Good news from around Europe
From search to travel agent: Opera’s agentic AI Browser shows the Web’s future It’s coming up to 30 years since the debut of Norwegian company Opera Browser, and I recently attended an Opera Browser Day event in Lisbon with curiousity. While I’ll be keenly covering some of the rollouts across
Google-backed UK startup Oxa says US operations ”shock absorbed” from Trump tariffs Google-backed UK tech firm Oxa says its US operations are “shock absorbed” from the Trump tariffs, as it says it’s on the “precipice” of scaling. Oxa, founded in 2014, develops software for self-driving vehicles with a focus on selling its software in
Women-focused VC Sistafund pauses investments after losing managing partner, reports say Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/sistafund-managing-partner-departure/
The defence tech startups fundraising right now, according to VCs Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/defence-tech-startups-fundraising/
Revolut is drawing up plans for a rewards credit card. Can it take on giants like American Express? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/revolut-amex-analysis/
10 quantum computing startups to watch, according to VCs Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/10-quantum-computing-startups/
A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/18/tech-layoffs-2025-list/
A new kids’ show will come with a crypto wallet when it debuts this fall A new animated kids’ series expected to premiere this year won’t be headed for a TV network. Or a streaming service. Instead, the founders of production studio We Ghosted Media plan to launch on a decentralized
Techstars increases startup funding to $220,000, mirroring YC structure Techstars, a nearly 20-year-old startup accelerator, announced new terms for startups that enter its three-month program. The organization will now invest $220,000, which is $100,000 more than it offered previously, in companies starting with its fall 2025 batch. The capital will
OpenAI’s new reasoning AI models hallucinate more OpenAI’s recently launched o3 and o4-mini AI models are state-of-the-art in many respects. However, the new models still hallucinate, or make things up — in fact, they hallucinate more than several of OpenAI’s older models. Hallucinations have proven to be one of the