Month: July 2025

‘There’s very little transparency’: How defence techs are deciding who to sell to Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/defence-tech-startups-sell-to-countries-controversy/

Europe’s defence-focused VC funds in 2025 Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/european-defence-tech-funds/

Meta reportedly recruits Apple’s head of AI models Ruoming Pang previously ran Apple’s in-house team that trained the AI foundation models that underpin Apple Intelligence and other on-device AI features. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/meta-reportedly-recruits-apples-head-of-ai-models/

Tulum Energy rediscovered a forgotten hydrogen tech and used it to raise $27M Results of a 20-year-old curiosity now form the basis of Tulum, a startup that has attracted significant investor attention. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/tulum-energy-rediscovered-a-forgotten-hydrogen-tech-and-used-it-to-raise-27m/

Cursor apologizes for unclear pricing changes that upset users Cursor’s CEO issued an apology this weekend over an unclear change to its pricing model that resulted in some users being charged more. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/cursor-apologizes-for-unclear-pricing-changes-that-upset-users/

Fortnite maker Epic Games settles antitrust case against Samsung Fortnite maker Epic Games has settled its antitrust case against Samsung, according to a court filing. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/fortnite-maker-epic-games-settles-antitrust-case-against-samsung/

ChatGPT is testing a mysterious new feature called ‘study together’ Some ChatGPT subscribers are reporting a new feature appearing in their drop-down list of available tools called “Study Together.” The mode is apparently the chatbot’s way of becoming a better educational tool. Rather than providing answers to prompts, some say

Fact-checker Logically files for administration after losing TikTok and Meta contracts Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/logically-ai-fact-check-misinformation-trump-tiktok-meta/

‘Improved’ Grok criticizes Democrats and Hollywood’s ‘Jewish executives’ On Friday morning, Elon Musk declared, “We have improved @Grok significantly. You should notice a difference when you ask Grok questions.” Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/06/improved-grok-criticizes-democrats-and-hollywoods-jewish-executives/

At least 36 new tech unicorns were minted in 2025 so far With AI igniting an investor frenzy, every month, more startups obtain unicorn status. Using data from Crunchbase and PitchBook, TechCrunch tracked down the VC-backed startups that became unicorns so far this year. While most are AI-related, a surprising