Vienna's Eustella Aims to Build European Sovereign AI Alternative to ChatGPT
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Etien Yovchev
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Summary
Vienna-based startup eustella aims to become Europe's sovereign AI champion by building a ChatGPT alternative using the best open-source AI models. The article highlights that Europe has 133 million active AI users (nearly double the US), yet over 90% rely on American platforms like ChatGPT, raising concerns about data sovereignty and European technological dependence. Eustella's strategy focuses on openness and leveraging existing open models rather than building from scratch in isolation.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledEurope has a voracious appetite for artificial intelligence, but it's a diet supplied almost entirely from abroad.
There are 133 million active AI users on the continent – nearly twice the number in the United States.
Yet over 90 percent of them are feeding their prompts into American software such as ChatGPT, training and strengthening Silicon Valley's systems.
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