, competitiveness and national resilience
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AI tightens grip on European financial landscape – Ocorian
Many alternative fund managers are already using AI within their compliance and risk procedures
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AI investment in Europe further boosted by €1bn Italian investment
But could a maturing eastern European start-up ecosystem prove a competitor?
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Microsoft and Google parent begin heavy AI investment in Europe
Tech giants Microsoft and Alphabet have announced heavy investments into the AI landscapes of France and Germany this week. Microsoft is reportedly set to invest €3.2bn in building up its AI infrastructure and cloud capacity in Germany by the end of the next year. The investment is expected to cover the training of some 1.2m…
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Investors must be wary of ‘AI losers’ as tech valuations spike
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,…
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AI investing set to take a hammer blow?
‘However well intended, the provisions will extract a heavy price from an increasingly uncompetitive European economy’
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Can AI resolve ESG rating shortfalls?
AI and machine learning can improve measurement of ESG risks to enhance investment performance, says State Street
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LGIM unveils thematic ETFs focused on disruptive tech
Three new Ucits funds will focus on opportunities created by innovations in AI, healthcare and clean water
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AI’s slow creep into asset management
How effective are artificial intelligence big data algorithms without human oversight and can they boost alpha?