Perhaps Europe is already in the AI race. We are just looking in the wrong places.

Jensen Huang, NVIDIA’s CEO, recently challenged Europe to enter the AI race before worrying about staying in it.

Fair point. But look at this week’s announcements.

🇫🇷 NVIDIA is investing in Doctolib, bringing AI deeper into European healthcare.

🇪🇺 Siemens is investing in Skeleton Technologies, an Estonian-founded company developing energy-storage solutions for AI infrastructure.

Two very different businesses. One common message:

Europe’s AI opportunity may not be to replicate Silicon Valley, but to leverage what we already do exceptionally well.

After more than three decades in European industry, I am convinced that our strength lies in engineering, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, logistics and industrial services.

AI will not create value through algorithms alone. It needs real-world applications, industrial expertise and the ability to scale.

Of course, Europe needs its own technological capabilities, computing infrastructure and investment capital.

But sovereignty does not mean isolation. American capital investing in European innovation and European technology expanding globally can be strengths, not weaknesses.

So perhaps we should stop asking only:

Can Europe produce its own NVIDIA or OpenAI?

And start asking:

What could European industry become with AI?

Our industrial heritage is not a handicap in the AI revolution.

It may be our greatest competitive advantage.

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