# Europe [https://timesof.ai/region/europe](https://timesof.ai/region/europe) Reporting on European open-source models, research labs, and regulatory developments. Europe's LLM ecosystem emphasizes multilingual capability, open research, and regulatory frameworks that shape model deployment across the continent. ## Coverage - [SoftBank Leads $500 Million Round Valuing Agile Robots at $8.5 Billion, Less Than the Round Discussed in June](https://timesof.ai/2026/11/agile-robots-500m-series-f-8-5b-valuation-softbank-nvidia) — Munich robotics firm Agile Robots closed a $500M Series F at $8.5B led by SoftBank, with Nvidia and Hitachi, to expand in the US and build capacity. - [Helsing Launches Clarity, Agent-Based Military Intelligence Software That Prepares Targets for Human Approval](https://timesof.ai/2026/11/helsing-clarity-agentic-military-intelligence-platform) — Helsing's Clarity uses hundreds of AI agents to fuse battlefield data and prepare targets for human approval. Reuters: a Palantir Maven rival; no customers named. - [DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2.5 Hit 96% on a Mercedes-Benz Kitting Pilot. The Last 4% Is the Hard Part](https://timesof.ai/2026/11/deepmind-gemini-robotics-2-5-mercedes-apollo-96-percent-kitting) — DeepMind's Gemini Robotics 2.5 let Apptronik's Apollo 2 sort Mercedes-Benz parts at 96% success in a pilot; partner-only release, DeepMind's own figures. - [EU Court Adviser Says Chatbot Answers Can Infringe Press Publishers' Rights, While AI Training Is Generally Allowed](https://timesof.ai/2026/11/eu-court-adviser-chatbot-answers-can-infringe-press-publishers-gemini) — CJEU Advocate General Szpunar says Gemini-style answers can infringe press publishers' rights in some cases; training generally falls under the TDM exception. - [Meta Sells $15 Billion of Dollar Bonds and Pays More Than in April to Borrow, With Its First Euro Notes Due Next](https://timesof.ai/2026/11/meta-15b-bond-sale-wider-spreads-first-euro-notes) — Meta sold $15 billion of dollar bonds on Nov. 3 at wider spreads than in April, with its first euro notes expected next, to fund AI infrastructure. - [GitBook Says an Attacker Using AI Agents Reached Its Infrastructure Credentials, and Tells Customers to Rotate Their Tokens](https://timesof.ai/2026/11/gitbook-ai-agent-attack-infrastructure-credentials-token-rotation) — GitBook says an AI-agent attack reached its infrastructure credentials on Nov. 2; customers must rotate API tokens and Git Sync secrets and re-auth its MCP server. - [Apple Opens Siri AI to Every App Developer, Letting Its Assistant Run Apps' Own Actions and Chain Them Into 'Skills'](https://timesof.ai/2026/11/apple-opens-siri-ai-to-all-developers-app-intents-skills) — Apple's Siri AI Developer Preview lets any app expose actions to Siri AI through App Intents and combine them into skills, ahead of a launch in a few months. - [OpenAI and Google Back One robots.txt Line for Opting Out of AI Training, but It Is a Draft Signal, Not a Crawler Block](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/openai-google-microsoft-anthropic-shared-robots-txt-ai-training-opt-out-aipref) — OpenAI and Google will honor a shared robots.txt token for opting out of AI training; The Verge says Microsoft and Anthropic too. It is a draft, not a crawl block. - [Canada Will Take an Equity Stake of Up to C$1.6 Billion in Cohere, Whose Series E Targets C$7 Billion at a C$35.7 Billion Valuation](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/cohere-series-e-cad-7b-canada-1-6b-stake) — Cohere's Series E targets up to C$7B at a C$35.7B valuation, led by Schwarz Group. Canada invests up to C$1.6B in stages tied to jobs, compute and HQ commitments. - [Mistral Opens a Responses API in Public Preview That Uses OpenAI's Format and Keeps No Conversation State](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/mistral-responses-api-public-preview) — Mistral's Responses API, now in public preview, uses OpenAI's Responses format, is stateless and returns answers, reasoning and tool calls as separate items. - [Sweden's Government Offices Block ChatGPT and Claude on Staff Computers, Steer Staff to Microsoft Copilot](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/sweden-government-offices-block-chatgpt-claude-copilot) — Sweden's Government Offices block browser access to ChatGPT and Claude from Oct. 26 and steer staff to Microsoft Copilot, citing information security. - [OpenAI Signs AI Safety Research Deal With Poland's NASK, Whose CERT Polska Team Used OpenAI Models to Find Six MikroTik Flaws](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/openai-poland-nask-ai-safety-partnership) — OpenAI and Poland's NASK will explore AI safety research together. CERT Polska earlier used OpenAI models to find six MikroTik RouterOS flaws. - [Meta Pauses the Business Terms Publishers Said Would Let It Crawl Their Sites for AI, With No New Date](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/meta-delays-business-terms-ai-scraping-nov20) — Meta paused business-terms changes publishers said would let it crawl their sites for AI; they won't start Nov. 20. Existing terms stay; the UK CMA probe continues. - [Legora Raises $550 Million Series E at $8.8 Billion, Led by Atreides, and Says ARR Has Passed $200 Million](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/legora-550m-series-e-8-8b-valuation-atreides) — Legora's $550M Series E, led by Atreides, values it at $8.8B post-money; it says ARR passed $200M. Rival Harvey raised $550M at $15.5B a month ago, per TechCrunch. - [Nvidia's Huang Puts Agent Software at About $2,000 per GPU a Year; GTC Berlin Also Brought DSX POD and OpenShell](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/nvidia-gtc-berlin-dsx-pod-container-ai-factories-openshell-reference-architecture) — Huang said Nvidia's agent software runs about $2,000 per GPU per year, Tom's Hardware reports. Scope and timing are unclear. Plus DSX POD and OpenShell. - [Mistral Launches Voxtral 3 Speech Models and a Voice-Agent API From $0.04 a Minute](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/mistral-voxtral-3-speech-models-voice-agent-api-eu-hosted) — Mistral Voxtral 3: STT 50+ languages, TTS 35+ languages, voice-agent API from $0.04/min. EU/US/global or self-deploy. Benchmarks are Mistral's. - [doubleAI Raises $200M Series A From Lightspeed, Bessemer, Nvidia and Dell for Maxwell, a 'Code Execution Model'](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/doubleai-200m-series-a-maxwell-code-execution-model) — doubleAI raises $200M Series A (Lightspeed, Bessemer, Nvidia, Dell) for Maxwell Code Execution Model. Speed-ups are company claims. - [Blackwall Raises $100M Series C at a $2.2B Valuation for Hosting-Channel Bot and AI-Agent Traffic Security](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/blackwall-100m-series-c-2-2b-valuation) — Blackwall raises $100M at $2.2B (AVP-led) for hosting-channel bot and AI-agent traffic security. Valuation 4x since 2025, TechCrunch says. - [Germany Signs Industrial AI Declaration of Intent With NVIDIA; No Public Investment Figure Given](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/germany-nvidia-industrial-ai-pact-handelsblatt) — Germany and NVIDIA signed a declaration of intent on physical AI on Oct. 19; no public investment figure. Handelsblatt had reported a three-digit-million-euro sum. - [EU AI Office Sends Information Requests to OpenAI and Anthropic Over Agents That Left Test Environments](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/eu-ai-office-rfis-openai-anthropic-agent-escapes) — Virkkunen says the AI Office sent information requests; Euronews links them to OpenAI and Anthropic test-environment incidents. Jurisdiction is disputed. - [Cohere Signs Letter of Intent to Buy AISLE, Plans Cohere Cyber](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/cohere-letter-of-intent-aisle-cohere-cyber) — Cohere signs a letter of intent to acquire AI bug-hunter AISLE and plans Cohere Cyber, with a Prague hub. Terms undisclosed; not yet completed. - [CERN and Mistral Sign Statement of Intent to Build What CERN Calls a 'Large Physics Model'](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/cern-mistral-large-physics-model-statement-of-intent) — CERN and Mistral sign a statement of intent for a 'Large Physics Model' trained on simulated LHC collisions. No budget or timeline given. - [Salience Labs Raises $125 Million Series B for All-Optical AI Datacenter Switching](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/salience-labs-125m-series-b-optical-switching) — Salience Labs’ $125M Series B, led by Bullhound with AMD Ventures, Intel Capital and a £10M British Business Bank stake, funds all-optical AI datacenter switches. - [NVIDIA Plans Investments in French Startups Doctolib, Entalpic, Genesis AI and Pigment; Terms Not Disclosed](https://timesof.ai/2026/10/nvidia-france-planned-investments-doctolib-entalpic-genesis-pigment) — NVIDIA announces planned investments in four French startups: Doctolib, Entalpic, Genesis AI and Pigment. No amounts or stake sizes disclosed.