European AI companies raised over €5.3 billion in 2025, with strong investor activity across foundation models, defence AI, enterprise automation and applied AI startups targeting healthcare, manufacturing, logistics and customer support.

UK AI investment hit a record £8.3 billion in 2025 – but founders say scaling is harder than the numbers suggest.

European AI companies raised over €5.3 billion in 2025, with strong investor activity across foundation models, defence AI, enterprise automation and applied AI startups targeting…