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Europes iPhone challengers spy opportunity in tariffs fallout Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/europes-iphone-challengers-spy-opportunity-in-tariffs-fallout/
Inside General Catalyst, European techs kingmaker Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/general-catalyst-europe-investing/
Runners-up not slowing down: 65 UK & Ireland startups just outside the Sifted 100 Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/runners-up-not-slowing-down-65-uk-ireland-startups-just-outside-the-sifted-100/
Forerunner’s long game: As startups stall before IPO, all options are on the table Thirteen years ago, Forerunner Ventures began helping to usher in a new era of consumer startups, including Warby Parker, Bonobos, and Glossier. None has gone through a traditional IPO process. Warby Parker was taken public through
Meta’s vanilla Maverick AI model ranks below rivals on a popular chat benchmark Earlier this week, Meta landed in hot water for using an experimental, unreleased version of its Llama 4 Maverick model to achieve a high score on a crowdsourced benchmark, LM Arena. The incident prompted the maintainers of
The most interesting startups showcased at Google Cloud Next Google Cloud announced a long list of impressive AI startups as customers during its Cloud Next conference this week Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/11/the-most-interesting-startups-showcased-at-google-cloud-next/
Meta adds Stripe CEO Patrick Collison and Dina Powell McCormick to its board Banking executive and former presidential advisor Dina Powell McCormick and Stripe co-founder and CEO Patrick Collison are joining the board of Meta, according to a report from Axios. Powell McCormick spent 16 years in several leadership roles
Law professors side with authors battling Meta in AI copyright case A group of professors specializing in copyright law has filed an amicus brief in support of authors suing Meta for allegedly training its Llama AI models on e-books without permission. The brief, filed on Friday in the U.S. District
Damisa raises £2.25M to simplify stablecoin-powered cross-border payments UK-based fintech startup Damisa has announced a £2.25M pre-seed funding round, led by London’s Fuel Ventures, as it prepares to launch its stablecoin payment service. The round also saw participation from EWOR, Greyhound Capital, and fintech investor Mark Ransford. Founded by Jordan Lawrence,
DIG Ventures closes $100M fund to back early-stage B2B software startups DIG Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on B2B SaaS, AI, and cloud infrastructure, has announced the close of its first institutional fund, comprising of $100M. Backers of the new fund include a mix of prominent institutional and