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EU AI Champions Initiative

Brussels, EUaliases: AI Champions Initiative · Stop the Clock signatorieswebsite ↗

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n/aCross-sector business coalition of large European companies and AI startups (Airbus, ASML, Mistral AI, Lufthansa, BNP Paribas, Philips, Mercedes-Benz), launched at the Feb 2025 AI Action Summit; no stated partisan orientation.

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EU AI Champions InitiativeForDefer EU high-risk obligations to December 20272025-07-03
To address the uncertainty this situation is creating, we urge the Commission to propose a two-year “clock-stop” on the AI Act before key obligations enter into force, in order to allow both for reasonable implementation by companies, and for further simplification of the new rules.

Open letter signed by 40+ European CEOs incl. Airbus, ASML, Mistral AI, Lufthansa, BNP Paribas, Philips, Mercedes-Benz.

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