Europe posts strongest venture funding quarter in four years as UK leads
European startups raised $24 billion in Q2 2026, the strongest quarter in four years, with UK firms capturing more than…
Reddit turns to large language models to fight AI generated spam
Reddit is deploying its own LLMs to detect and remove the AI-generated spam that has overwhelmed the platform.
Cerebras bets on inference speed to win the AI chip race
Cerebras gains ground on competitors as its wafer-scale chip architecture delivers faster inference for agentic AI workloads.
Hedge fund AI platform LinqAlpha raises $22M series A
AI research platform LinqAlpha raised $22 million Series A from AVP, Atinum, and GFT Ventures to bring faster market signal…
Skello founders increase their stake as part of €200M Bridgepoint investment
French workforce startup Skello raised €200M from Bridgepoint in a deal that saw its founders increase their ownership stake rather…
Geothermal drilling robotics startup Hephae Energy raises $17.8M Series A
Hephae Energy Technology raised $17.8M in Series A funding for its ultra-high temperature robotics that enable deeper, hotter geothermal energy…
Agentic grid planning startup Piq Energy raises $5M seed round
Piq Energy raised $5M in seed funding for its AI-powered agentic grid planning platform that helps companies connect clean energy…
French renewable aggregation startup Bohr Energie closes EUR 10M Series A
Bohr Energie raised EUR 10M in Series A funding to expand its platform for aggregating, optimizing, and managing distributed renewable…
Meta launches Muse AI image generator as user privacy debate reignites
Meta's new AI image generator Muse can create ads, decorations, and social content but faces backlash over training data privacy.
Kraken Technology hits $1B valuation with $175M series B for maritime defense systems
UK defense startup Kraken Technology reaches unicorn status with $175M Series B round led by DTCP for autonomous maritime systems.
