Month: August 2025

Deeptech VC Michael Jackson: ‘LinkedIn bans me twice a year’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/michael-jackson-interview-brunch/

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Tim Cook reportedly tells employees Apple ‘must’ win in AI Apple CEO Tim Cook held an hourlong all-hands meeting in which he told employees that the company needs to win in AI: “Apple must do this. Apple will do this.” Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/02/tim-cook-reportedly-tells-employees-apple-must-win-in-ai/

Lina Khan points to Figma IPO as vindication of M&A scrutiny A surprising figure is celebrating Figma’s successful IPO: Lina Khan, former chair of the Federal Trade Commission, who said the offering demonstrates the value of “letting startups grow into independently successful businesses.” Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/02/lina-khan-points-to-figma-ipo-as-vindication-for-ma-scrutiny/

Anthropic cuts off OpenAI’s access to its Claude models Anthropic has cut off one of its biggest competitors, revoking OpenAI’s access to its Claude family of AI models. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/02/anthropic-cuts-off-openais-access-to-its-claude-models/

What founders should think about if looking to raise a Series C And it starts with a reality check, according to Sapphire Ventures partner Cathy Gao. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/02/what-founders-should-think-about-if-looking-to-raise-a-series-c/

OpenAI launches first European data centre in Narvik, Norway OpenAI has announced the launch of its first European AI data centre and one of the world’s largest GPU facilities. Located just outside Narvik in Northern Norway, the project is being developed in partnership with Nscale Global Holdings and Norwegian industrial

Bootstrapped and thriving: How dog training app Woofz hit $20M ARR without VC funding While most startups have been chasing funding through the VC freeze, there’s another way — bootstrapping.  nove8, developer of a leading dog training app, Woofz decided to bootstrap. It successfully scaled from $5.2 million to $20

Handwave raises $4.2M to launch palm-based payments in Europe and the US Latvian biometric startup- Handwave has raised $4.2 million in Seed funding to launch its palm-based payment and identity platform in Europe and the US.  Handwave turns your palm into a secure, contactless way to pay, prove your age,

Cambridge Innovation Capital commits £100M to University of Cambridge spinouts Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC) is committing at least £100m to invest in spinouts from the University of Cambridge. The funding will seek to take advantage of the vast commercial potential in science and technology innovation developed by Cambridge researchers and