| Hi, Agen. Securing satellites and other objects in outer space may not conjure up visions of your favorite sci-fi shows, but the intersection of space and defense is drawing a lot of investor attention these days. The latest example is a space security startup that just raised $100 million. Plus, while AI funding is heavily concentrated in the U.S., Europe’s answers to OpenAI and Anthropic are getting plenty of cash too. Europe’s AI startups are getting not-insignificant sums of investor money. Just this week, Paris-based Mistral AI said it is putting the finishing touches on a $487 million round that would reportedly value it at $2 billion. While Mistral is the most heavily funded of Europe’s generative AI companies, there are at least 15 other AI-focused startups from the continent that have raised significant funding in recent quarters and that are working on areas from text-to-video synthesis to fraud detection. Related Crunchbase Pro list: European Generative AI And Related Startups True Anomaly, which develops hardware and software systems to help provide space security and readiness, has raised $100 million led by Riot Ventures. The company is just the latest startup that straddles the defense and space industries to raise major funding. Related Crunchbase Pro lists: • Defense Tech Funding In 2022 • Space Tech Funding Even last year, as venture funding had already slowed significantly, Tiger Global Management still took part in 288 startup funding deals, Crunchbase data shows. This year, it’s down to less than 10% of that total. We look at what the venture investor has been backing — and what that might say about the state of the startup world in 2023 and beyond. Related Crunchbase Pro list: Tiger Global Venture Deals Since spinning off from SAP in 2011, Sapphire Ventures has raised six funds, backing startups in enterprise software, AI and even sports. In the latest in our series of interviews with active AI investors, we speak with firm partner and President Jai Das about the firm’s investment focus. Related Crunchbase Pro list: Sapphire Ventures’ AI Portfolio Companies | 
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