Month: August 2025

Bunq challenges €2.6m fine for “serious deficiencies” in anti-money laundering controls Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/bunq-fine/

Crypto exchange Bitpanda shoots down potential London IPO Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/bitpanda-london-ipo/

N26 set to appoint interim CEO after management shakeup, reports say Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/n26-interim-ceo/

Graphcore cofounder exits company one year on from SoftBank acquisition Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/graphcore-cofounder-exits-company-one-year-on-from-softbank-acquisition/

Europe’s neobanks: Still a boys’ club? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/europe-neobanks-boys-club/

SpaceX notches major wins during tenth Starship test SpaceX notched some new wins with the tenth Starship test flight. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/26/spacex-notches-major-wins-during-tenth-starship-test/

Assort Health nabs $50M to automate patient phone calls, sources say The startup, now valued at $750 million, is one of three that recently raised funding to use AI agents for helping healthcare practices answer patient calls. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/26/assort-health-nabs-50m-to-automate-patient-phone-calls-sources-say/

Verily is closing its medical device program as Alphabet shifts more resources to AI Alphabet’s life sciences arm Verily laid off staff and eliminated its entire devices program as AI and data infrastructure take center stage. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/26/verily-is-closing-its-medical-device-program-as-alphabet-shifts-more-resources-to-ai/

Microsoft headquarters go into lockdown after activists take over Brad Smith’s office The incident is the latest escalation by current and former employees who are demanding the company end its cloud contracts with Israel. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/26/microsoft-headquarters-go-into-lockdown-after-activists-take-over-brad-smiths-office/

Anthropic launches a Claude AI agent that lives in Chrome Anthropic is the latest AI lab to offer an AI agent with the ability to view and take action in a user’s Chrome browser. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/26/anthropic-launches-a-claude-ai-agent-that-lives-in-chrome/