Month: June 2025

Europe has a startup plan. Founders should start paying attention Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/europe-startup-plan/

New York passes a bill to prevent AI-fueled disasters New York has a new AI safety bill that tries to regulate frontier AI models from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/13/new-york-passes-a-bill-to-prevent-ai-fueled-disasters/

Clay secures a new round at a $3B valuation, sources say The sales automation startup doubles its valuation a month after launching a tender offer at $1.5 billion. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/13/clay-secures-a-new-round-at-a-3b-valuation-sources-say/

New details emerge on Meta’s $14.3B deal for Scale Meta’s deal to sort-of but not really acquire AI startup Scale, giving it 49% ownership, is certainly unusual. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/13/new-details-emerge-on-metas-14-3b-deal-for-scale/

TechCrunch Mobility: The cost of Waymo Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/13/techcrunch-mobility-the-cost-of-waymo/

Google tests Audio Overviews for Search queries Google Search is testing Audio Overviews for certain search queries, the company announced on Friday. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/13/google-tests-audio-overviews-for-search-queries/

Bought and Wolt bring ultra-fast delivery to the second-hand market — orders arrive in as little as an hour Today sees another advancement in the circular economy. With the new Finnish secondhand marketplace app Bought, users can now order secondhand items from people nearby directly to their doorstep with Wolt

Cyprus-based Nice Plans Studio secures $3M for game development Cyprus-based gaming developer Nice Plans Studio has secured $3 million in its latest funding round, led by family office Pixeldog, with an additional $600,000 contributed by the founders.  Headquartered in Cyprus, Nice Plans Studio operates as a lean, 21-person distributed team. Founders Roman

Multiverse Computing lands €189M to rewire the LLM ecosystem Quantum-inspired AI model compression company Multiverse Computing has raised €189 million Series B.  It has developed CompactifAI, a compression technology capable of reducing the size of LLMs by up to 95 per cent while maintaining model performance.  LLMs typically run on

The growth and opportunities of the Netherlands’ tech ecosystem Dutch tech companies raised over €3.7 billion in 2024, accounting for about 5 per cent of the total capital raised in the European tech ecosystem, according to Tech.eu’s European Tech 2024: The Big Picture report. This positions the Netherlands among the