Good news from around Europe
Oxford university quantum computing spinout snapped up in $1.1BN deal One of the UK’s leading quantum computing startups is to be acquired by a US peer in a $1.075bn deal. Quantum computing can solve problems too difficult for normal computers and makes it possible to carry out complex calculations very quickly.
UK AI ecosystem “perfect for takeoff” but lacks infrastructure, says Nvidia CEO The CEO of the most valuable publicly traded company in the world today (Monday) said the UK AI ecosystem was ready for “takeoff” but was missing its own AI infrastructure. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, one of the most
Women TechEU faces scrutiny over gender bias and bureaucracy Women TechEU — not to be confused with our publication Tech.eu — is a European Union–funded initiative designed to support early-stage deeptech startups led by women across Europe. It offers early-stage deep tech startups led by women €75,000 in equity-free funding
Multiverse powers national AI drive with 15,000 new apprenticeships Today, the upskilling platform for tech and AI adoption Multiverse announces a commitment to train 15,000 new AI apprentices over the next two years. Multiverse has partnered with over 1,500 companies in the US & UK to deliver a new kind
MOSTLY AI launches $100K challenge to advance synthetic data innovation Austrian synthetic data startup MOSTLY AI has launched a $100,000 prize challenge to create the best synthetic data set from a real data set. The challenge is open to everyone and anyone. Applicants will be judged on how anonymised the
UK quantum startup Oxford Ionics acquired by IonQ in $1.1bn deal Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/oxford-ionics-ionq/
Nvidias chief says UK is missing AI infrastructure as Keir Starmer unveils 1bn for compute Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/nvidia-jensen-huang-uk-ai-infrastructure/
Mistral considering $1bn fundraise Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/mistral-1bn-fundraise/
Im a successful immigrant founder but the UK could soon deport me Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/uk-immigration-migrant-founder-deport-risk/
How the UK-France rivalry can help European tech flourish Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/john-thornhill-france-uk-tech-ltw-vivatech/