Month: September 2025

Romanian Morphosis Capital Fund II closes at €130M to support SMEs in Central and Eastern Europe Morphosis Capital Partners BV, a growth capital fund, announces the final closing of Morphosis Capital Fund II at €130 million. Fund II was backed by the European Investment Fund (EIF), the European Bank for Reconstruction

Zoe cofounder joins board of General Catalyst-backed healthtech Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/zoe-cofounder-lottie/

UK tech minister Peter Kyle becomes business secretary in cabinet reshuffle Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/peter-kyle-business-secretary/

The Next Web conference shuts down Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/the-next-web-shuts-down/

Darktrace founder Poppy Gustafsson quits as UK investment minister Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/darktrace-founder-poppy-gustafsson-quits-as-uk-investment-minister/

Revolut hires ex-Société Générale boss to strengthen its operations in France Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/revolut-hires-france/

OpenAI reorganizes research team behind ChatGPT’s personality OpenAI is shuffling the team that shapes its AI models’ behavior, and its leader is moving on to another project within the company. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/05/openai-reorganizes-research-team-behind-chatgpts-personality/

Screw the money — Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement sucks for writers Writers aren’t getting this settlement because their work was fed to an AI — this is just a costly slap on the wrist for Anthropic because it illegally downloaded books instead of buying them. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/05/screw-the-money-anthropics-1-5b-copyright-settlement-sucks-for-writers/

Personalized AI companion app Dot is shutting down Dot, a personalized AI companion, is shutting down. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/05/personalized-ai-companion-app-dot-is-shutting-down/

Attorneys general warn OpenAI ‘harm to children will not be tolerated’ California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings met with and sent an open letter to OpenAI to express their concerns over the safety of ChatGPT, particularly for children and teens.  Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/05/attorneys-general-warn-openai-harm-to-children-will-not-be-tolerated/