Month: August 2025

N26 founders face investor revolt, reports say Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/n26-investors-want-ceo-founders-replaced/

Winklevoss twins’ crypto company Gemini files for IPO Another crypto company is headed for the public markets. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/15/winklevoss-twins-crypto-company-gemini-files-for-ipo/

Sam Altman, over bread rolls, explores life after GPT-5 At a dinner with reporters in San Francisco, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman spilled details on the company’s ambitions beyond ChatGPT. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/15/sam-altman-over-bread-rolls-explores-life-after-gpt-5/

How your solar rooftop became a national security issue Texas solar company EG4 became the poster child for home energy cybersecurity risks this week after federal officials published an advisory detailing how hackers could hijack its inverters. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/15/how-your-solar-rooftop-became-a-national-security-issue/

Sen. Hawley to probe Meta after report finds its AI chatbots flirt with kids “Is there anything – ANYTHING – Big Tech won’t do for a quick buck?” Hawley wrote in a post on X announcing the investigation. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/15/sen-hawley-to-probe-meta-after-report-finds-its-ai-chatbots-flirt-with-kids/

Les Amis, the European app helping women form friendships, launches in New York Les Amis is an app designed to make it easy for women to form friendships and attend local events. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/15/les-amis-the-european-app-helping-women-form-friendships-launches-in-new-york/

Klarna’s Q2 losses swell after hit with restructuring charge Klarna has reported a year-on-year increase in losses in Q2 to record a net loss of $53m after it was hit by a restructuring charge relating to reducing its office footprint. Earlier this year, it was revealed the Swedish fintech company

Fateless, the game studio behind Godforge, raises $14M Fateless, developer of the upcoming RPG Godforge, has completed a second funding round, raising an additional $8 million. This brings its total committed funding to $14 million. Founded in 2023, Fateless is a community-first game studio creating games in close collaboration with

Archestra raises $3.3M to build guardrails for enterprise AI agents London-based Archestra has raised a $3.3 million Pre-Seed round to build an open-source platform that allows employees to safely connect generative AI tools to internal systems and company data. The round was led by UK early-stage specialist Concept Ventures, with

Spaceline Labs launches Panthera, its near-earth stratospheric monitoring system Danish aerospace startup Spaceline Labs has successfully launched Panthera, its next-generation stratospheric Earth observation platform, from Andøya in northern Norway. Operating at altitudes between 18 and 50 km, Panthera delivers 10 cm/px high-resolution imagery in real time, offering a significant enhancement