David Lisnard: Observation on the share of European AI start-ups generating their revenue in the United States
Statement made by David Lisnard on February 11, 2026. Topic: Digital Sovereignty and Cloud. The observatory also publishes quotes from 17 other public figures on this topic.
With 46% of European AI start-ups already generating their main revenue across the Atlantic, this dependence is deep.
Original quote (French)
Avec 46 % des start-up européennes de l’IA qui réalisent déjà leur principal chiffre d’affaires outre-Atlantique, cette dépendance est profonde.Source: unenouvelleenergie.fr · archived copy
Other candidates on this topic
- Bruno Le Maire: Pooling semiconductors and AI in a European Federation of six nation states
- Bruno Retailleau: Launch a digital Vauban plan led by ANSSI (sovereign cloud, mapping, stress tests)
- Dominique de Villepin: Steering the AI and quantum computing effort at the European level, backed by public procurement
- Emmanuel Maurel: Develop open AI models trained on accessible data
- Florian Philippot: Adopt a digital sovereignty law enshrining the State's duty to protect its data
- François Ruffin: Make the State the majority shareholder in targeted production hubs, including digital technology
- Gabriel Attal: Believes that without a shift on AI within five years, France will be dependent on the United States and China
- Jean-Luc Mélenchon: Place digital and telecommunications infrastructure under public control and relocate it
- Juan Branco: Launch a computing plan with co-nationalization of STMicro based on open architectures
- Karim Bouamrane: Keeping National Control of Artificial Intelligence and Setting Its Rules
- Marine Tondelier: Developing a network of decentralized public digital infrastructure
- Natacha Polony: Rebuilding a national industrial policy for AI, from rare earths to powering data centers
- Nicolas Dupont-Aignan: Require tax domiciliation in France for the subsidiaries of digital giants
- Olivier Becht: Give a European confederation of 6 to 10 states a competence over innovation and a unified AI market
- Raphaël Glucksmann: Ending dependence on GAFAM within 5 years through a European sovereign fund
- Sarah Knafo: Allow member states to reserve their strategic public procurement contracts for European companies
- Édouard Philippe: Call to build full European sovereignty covering AI, energy and defense
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