Good news from around Europe
CarTrawler acquires French insurtech Koala to expand embedded ancillary offerings Irish B2B traveltech CarTrawler has acquired Paris-based insurtech Koala, in a move that significantly broadens its portfolio of high-margin ancillary services beyond car rental and mobility into travel insurance. The acquisition positions CarTrawler to further solidify its role as a
Former OpenAI policy adviser appointed UK Prime Minister’s AI adviser A former OpenAI executive has been appointed as the UK prime minister’s new AI adviser, replacing Matt Clifford, who stood down from the role in July this year. Jade Leung is currently the chief technology officer at the AI Security Institute, the government body, a
Irish medtech Sports Impact Technologies raises €650K for better concussion detection Dublin-based startup Sports Impact Technologies has raised €650,000 in Pre-Seed funding to roll out its behind-the-ear wearable device that detects potentially dangerous head impacts in real time, aiming to address the widespread issue of undetected concussions in sport. The
Dublin-based startup secures €650k in pre-seed funding to accelerate the roll-out of it sports wearable Sports Impact Technologies, an Irish startup which has developed a compact, behind-the-ear sports wearable that detects head impacts in real-time to enhance player safety and performance by eliminating undetected concussions, today announced that it has
Weekly funding round-up! All of the European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Aug. 11–14) 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 yet, but you’d
Trump administration is considering buying out Intel’s stake to support the construction of the company’s manufacturing hub The administration of US President Donald Trump is in talks with Intel to acquire a stake in the company. Bloomberg reports this with reference to its own sources. According to their information, such
Meta allowed AI to conduct “romantic” chats with children and spread fake medical information, as stated in an internal company document An internal Meta Platforms document obtained by Reuters showed that the company’s chatbot policy allowed artificial intelligence to engage in provocative conversations about sex, race, and celebrities. According to
UK appoints former OpenAI lead as chief AI advisor Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/uk-appoints-former-openai-lead-as-chief-ai-advisor/
What defence tech will look like in 10 years, according to insiders Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/defence-europe-10-years-predictions/
‘The biggest lab we see in the world for defence’: How Darkstar’s bootcamps give founders live battlefield testing in Ukraine Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/darkstar-defence-tech-ukraine-profile/