Good news from around Europe
DoorDash seeks dismissal of Uber lawsuit DoorDash has asked a California Superior Court judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Uber that accuses the food delivery company of stifling competition by intimidating restaurant owners into exclusive deals. DoorDash argues in its motion that Uber’s claim lacks merit on all fronts.
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Anthropic sent a takedown notice to a dev trying to reverse-engineer its coding tool In the battle between two “agentic” coding tools — Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex CLI — the latter appears to be fostering more developer goodwill than the former. That’s at least partly because Anthropic has
Deel files countersuit against Rippling as rivalry escalates In the latest development of an increasingly public dispute between HR and payroll services rivals, Deel has filed a countersuit against Rippling. To recap: Rippling publicly announced on March 17 that it was suing Deel over alleged corporate espionage, with accusations ranging
Slate Auto eyes former Indiana printing plant for its EV truck production Slate Auto, the buzzy new EV startup that broke stealth this week, is close to locking in a former printing plant located in Warsaw, Indiana as the future production site for its cheap electric truck, a review of
M&A momentum undone by legacy systems and talent gaps, warns Unit4 Today, enterprise cloud company Unit4 unveiled part one of its international research study “The Back Office in 2025.” The study surveyed 600 senior IT and finance decision-makers across the professional services sector in midmarket and enterprise organizations to uncover
Zopa Bank doubles profits, integrates GenAI into bank Zopa Bank, the UK savings and lending digital bank, has reported a doubling of pre-tax profits to £31.5m in 2024, as it outlined how AI will become more commonplace in its banking operations. Pre-tax profits reached £31.5m in 2024, compared with £15.8m
Poppins raises €5M to expand digital therapy for children with dyslexia Paris startup Poppins has raised €5 million for its digital therapy used in the rehabilitation of dyslexia in children to increase care capacity. This brings its total funding to €20 million. France has 1.3 million children with dyslexia, while only
Spendesk partners with Dust to roll out custom AI agents French fintech Spendesk, a platform for spend management and procurement, has partnered with AI infrastructure startup Dust to roll out tailored, secure AI assistants across its organisation. The initiative aims to unify internal AI usage, enhance productivity, and maintain strong compliance
Poland installs its first superconducting quantum computer Poland is entering a new era in quantum computing as IQM Quantum Computers has installed the country’s first full-stack quantum computer at Wrocław University of Science and Technology (WUST). The move marks a major technological milestone for both Poland and the broader Central