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European startups raised €21.45 billion ($24 billion) in the second quarter of this year, the region’s strongest quarter for venture funding in four
Helsinki’s Ambio raises €5.1 million to scale its AI-powered recycled plastics procurement platform
Ambio, a Helsinki-based startup building an AI-native end-to-end procurement solution for recycled plastics, has raised a €5.1 million Seed round to make
Nvidia to invest in four French startups, makes $250M UK compute donation
Nvidia is investing in four French startups, as well as making a $250m compute donation to UK AI safety and research, as it looks to underscore its commitment to the European tech ecosystem. Nvidia is making new investments in French healthtech Doctolib, AI startup Entalpic, robotics startup Genesis AI and enterprise software company Pigment.
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Spain’s full-stack quantum computing company Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech completes €19.6 million Series A first close
Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech, Spain’s only full-stack quantum computing company, has announced the first close of its Series A funding round at €19.6 million.
German robotics unicorn NEURA launches Neuron AI to advance Physical AI and humanoid robotics
Metzingen-based NEURA Robotics today introduced Neuron AI, its multimodal foundation model for Physical AI - combining 3D vision, touch, audio, robot
VitVio brings AI-powered surgical operating system to Poland in UCK Gdańsk partnership
US-European founded startup VitVio is bringing its AI-powered surgical operating system, Vetro, to Poland for the first time through a new partnership with the University Clinical Centre in Gdańsk (UC
NVIDIA plans minority investments in four French startups as European tech commitment nears €9 billion
NVIDIA, the US-based chipmaker behind the AI infrastructure buildout, has announced planned minority investments in four French startups: Doctolib, Entalpic, Genesis AI and Pigment.
UK healthtech startup Stride raises £4.6M to expand preventative health platform
UK-based preventative health startup Stride has raised £4.6 million in seed funding to further develop its diagnostics-driven health platform and support international expansion. The round includes investment from Arāya Ventures, Morgan Stanley Inclusive & Sustainable Ventures, Better Ventures, Innovate UK and an a16z Scout Fund investor, alongside a group of angel investors.
Warsaw’s Coding Giants secures up to €6 million to expand its STEM education platform beyond Europe
Coding Giants, a Warsaw-based international STEM education platform for children and teenagers, has secured up to €6 million in venture debt financing.
Orbit Capital backs Coding Giants to scale STEM education internationally
Coding Giants aims to expand its international reach, bringing practical STEM education in coding, AI and mathematics to more children and teenagers across global markets.
How lab grown diamonds are made and 5 reasons you should choose them over natural diamonds
Lab-grown diamonds are chemically identical to mined stones, but cost far less and come with a clearer conscience, and here’s how they’re made and why they might be the smarter buy
Affinity Labs raises $2M to build AI-powered software brands with creators
London-based startup Affinity Labs has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding to expand its portfolio of creator-led software brands and further develop its AI-powered product development technology. The round was led by Fuel Ventures, alongside Antler, and includes a £497,787 grant from Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
Apple’s smart display looking like the lovechild of my favourite Mac and an Apple Watch isn’t nearly enough for me to buy one
HomeView has a lot going for it, but it feels like another unnecessary device in a world already awash with unnecessary devices
UK launches refugee-focused venture fund with initial £300,000 investment
Established by The Entrepreneurial Refugee Network in partnership with Atomico, the fund will invest £50,000–£100,000 in refugee-founded startups, with plans to grow into a £10 million investment vehicle.
Redesigning source control at Anthropic
Redesigning source control at Anthropic Interesting piece from Anthropic describing why and how they built their own custom alternative to Git, based on the dramatic increase in rate of changes to their code after the past six months. In May 2026, Anthropic averaged around 2,500 code changes merged per day; as of September, we merged over 30,000 per day. They included a chart showing those changes. I had Claude modify their chart (code here) to add markers for the public releases of each of their models in 2026:
Apple’s wall-mounted HomeView costs the same as the regular one, despite missing its bottom half
There might be good reasons for Apple charging the same for the wall-mounted HomeView, but it’s certainly not obvious from the specs alone
Llm-gemini 0.35
Release: llm-gemini 0.35 I added support to llm-gemini for the new Gemini 4 Argon model, made available today via the Gemini API and for customers of their $100/month subscription plan. Here are the low, medium and high pelicans. As expected, they are all excellent: Gemini has a track record of producing great SVGs, and are the only lab where I know their staff have invested in SVG specifically (and who have boasted about their pelicans before.) Here's the "high" illustration, which cost me 17.166 cents: The pricing is interesting.
Disney strikes $20-million deal for Character.ai’s assets as AI startup files for bankruptcy
The AI company has faced lawsuits over child safety and copyright issues involving Disney.
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