Latent Space AI NestAI Concludes €100M Round, Aligns With Nokia on Military AI Projects
Nov 21, 2025
NestAI has successfully secured €100M in funding to enhance military AI capabilities, capitalizing on Finland's NATO membership. The podcast explores their strategic partnership with Nokia, focusing on secure communication for defense. It highlights the pressing need for offline, encrypted AI models due to geopolitical tensions. The discussion also touches on the global military AI arms race and NestAI's cutting-edge tools, including secure vision models and autonomous detection systems, signaling a pivotal shift in European defense technology.
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€100M Round Signals European Momentum
- Europe is increasingly investing in defense AI to reduce reliance on US and Chinese tech giants.
- Jaeden Schafer interprets the €100M round as a signal that European sovereign AI initiatives are gaining serious momentum.
Europe Wants Sovereign Secure Models
- Nest AI builds sovereign, secure foundation models so European militaries can run AI privately without US/China dependence.
- Jaeden Schafer highlights that Finland wants offline, encrypted models for remote bases and battlefield conditions.
Finland's Urgency Comes From Geography
- Finland accelerated defense modernization after joining NATO and because it shares a long border with Russia.
- Jaeden Schafer connects this urgency to lessons learned from the war in Ukraine motivating sovereign AI efforts.