Commercial open-source software (COSS) startups are raising record amounts of funding and delivering huge value for…
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Wayve inks first major commercial deal with global carmaker
Autonomous driving startup Wayve has announced its first major commercial deal, to install self-driving software in…
Early-stage VC Revent closes €100m to back European climate, health and ‘empowerment’ startups
Berlin-based VC firm Revent, backer of AI-powered hospital platform Avelios Medical and carbon credits startup Sylvera,…
Dig Ventures raises $100m for AI, cloud and SaaS startups
Early-stage investor Dig Ventures has raised a $100m fund aimed at fuelling the next generation of…
European startups rethink IPOs amid Trump tariffs saga
European late-stage startups are assessing their IPO plans after US president Donald Trump’s unpredictable tariffs regime…
Ek’s healthtech startup Neko unveils massive new London clinic
Swedish healthtech startup Neko Health is opening another body scanning clinic in London’s trendy Spitalfields Market,…
How a hydrogen explosion led a teenage founder to become Sequoia’s first defense tech investment
As Sequoia Capital’s first defense tech investment, Mach Industries is an industry darling, raising over $80…
Kalshi CEO: ‘State law doesn’t really apply’ to us
Last week, prediction market startup Kalshi sued New Jersey and Nevada after they tried to shut…
Anthropic rolls out a $200-per-month Claude subscription
Anthropic announced on Wednesday that it’s launching a new, very expensive subscription plan for its AI…
Nuro’s $106M raise backs its shift from delivery robots to licensing autonomy tech
After months of hearty marketing efforts and large-scale technology demos across the U.S., Nuro has secured…
Atomico partner Irina Haivas departs fund after more than six years
Longtime Atomico partner Irina Haivas has departed the VC after more than six years, following a…
Artisan, the ‘stop hiring humans’ AI agent startup, raises $25M — and is still hiring humans
It’s been a tough but exciting year for 23-year-old Jaspar Carmichael-Jack, founder and CEO of AI…
Tired of doing laundry? These startups want to help.
Doing laundry can be a chore. It takes time and is tedious. Few of us like…
The complete agenda for Sessions: AI unveiled
It’s been a couple of years since our last topic-focused, one-day event — but with AI…
If AI saves time, why are AI startup employees losing theirs?
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve heard that AI will be the answer to…
25 scientist-founders to watch in European deeptech
From Leibniz to Lovelace, Europe’s inventors have been changing the course of mankind for centuries. But…
Running a business while pregnant: What it’s really like
In the last three years, I’ve been pregnant three times and had two babies, while managing…
Meet the women founders behind the UK and Ireland’s fastest-growing startups
20 of the companies on this year’s Sifted 100, a leaderboard of the UK and Ireland’s…
XL Batteries is using petrochemical infrastructure to store solar and wind power
Plenty of materials — from sulfur and sodium to manganese and organic molecules — have tried…
A 25-year-old police drone founder just raised $75M led by Index
If you ever call 911 from an area that’s hard to get to, you might hear…
Mira Murati’s AI startup gains prominent ex-OpenAI advisers
Ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati’s new AI venture, Thinking Machines Lab, has gained two new prominent advisers:…