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EPISODE · May 3, 2026 · 16 MIN

GPT-5.5’s Reality Check & The $600M Legal AI: Europe’s AI Arms Race

from European IT! · host Sébastien Deschamps

This week on European It!, host Sébastien cuts through the noise to explore the fascinating tension between ambition and reality in European tech.What’s inside:The Model Wars: GPT-5.5 tops benchmarks but fails real-world tests. Google’s aggressive play to steal ChatGPT users. Is the AI arms race decoupled from user value?The Mega-Deals: Legora’s €600M raise, Sereact’s $110M, and CMBlu’s unicorn status. Why B2B and industrial AI are Europe’s hidden strength.The Infrastructure Crisis: Meta is buying space-based solar. UK data centers are running out of water. The next war is over megawatts and liters.Regulation as Export: The rise of RegTech, the $292M hack that didn’t break the system, and why chasing grants might be a trap.Tune in to discover:Is European tech building something durable?What’s the biggest risk nobody is talking about?Should startups stop chasing EU grants?#EuropeanTech #AI #Podcast #Startups #DeepTech

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