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12 AI safety startups to watch, according to VCs

AI technology faces challenges in gaining widespread adoption due to concerns over its reliability and safety. Daphné Leprince-Ringuet, a senior reporter for Sifted based in Paris, highlights these issues and covers French tech, focusing on AI and deeptech in her newsletter. She can be found on X and LinkedIn.

Hugging Face, a French-American scaleup, is reportedly in discussions for a potential sale valued at $13 billion. This news comes amid speculation about other AI startups being targeted by potential buyers.

Founders are leveraging AI to take control of their intellectual property (IP) strategy. By replacing traditional, slow, and expensive legal processes with AI-native platforms, they are revolutionizing IP management, making it more efficient and cost-effective.

VCs have identified 19 startups to watch, with a particular focus on improving the efficiency of AI. The rapid growth of AI has strained compute resources, making these startups' efforts to reduce costs and energy requirements for AI models crucial.

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