Good news from around Europe
Sam Altman says Meta tried and failed to poach OpenAI’s talent with $100M offers OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that Meta tried to poach its employees with nine-figure offers, but failed to recruit OpenAI’s best people. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/17/sam-altman-says-meta-tried-and-failed-to-poach-openais-talent-with-100m-offers/
OpenAI’s $200M DoD contract could squeeze frenemy Microsoft The contract could put the model maker in competition with the OpenAI services that Microsoft wants to sell to the DoD. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/17/openais-200m-dod-contract-could-squeeze-frenemy-microsoft/
EVs dominate the most American-made cars index and it’s not just because of Tesla Tesla, Kia, and Volkswagen took six of the top 10 spots in the 2025 American-Made Index, which ranks vehicles built and bought in the U.S. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/17/evs-dominate-the-most-american-made-cars-index-and-its-not-just-because-of-tesla/
Google’s Gemini panicked when playing Pokémon AI companies are battling to dominate the industry, but sometimes they’re also battling in Pokémon gyms. As Google and Anthropic both study how their latest AI models navigate early Pokémon games, the results can be as amusing as they are enlightening — and this
SpinIT project kicked off! Yesterday’s online kick-off meeting marked the start of a groundbreaking journey for the SpinIT project. We shared insights on communication within our consortium and announced an exciting live event in Zagreb. The meeting concluded with a lively Q&A, wrapping up on a positive note. With participants
3DPrintED Project Update: Progress & Next Steps! On February 4, 2025, the 3DPrintED team held an online meeting to review the project’s progress and key developments. The discussion focused on enhancing the 3DPrintED methodology and expanding dissemination efforts to reach more educators. Advancing the 3DPrintED Methodology We’re creating a practical
On November 8th, the 3DPrintED project officially kicked off in Prague, Czech Republic, hosted by EUDA at our first Transnational Project Meeting (TPM)! This inaugural meeting set the stage for an exciting collaboration focused on integrating 3D printing into education across Europe. Key Topics Discussed: Project Introduction: Outlining our goals
Exciting Things Happening in 3DPrintED! Curious about what we’re up to? Here’s a sneak peek into the activities driving our mission to revolutionize education with 3D printing: WP1: Management & Quality Progress reports, peer reviews, and teamwork to keep us on track. Plus, we’re hosting a kickoff meeting in Czech
Hymeth raises €3.7M for commercialisation of Nordic efficient alkaline electrolyser technology Danish cleantech Hymeth, has secured €3.7 million in funding to drive the commercial rollout of its breakthrough green hydrogen systems. Hymeth, born from the Nordic innovation ecosystem, has developed a patented alkaline electrolysis platform that enables affordable, scalable green
Koios Care raises €1M to tackle Parkinson’s ‘silent pandemic’ with real-world data Koios Care, a Belgian-Greek healthtech company focused on improving the Quality of Life for people living with neurological and chronic conditions, starting with Parkinson’s Disease, has raised €1 million. This newly injected capital aims at accelerating Koios Care’s