Good news from around Europe
Marc Andreessen reportedly told group chat that universities will ‘pay the price’ for DEI Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen sharply criticized universities including Stanford and MIT, along with the National Science Foundation, in a group chat with AI scientists and Trump administration officials, according to screenshots viewed by the Washington Post.
Week in Review: X CEO Linda Yaccarino steps down Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of news for you this week, including a shakeup at X, Hugging Face’s new robot, new phones from Nothing and Samsung, and a whole lot more. Have a great weekend! Off to
xAI and Grok apologize for ‘horrific behavior’ In a series of posts on X, the AI chatbot Grok apologized for what it admitted was “horrific behavior.” The posts appear to be an official statement from xAI, the Elon Musk-led company behind Grok, as opposed to an AI-generated explanation for Grok’s
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Cybersecurity startup Snyk undergoes fresh wave of job cuts Snyk, the London and Tel Aviv-founded cybersecurity firm, is understood to have undergone a fresh wave of job cuts, with sources saying over 100 workers have been axed. Snyk, which is now headquartered in Boston, helps companies ensure the software they
Two raises €13M to scale its B2B payments solutions Oslo-based Two, a B2B payments platform, has closed a €13 million strategic funding round, bringing Two’s total funding to over €40 million to date. The fresh investment will fuel Two’s expansion into the US and select Western European markets. Founded in
Berlin’s re:cap expands to UK with €125M credit facility Berlin-based fintech re:cap has expanded into the UK with the launch of a new €125 million credit facility for onward lending provided by HSBC Innovation Banking and Avellinia Capital. re:cap operates the tech platform and infrastructure on top of the facility,
The European tech ecosystem: H1 2025 Report The mid-year mark is a great time to review numbers and highlight significant milestones and trends across the European tech scene, and what they mean for the remainder of 2025. Click to read the rest of the news. Powered by WPeMatico https://tech.eu/2025/07/11/the-european-tech-ecosystem-h1-2025-report/
Weekly funding round-up! All of the European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Jul 07 – Jul 11) This article is visible for CLUB members only. If you are already a member but don’t see the content of this article, please login here. If you’re not a CLUB member
Founders first: Venture.Community’s new co-fund reshapes early-stage investment access Venture.Community, the South Yorkshire-based co-operative of entrepreneurs and Founders, has officially launched its first co-fund, part of a wider €115 million investment mission aimed at fostering ethical startup growth. Announced during the opening of its new Investor Hub at the Advanced