Good news from around Europe
Hedosophia recruits ex-NATO Innovation Fund partner, mulls new defence fund Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/hedosophia-hired-nato-fund-partner-defence/
French startup Genomines raises $45m to ‘farm’ metal from plants Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/genomines-45m-series-a-farm-nickel/
Meta launches Hyperscape, technology to turn real-world spaces into VR Meta launches Hyperscape into beta, allowing users to turn real world spaces into digital spaces for VR. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/17/meta-launches-hyperscape-technology-to-turn-real-world-spaces-into-vr/
Meta unveils new smart glasses with a display and wristband controller Meta showed off its newest AI-powered smart glasses, which have a display and are controlled by a wristband, at Meta Connect 2025. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/17/meta-unveils-new-smart-glasses-with-a-display-and-wristband-controller/
Meta unveils its new Oakley Meta Vanguard smart glasses for athletes The new smart glasses are geared toward runners, cyclists, and other athletes. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/17/meta-unveils-its-new-oakley-meta-vanguard-smart-glasses-for-athletes/
Nvidia AI chip challenger Groq raises even more than expected, hits $6.9B valuation The fresh raise comes in above the rumored numbers when word leaked in July that it was raising. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/17/nvidia-ai-chip-challenger-groq-raises-even-more-than-expected-hits-6-9b-valuation/
Eric Baker’s long, winding road to taking StubHub public Although StubHub’s shares fell 6% in first day of trading, the IPO is testament to the co-founder’s 25-year effort. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/17/eric-bakers-long-winding-road-to-taking-stubhub-public/
US tech firms CoreWeave and Salesforce pledge new UK AI investments CoreWeave and Salesforce are the latest US tech firms to pledge significant AI investments into the UK, which are coinciding with President Trump’s visit to the UK. CoreWeave, which provides cloud computing services to companies building AI models, today announced the
Workday to acquire Sana for $1.1 billion Workday, the enterprise AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Sana, a Stockholm AI company building the next generation of enterprise knowledge tools. Since its founding in 2016, Sana has developed intuitive workplace tools
UK-based CommonAI launches to power AI startups with shared compute and IP Early-stage investment firm Anthemis and Cambridge AI Venture Partners (CAIVP), as well as a team comprised of industry experts Sir Andy Hopper, Prof Rob Mullins, Dr Gavin Ferris and Mike Halsall, today announce the launch of CommonAI, a