Good news from around Europe
‘Europe has a massive issue being a good customer’: Sifted Summit day one, recapped Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/europe-has-a-massive-issue-being-a-good-customer/
Why Lovable is not Europe’s fastest-growing startup this year Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/why-lovable-is-not-europes-fastest-growing-startup-this-year/
Flipkart’s Super.money quietly partners with troubled Juspay as it expands its reach Super.money, the fintech arm of Flipkart, is looking to raise a round of funding at a $1 billion valuation, after securing $50 million from Flipkart to date. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/09/flipkarts-super-money-quietly-partners-with-with-troubled-juspay-as-it-expands-its-reach/
While OpenAI races to build AI data centers, Nadella reminds us that Microsoft already has them Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella offered a glimpse of the “first of many” massive Nvidia AI systems it is rolling out, starting now. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/09/while-openai-races-to-build-ai-data-centers-nadella-reminds-us-that-microsoft-already-has-them/
Andreessen Horowitz denies report of India office, calls it ‘fake news’ a16z’s Anish Acharya calls India office reports “entirely fake news!” Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/09/andreessen-horowitz-denies-report-of-india-office-calls-it-fake-news/
Reflection AI raises $2B to be America’s open frontier AI lab, challenging DeepSeek Reflection, once focused on autonomous coding agents, has raised $2B at an $8B valuation to expand into both an opensource alternative to closed frontier labs like OpenAI and Anthropic, and a Western equivalent to Chinese AI firms
Discord data breach affects at least 70,000 users The platform said in a press release that hackers breached a third-party vendor that Discord uses for age-related appeals. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/09/discord-suffers-data-breach-impacting-at-least-70000-users/
Meet our newest IVY Reporter IVY (« Interreg Volunteer Youth ») is an initiative by the European Commission that started in 2017. It gives young people aged between 18 and 30 years old the opportunity to be a volunteer within the organisations that make European cooperation possible. The Interreg Euro-MED Programme supports
From community roots to AI ambitions: byFounders shapes the ‘New Nordics’ next chapter In a region famed for its collaborative spirit and global tech champions, byFounders has emerged as one of the most influential early-stage venture capital funds in the Nordics and Baltics. Headquartered in Copenhagen, the firm backs globally
SoftBank bets on “Physical AI” with $5.4B acquisition of ABB’s robotics division Swedish-Swiss company ABB today announced it has signed an agreement to divest its Robotics division to SoftBank Group for an enterprise value of $5.375 billion and not pursue its earlier intention to spin-off the business as a separately