Year: 2025

The cult of IP is distracting Europe’s spinout founders Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/the-cult-of-ip-is-distracting-europes-spinout-founders/

Sweden’s AI-native startups more than triple funding to €454m so far this year Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/ai-native-startups-sweden-funding/

Blue Origin plans second launch of New Glenn mega-rocket on November 9 Blue Origin’s first New Glenn launch in January mostly went well, and now the long-delayed second mission is finally ready for takeoff. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/blue-origin-plans-second-launch-of-new-glenn-mega-rocket-on-november-9/

Cluely’s Roy Lee hints that viral hype is not enough Lee declined to share Cluely’s financial metrics just four months after boasting how quickly the startup is growing. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/cluelys-roy-lee-hints-that-viral-hype-is-not-enough/

Lucid Motors’ chief engineer leaves after 10 years Eric Bach, who was once the director of engineering at Tesla, is out amid a larger executive shake-up at the company. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/lucid-motors-chief-engineer-leaves-after-10-years/

Apple nears deal to pay Google $1B annually to power new Siri, report says Apple is turning to Google’s technology to help revamp Siri and power a slate of upcoming features for the voice assistant. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/apple-nears-deal-to-pay-google-1b-annually-to-power-new-siri-report-says/

Pinterest CEO touts open source AI: ‘tremendous performance’ with reduced costs Pinterest CEO Bill Ready says open source AI is offering cost savings to the company, particularly in visual search. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/pinterest-ceo-touts-open-source-ai-tremendous-performance-with-reduced-costs/

Starling’s SaaS business Engine scoops biggest client win, banking Canadian neobank The software-as-a-service business of UK challenger bank Starling Bank has secured its biggest client deal to date, providing the cloud banking platform for the digital subsidiary of one of Canada’s biggest banks. Engine has signed a 10-year deal with Tangerine

Fit Collective secured £3M to solve fashion’s $230B fit problem London-based fashion technology startup Fit Collective, founded by Savile Row–trained designer Phoebe Gormley, has raised £3 million in pre-seed funding, reportedly the largest pre-seed round raised by a solo female founder in the UK. The round was backed by AlbionVC,

CMS provider Totalmobile secures new investment to scale globally UK-based field service management software provider Totalmobile has received new investment from Five Arrows, the alternative assets arm of Rothschild & Co, and funds managed by Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) to support its next stage of growth and international expansion. The