Good news from around Europe
Nearly 1500 musicians became millionaires in 2024 thanks to Spotify. Most of them were not even at the top of the charts Total revenue from all sources is expected to exceed $4 million. Powered by WPeMatico https://en.ain.ua/2025/03/13/spotify-paid-1500-artists-1million/
Revolut hiring hundreds in final push to become fully licenced bank: Getting this right matters Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/revolut-bank-banking-licence-uk/
UiPath acquires SoftBank-backed startup Peak as it plots AI agents play Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/uipath-acquires-softbank-backed-peak-news/
EU’s Omnibus proposal: How will it affect European carbon accounting startups? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/eus-omnibus-proposal-how-will-it-affect-european-carbon-accounting-startups/
Deliveroo reports first full-year of profit following layoffs and market exits Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/deliveroo-profit-news/
Lovable FOMO has VCs hunting for the next super fast app builder Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/lovable-fomo-has-vcs-hunting-for-the-next-super-fast-app-builder/
Anti-aging zealot Bryan Johnson wants to start ‘foodome sequencing’ In the same way that genome sequencing determines the genetic makeup of an organism, Bryan Johnson — the investor and founder behind the Don’t Die movement — wants to start “foodome” sequencing. “We’re going to sequence the U.S. ‘foodome,’ which means
Sesame, the startup behind the viral virtual assistant Maya, releases its base AI model AI company Sesame has released the base model that powers Maya, the impressively realistic voice assistant. The model, which is 1 billion parameters in size (“parameters” referring to individual components of the model), is under an Apache 2.0 license,
Rad Power Bikes already has a new CEO Rad Power Bikes has named a new CEO, just a few days after its previous leader stepped down. The e-bike company has tapped Kathi Lentzsch, who has spent the last few decades helping turn around underperforming companies in both the consumer and
Y Combinator’s police surveillance darling Flock Safety raises $275M at $7.5B valuation Flock Safety and one of its long-time VCs, Bedrock Capital, announced Thursday that the startup raised a fresh $275 million at a $7.5 billion valuation. Flock makes computer vision-enabled video surveillance technology used by law enforcement as well