Month: October 2025

Houston, we have an HR problem: Why European HR strategies stumble in the US — guest column Many European companies expanding into the US market expect a smooth ride. After all, if they’ve scaled successfully across Europe, it’s easy to assume the US market will be similar. With its global

VCs urge founders to fundraise before AI bubble bursts Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/ai-bubble-raise/

Meet Europe’s biggest deeptech investor (hint: it’s not a VC) Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/europes-biggest-deeptech-investor-brnd/

Bryan Johnson’s go-to stem cell startup Cellcolabs lands $12m for worldwide rollout Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/bryan-johnsons-stem-cell-startup-cellcolabs-lands-12m/

An M&A goldrush is coming for European AI. Startups beware Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/ai-ma-meta-acquisition-deals-startups/

Venture capital is not an asset class, says Sequoia’s Roelof Botha Sequoia’s managing partner Roelof Botha noted that there are currently 3,000 venture firms in the United States, while there were just 1,000 when he joined Sequoia 20 years ago. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/venture-capital-is-not-an-asset-class-says-sequoias-roelof-botha/

CEO of Alphabet’s X, Astro Teller, on what makes a moonshot Teller says X has a 2% hit rate, which means that most of the things the company tries don’t work out, and that’s okay. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/ceo-of-alphabets-x-astro-teller-on-what-makes-a-moonshot/

Zoom CEO Eric Yuan says AI will shorten our workweek Zoom CEO Eric Yuan says that, in a few years, we should be working a 3-4 day workweek because of AI. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/zoom-ceo-eric-yuan-says-ai-will-shorten-our-workweek/

Roelof Botha explains why Sequoia supports Shaun Maguire after COO quit Sequoia’s managing partner Roelof Botha defended his colleague’s controversial comments that sparked an online backlash, arguing that the VC firm needs “spiky” people. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/roelof-botha-explains-why-sequoia-supports-shaun-maguire-after-coo-quit/

Defense startup Pytho AI wants to turbocharge military mission planning and it will show off its tech at Disrupt 2025 Pytho AI wants to compress mission planning from days to mere minutes. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/defense-startup-pytho-ai-wants-to-turbocharge-military-mission-planning-and-it-will-show-off-its-tech-at-disrupt-2025/