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European AI Funding Is Growing. Will That Boost The Region’s Startup Scene?
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European AI Funding Is Growing. Will That Boost The Region’s Startup Scene?

European venture capital funding for AI startups is growing significantly in 2026, with investments spanning frontier...

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Digg tries again, this time as an AI news aggregator
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Digg tries again, this time as an AI news aggregator

Digg, the once-popular social news aggregator, has relaunched as an AI-focused news platform specifically dedicated to...

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There aren’t enough rockets for space data centers — Cowboy Space raised $275M to build them
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There aren’t enough rockets for space data centers — Cowboy Space raised $275M to build them

Cowboy Space raised $275M to build data centers in orbit to meet the growing demand for AI compute. The venture...

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Nvidia pumps over 40 billion dollars into AI partners so far in 2026
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Nvidia pumps over 40 billion dollars into AI partners so far in 2026

Nvidia has invested over $40 billion in AI companies during 2025, establishing itself as the industry's leading...

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Nvidia in $2.1B Deal With Data Center Provider IREN
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Nvidia in $2.1B Deal With Data Center Provider IREN

Nvidia has signed a $2.1 billion deal with data center provider IREN as part of a broader trend of major tech companies...

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Korea’s biggest manufacturers back Config, the TSMC of robot data
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Korea’s biggest manufacturers back Config, the TSMC of robot data

Config, a Korean startup backed by major manufacturers, is positioning itself as a data provider for robot learning and...

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ByteDance plans over $30 billion for AI expansion, bets big on Chinese chips
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ByteDance plans over $30 billion for AI expansion, bets big on Chinese chips

ByteDance is increasing its planned AI spending for 2026 to over $30 billion (200 billion yuan), representing a 25%...

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Voice AI in India is hard. Wispr Flow is betting on it anyway.
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Voice AI in India is hard. Wispr Flow is betting on it anyway.

Wispr Flow, a voice AI startup, reports accelerated growth in India following its Hinglish language rollout. The...

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Nvidia has already committed $40B to equity AI deals this year
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Nvidia has already committed $40B to equity AI deals this year

Nvidia has committed $40 billion to equity investments in AI deals during the current year, demonstrating its...

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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Enterprise AI, Space Tech And Biotech Top The Ranks
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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Enterprise AI, Space Tech And Biotech Top The Ranks

The article covers the week's 10 largest funding rounds with a focus on enterprise AI, space technology, and biotech...

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The “people’s airline” and the enterprise AI gold rush
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The “people’s airline” and the enterprise AI gold rush

Multiple companies including Anthropic and OpenAI are making enterprise AI moves, with SAP investing $1B in German AI...

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Beijing Lab at $20B as AI Investors Look to China
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Beijing Lab at $20B as AI Investors Look to China

A 2023 Beijing-based startup that developed the popular Kimi generative AI model has reached a $20 billion valuation as...

AI Business
Sector Snapshot: Sales And Marketing Gets An AI Makeover
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Sector Snapshot: Sales And Marketing Gets An AI Makeover

Sales, marketing, and CRM companies have secured approximately $2.7 billion in seed through growth-stage funding...

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Why you can never get your doctor to call you back
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Why you can never get your doctor to call you back

Basata is an AI company automating administrative work in healthcare, specifically helping medical staff manage the...

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Kodiak AI raises $100M at a steep discount, sending its stock tumbling 37%
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Kodiak AI raises $100M at a steep discount, sending its stock tumbling 37%

Kodiak AI raised $100M in funding at a discounted valuation, causing its stock price to drop 37%. The company also...

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Voi founders’ new AI startup Pit has become the latest rising star out of Stockholm
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Voi founders’ new AI startup Pit has become the latest rising star out of Stockholm

Pit, an AI startup founded by the co-founders of European scooter company Voi, has raised $16 million in a seed round...

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SpaceX has a $55 billion plan to build AI chips in Texas
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SpaceX has a $55 billion plan to build AI chips in Texas

SpaceX is planning to invest at least $55 billion to build an AI chip manufacturing facility called 'Terafab' in...

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Could Lovable’s automatic 10% pay raise be the cure for toxic cultures?
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Could Lovable’s automatic 10% pay raise be the cure for toxic cultures?

Lovable, a Stockholm-based vibe-coding platform, is implementing an automatic 10% annual pay raise for employees as a...

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AI translation company DeepL cuts around 250 jobs to rebuild as an "AI-native" organization
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AI translation company DeepL cuts around 250 jobs to rebuild as an "AI-native" organization

DeepL, a German AI translation company competing with Google Translate, is laying off approximately 250 employees as...

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