Good news from around Europe
Microsoft CEO says up to 30% of the company’s code was written by AI Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that 20%-30% of code inside the company’s repositories was “written by software” — meaning AI — during a fireside chat with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg at Meta’s LlamaCon conference on Tuesday.
Meta’s LlamaCon was all about undercutting OpenAI On Tuesday, Meta held its first-ever AI developer conference, LlamaCon, at its Menlo Park, California headquarters. The company announced the launch of a consumer-facing Meta AI chatbot app, which will compete with ChatGPT, as well as a developer-facing API for accessing Llama models
Waymo and Toyota are dating — if they get serious, a new autonomous vehicle could be created Waymo and Toyota have agreed to explore a possible deal that could one day lead to a new vehicle designed for ride-hailing and even bring self-driving tech into consumer cars. The two companies
Figure AI sent cease-and-desist letters to secondary markets brokers Last month, Brett Adcock, founder of robotics startup Figure AI, claimed in a post on X that his company “is now # 1 most sought-after private stock in the secondary market.” But the company has sent cease-and-desist letters to at least
Startups launch products to catch people using AI cheating app Cluely AI cheating startup Cluely went viral last week with bold claims that its hidden in-browser window is “undetectable” and can be used to “cheat on everything” from job interviews to exams. But some startups are claiming they can catch
ELVA11’s growth accelerates with €1.8 M investment from TUV ELVA11, a fast-growing software and AI developer, has raised €1,8 million ( SEK 20 million) funding, led by Tech Universal Ventures (TUV). Founded by Jim Roslund, ELVA11 builds software solutions and advanced AI capabilities that help organisations streamline operations and enhance
Czech medtech Kardi AI raises €1.1M to expand heart monitoring tech Czech healthtech startup Kardi AI, which has built an AI-powered chest strap that detects heart arrhythmias, has closed a €1.1M round to support international expansion and the advancement of clinical validation. The investment round included contributions from existing backers
Volution launches $100M fund to close Britain’s tech scale-up gap UK-based venture capital firm Volution has announced the launch of its second fund, a $100M vehicle designed to address structural funding challenges faced by high-growth tech companies in the UK. The new fund is backed by a co-GP partnership with Japan’s
The Pitch Doctor helping investors raise funds Startups spend hours pitching their startups through decks, competitions, and endless meetings with investors. But the folks they woo also have to raise funds, in an environment where fundraising has become increasingly complex. And just as hard, if not harder. But now there’s
Barcelona’s Aldea Ventures secures €50M for second fund to back frontier micro-VCs Aldea Ventures, a pan-European fund of funds focused on specialist, early-stage VC managers in frontier technology, has announced a €50M first close of its second fund, Aldea II, which is targeting a total raise of €125M. With this