Teresa Ribera is holding a series of meetings with leading technology executives as the European Union intensifies scrutiny of artificial intelligence markets. The discussions include talks with Sundar Pichai of Alphabet, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta Platforms, and Sam Altman of OpenAI.
The meetings, taking place in San Francisco, mark Ribera’s first direct engagement with these executives and come as part of a broader U.S. visit. She is also scheduled to meet Andy Jassy of Amazon, reflecting the EU’s focus on the largest players shaping AI infrastructure and services.
Ribera has previously raised concerns about dominant technology firms extending their market power into AI. The European Commission is examining the full AI value chain, including chatbots, training data, and cloud computing infrastructure. Regulators are particularly focused on whether companies prioritize their own AI services within existing platforms, potentially limiting competition.
The scrutiny comes as major technology companies accelerate investments in AI systems and infrastructure to meet growing demand. Firms such as OpenAI, Meta, and Google are expanding capabilities across models, data pipelines, and compute resources, while chipmakers like Nvidia play a central role in enabling these systems.
The outcome of these discussions could influence future EU regulatory actions, including potential antitrust measures targeting how AI services are developed, integrated, and distributed across dominant digital platforms.
The regulatory push also aligns with broader economic concerns in Europe. The European Central Bank recently signaled that AI could reshape productivity, investment, and labor markets across the euro area, while warning that uneven adoption and limited financing capacity may constrain its impact. These dynamics reinforce the importance of competition policy as AI diffusion accelerates across the European economy.
