Month: April 2025

Topgolf founders rack up $34m for high-tech pool startup Poolhouse Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/topgolf-puttshack-golf-startup-pool-poolhouse/

Atomico sells part of fund of funds portfolio to PE group Kline Hill Partners Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/atomico-fund-of-funds-portfolio-sale/

Ukrainian startups are bouncing back Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/ukrainian-startups-are-bouncing-back/

Exclusive: ElevenLabs, OpenAI and DeepMind angels back startup that makes films with AI Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/elevenlabs-openai-and-deepmind-angels-wonder/

Revolut to take on American Express with move into reward credit cards Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/revolut-reward-credit-cards/

RLWRLD raises $14.8M to build a foundational model for robotics As robotics has advanced, industry has steadily adopted more robots to automate away many kinds of grunt work. More than 540,000 new industrial robots were installed worldwide in 2023, taking the number of total industrial robots active to above 4

Debates over AI benchmarking have reached Pokémon Not even Pokémon is safe from AI benchmarking controversy. Last week, a post on X went viral, claiming that Google’s latest Gemini model surpassed Anthropic’s flagship Claude model in the original Pokémon video game trilogy. Reportedly, Gemini had reached Lavender Town in a

Lime’s scooter and e-bike batteries will be recycled by Redwood Materials Shared micromobility company Lime has reached an agreement to send batteries used in its scooters and e-bikes to Redwood Materials, which will extract and recycle critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, and copper. The agreement announced Monday makes

Rippling is trying to serve Deel’s CEO, but bailiffs can’t find him HR tech startup Rippling is trying to serve Deel CEO Alex Bouaziz with papers as part of a blockbuster lawsuit against its competitor. There’s just one problem: French bailiffs hired by Rippling can’t seem to find Bouaziz, Irish

Chinese marketplace DHgate becomes a top US app as trade war intensifies The Trump trade war has gone viral on TikTok, pushing a Chinese e-commerce app, DHgate, to the top of the U.S. App Store. After Trump increased U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports by 145%, numerous Chinese suppliers and manufacturers