Month: May 2025

xAI’s promised safety report is MIA Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has missed a self-imposed deadline to publish a finalized AI safety framework, as noted by watchdog group The Midas Project. xAI isn’t exactly known for its strong commitments to AI safety as it’s commonly understood. A recent report found that

New York-focused VC Work-Bench has raised a fresh $160M Work-Bench, whose portfolio includes unicorns Spring Health and Socure, just raised a $160 million Fund IV to quadruple down on backing companies in New York City. The firm announced the raise in a blog post on Monday, saying the latest fund

Proton, Whereby, and NextCloud to headline new series spotlighting sovereign European digital solutions. Amid rising geopolitical tensions, the need to strengthen Europe’s technological independence has become urgent. By mobilising a broad coalition of industry stakeholders, DIGITAL SME is working to integrate existing European solutions into a cohesive tech stack that

VerbaFlo partners with Vita Student to bring voice AI to tenant operations Conversational AI startup VerbaFlo has announced a strategic partnership with Vita Student, a student accommodation provider, to bring conversational AI to booking and tenant engagement operations.  Founded in 2024, VerbaFlo positions itself as an “AI teammate” for high-inquiry

Be.EV signs £20M deal with Schroders Capital to roll out Ultra-Rapid EV chargers UK-based EV charging network Be.EV has secured a £20 million partnership with Schroders Capital to install 200 ultra-rapid electric vehicle charging bays across 22 retail and leisure properties it manages throughout the UK. Be.EV’s aims to be

Zendo raises £1.75M to decarbonise data centres London-based energy software startup Zendo has raised £1.75 million in Pre-Seed funding to develop what it calls the first AI-powered “Energy OS” for data centres. The round was led by Fly Ventures (backers of Wayve) with participation from Octopus Ventures, Pact VC, and

“Be.EV is going places” – British EV charging network signs €23 million deal to install charging bays across the UK Manchester-based electric vehicle (EV) charging network Be.EV has signed a €23.7 million partnership with Schroders Capital, paving the way for the installation of more than 200 charging bays at 22

London-based startup Zendo Energy raises €2 million to help data centres decarbonise and adapt to AI boom Zendo Energy, a British startup building the first ‘Energy OS’ to decarbonise computing power in data centres, today announces it has raised €2.07 million in a pre-Seed funding round to develop a platform

Belgian BioTech startup Quidditas raises €2.62 million for genome editing technology Liège-based Quidditas Therapeutics, a BioTech company specialised in genome editing, announced today it has raised a total of €2.62 million to accelerate the development of its recombination-based genome editing technology. French BioTech-focused fund iXLife Capital led a €900k capital

British startup S4labour raises €4.7 million to drive expansion in hospitality workforce management Banbury-based S4labour, a workforce management software provider serving the hospitality sector, announced today it has raised €4.7 million through a growth capital investment from investment firm YFM Equity Partners. The investment, made through the British Smaller Companies