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This week we discuss: 

See the pitch memo that raised €105m for four-week-old startup Mistral

A Human Genome Project for the nervous system? BIOS Health raises fresh funding

Nato launches tech accelerator to bring Silicon Valley ethos to Europe’s armies

Where to find Europe’s best AI engineers

Tony Blair thinks AI will save Britain, he’s just not quite sure how it should work