Europe is on the hunt for disgruntled U.S. AI boffins to help the continent close the technology gap between it, the States, and China.
Relocate to Europe
At a conference in Paris today, French President Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen, unveiled a two-year €500 million or $568 million package to encourage American experts to relocate to Europe.
The Europeans hope to appeal to researchers in the U.S. upset by the policies of President Donald Trump both in terms of the economy with his tariff hikes, strategically with his cooling of support for Europe and historical defense structures and the changes made to education.
This includes federal spending cuts and a reduction in funding to universities and research faculties. Research programs are facing closure and foreign students are facing deportation because of their political views. In addition, Harvard University is facing threats that Trump could erase its tax-exempt status.
No surprise then when Macron made this rallying call at the conference titled “Choose Europe for Science.” : “If you love freedom, come and do research here.”
Tech at the Heart of the EU
Von der Leyen added: “Science is an investment and we need to offer the right incentives. The package for 2025-2027 is to make Europe a magnet for researchers. We are choosing to put research, innovation and technology at the heart of our economy.”
She called on EU-member states to invest 3% of gross domestic product in research and development by 2030. Its main target areas are health, climate, biodiversity, artificial intelligence and space.
It follows a report from the Hoover Institution last week into the rapid ascent of Chinese AI startup DeepSeek AI. The tech group rattled stocks such as semiconductor giant Nvidia (NVDA) and Microsoft (MSFT) earlier this year, with Hoover declaring it as a “wake-up” call for U.S. innovation strategy.
Hoover researchers discovered that over half of DeepSeek AI’s researchers were trained entirely in China, and those who passed through elite U.S. institutions largely returned home, “accelerating a reverse flow of innovation capacity that undermines long-standing American advantages.”
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