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▶ 16:14 · $SPCX · $GOOGL · $MSFT · $OPENAI · Google best positioned to win AI race due to cash, data center flexibility, and data
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Scaling Europe

Angel money is coming back to European tech: Nick de la Forge, Co-Founder / GP at Planet A Ventures

2026-04-02 · 6 company · 11 thematic
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nick de la forge

Industrial engineer turned deep tech investor; co-founded Planet A Ventures in 2020, a €160M early-stage fund using life cycle assessments to back companies operating within planetary boundaries, focusing on energy, manufacturing, circular economy, and critical infrastructure.

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“I think it's a not so controversial but I believe that Google and and Microsoft are best positioned to best positioned to win. Simply because they have the necessary cash at hand plus they also have secondary usage for any data center that…”
—nick de la forge
now playing · $SPCX · $GOOGL · $MSFT · $OPENAI
$ARIS-MAKINAbullish· high· posnick de la forge
Planet A backs Aris Makina for advanced manufacturing AI targeting batteries and solar
Aris Makina's AI tools for advanced manufacturing focus on batteries, solar panels, and health tech, accelerating production in climate-critical sectors rather than enabling waste…
$SPCX···bearish· mediumnick de la forge
xAI disadvantaged vs Google/Microsoft in AI race due to lack of data center flexibility and data
Pure-play AI labs like xAI lack the cash reserves, secondary data center use cases, and proprietary data that give Google and Microsoft structural advantages in the AI infrastruct…
$GOOGL···bullish· mediumnick de la forge
Google best positioned to win AI race due to cash, data center flexibility, and data
Google has necessary cash, secondary usage for data centers, and proprietary data, giving it structural advantage over pure-play AI labs like OpenAI and xAI in the mid-to-long ter…
$MSFT···bullish· mediumnick de la forge
Microsoft best positioned to win AI race due to cash, data center flexibility, and data
Microsoft has necessary cash, secondary usage for data centers, and proprietary data, giving it structural advantage over pure-play AI labs like OpenAI and xAI in the mid-to-long…
$OPENAIbearish· mediumnick de la forge
OpenAI disadvantaged vs Google/Microsoft in AI race due to lack of data center flexibility and data
Pure-play AI labs like OpenAI lack the cash reserves, secondary data center use cases, and proprietary data that give Google and Microsoft structural advantages in the AI infrastr…
$SPCX···bullish· highnick de la forge
Starship launch cost collapse will unlock space tech innovation wave
SpaceX's Starship coming online acts as a 'space elevator' dramatically reducing launch costs, which will kickstart a broad wave of space tech innovation and accessibility.