Good news from around Europe
Finnish software company Skene raises €800K to scale AI-driven product growth automation platform Skene, a Helsinki-based product growth automation platform, announced it has closed an €800,000 pre-seed round led by Superhero Capital and with participation from NVIDIA executives. Skene will use the funding to scale its platform and reach €1M in
Finnish foodtech Mö Foods raises €2.4M to scale oat-based cheese production and expand across Europe Mö Foods, a Finnish foodtech company producing oat-based cheese alternatives that replicate traditional dairy while reducing environmental impact, has raised €2.4 million in a funding round led by Nordic Foodtech VC, to make oat-based cheese
ChatGPT will become 15 times faster. OpenAI has signed a $10 billion contract with Cerebras OpenAI has signed a multi-year contract with semiconductor developer Cerebras Systems to supply computing power. The deal, worth over $10 billion, aims to radically speed up ChatGPT and expand artificial intelligence infrastructure by 2028. The
AI chip startup Fractile secures $22.5m from Nato Innovation Fund, Kindred, Oxford Science Enterprises Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/fractile-22-5m-nif-kindred-ose
Parloa hits $3bn valuation with $350m Series D led by General Catalyst Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/parloa-triples-valuation-350m-series-d-general-catalyst
Exclusive: Cloudflare acquires AI data startup Human Native Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/cloudflare-human-native-acquisition
Is Europe’s AI infrastructure build-out heading for a gigafactory-style bust? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/ai-infrastructure-podcast
The Family cofounder Oussama Ammar faces tax fraud probe, reports say Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/reports-oussama-ammar-faces-tax-fraud-probe
AI journalism startup Symbolic.ai signs deal with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp The startup claims its AI platform can help optimize editorial processes and research. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/15/ai-journalism-startup-symbolic-ai-signs-deal-with-rupert-murdochs-news-corp/
The AI lab revolving door spins ever faster AI labs just can’t get their employees to stay put. Yesterday’s big AI news was the abrupt and seemingly acrimonious departure of three top executives at Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines lab. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/15/the-ai-lab-revolving-door-spins-ever-faster/