Month: April 2025

German startup Pliant acquires Austrian startup hi.health to bring its payment expertise to the insurance market Berlin-based FinTech Pliant has acquired the Vienna-based Insurtech startup hi.health to enable Pliant to apply its payment expertise to the insurance sector while also gaining valuable industry-specific know-how. This marks the company’s second acquisition

Perplexity reaches agreements with Samsung and Motorola to integrate its AI assistant into smartphones Negotiations with Samsung are at an early stage, while agreements have already been reached with Motorola. Powered by WPeMatico https://en.ain.ua/2025/04/17/perplexity-to-integrate-in-samsung-and-motorola/

Startup of the Day: UP Catalyst, an Estonian cleantech company producing graphite from captured CO₂ emissions Recently, the company has secured an €18 million loan financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB). Powered by WPeMatico https://en.ain.ua/2025/04/17/startup-of-the-day-up-catalyst/

Sports app developer Strava acquires Runna, its competitor platform Once the transaction is complete, application users will see the first changes. Powered by WPeMatico https://en.ain.ua/2025/04/17/strava-acquires-runna/

xAI implements memory feature in Grok AI chatbot Elon Musk’s company is trying to keep up with competitors like ChatGPT and Google Gemini. Powered by WPeMatico https://en.ain.ua/2025/04/17/grok-memory-feature/

OpenAI introduces new AI models – o3 and o4-mini. They are capable of “thinking” with images The company claims the models are the most powerful logical reasoning tools to date. Powered by WPeMatico https://en.ain.ua/2025/04/17/openai-introduces-new-ai-models-o3-and-o4-mini/

Revolut dragged into Ripplings legal battle with Deel Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/revolut-dragged-into-ripplings-legal-battle-with-deel/

Bill Gatess policy team leaves Europe: what does it mean for climate tech? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/bill-gates-breakthrough-energy-leaves-europe/

OpenAI and SoftBank mull UK investment for Trumps Stargate AI project, reports say Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/openai-softbank-uk-investment-stargate/

Strava acquires rival fitness app Runna: ‘This isn’t an efficiency play’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/strava-buys-runna-deal-fitness-app/