Good news from around Europe
From DeepL to ElevenLabs: Northzone taps Europe’s tech talent for new investment and advisory network VC firm Northzone has launched the first cohort of its Northstars programme, bringing together 25 experienced tech operators from across Europe. The programme aims to build a network that will work with Northzone to identify
Anorak secures $5M to let anyone create their own AI-powered games Anorak, a London-Chengdu entertainment tech company with the vision of “making any pursuit playable”, today announced a $5 million pre-seed round co-led by Play Ventures and Backed VC, with participation from Supercell and MTG. Anorak is led by CEO
Lightspeed and Alphabet’s CapitalG back Fractile in £500M plus funding round US big-hitting VCs Lightspeed and Alphabet’s CapitalG have backed UK chip startup Fractile in a £500m-plus funding round, which values the startup at over £5bn, the UK government said today in a press release. The UK Nvidia challenger, based in
Inside Biscay’s startup ecosystem: Industrial strengths, public investment, and deeptech ambition Biscay (Bizkaia), in Spain’s Basque Country, is building on its industrial heritage to develop a startup ecosystem spanning biotechnology, advanced manufacturing, energy and emerging technologies. With public investment, R&D incentives and collaboration between businesses, research institutions and government agencies,
Cherry Ventures backs Tano with $4M to challenge the traditional influencer agency model Creator advertising platform Tano has raised $4 million in a seed funding round led by Cherry Ventures, bringing its total funding to $5 million following earlier backing from Seedcamp and The Players Fund. Founded by Will Caplan
Microsoft patented a technology that will let AI be trained on users’ GPUs: how it will work Microsoft has patented a technology that allows using idle GPU capacity on users’ computers to train artificial intelligence. Device owners will be able to voluntarily provide computing resources and potentially receive rewards in
OpenAI launches Business Hub in ChatGPT: how it will work OpenAI has launched Business Hub. This is a new section of ChatGPT where companies can create business profiles, add information about products and services, and view statistics on interactions with users. The company announced this. The new features make ChatGPT
Google opens access to Gemini 4 Carbon: what the new AI model can do Google has opened access to its new flagship model, Gemini 4 Carbon. The company says it was built for complex tasks in programming, cybersecurity, data analysis and scientific research. The model can perform multi-step tasks, verify
Fractile confirms £540m raise first revealed by Sifted Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/fractile-confirms-540m-raise-first-revealed-by-sifted/
Exclusive: Nvidia and Unity join Emulate’s $700m fundraise Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/exclusive-unity-nvidia-emulate/