Month: January 2026

Mira Murati’s startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is losing two of its co-founders to OpenAI The abrupt change in personnel was in the works for several weeks, according to an OpenAI executive. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/14/mira-muratis-startup-thinking-machines-lab-is-losing-two-of-its-co-founders-to-openai/

The FTC’s data-sharing order against GM is finally settled The order, first proposed a year ago, bans GM from collecting and then selling geolocation data to third parties, like data brokers and insurance companies. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/14/the-ftcs-data-sharing-order-against-gm-is-finally-settled/

India’s Emversity doubles valuation as it scales workers AI can’t replace Emversity has raised $30 million in a new round as it scales job-ready training in India. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/14/indias-emversity-doubles-valuation-as-it-scales-workers-ai-cant-replace/

Musk denies awareness of Grok sexual underage images as California AG launches probe The California attorney general has opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk’s xAI after its chatbot Grok began generating nonconsensual sexual images of real women and even children. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/14/musk-denies-awareness-of-grok-sexual-underage-images-as-california-ag-launches-probe/

OpenAI signs deal, worth $10B, for compute from Cerebras The collaboration will help OpenAI’s models deliver faster response times for more difficult or time-consuming tasks, the companies said. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/14/openai-signs-deal-reportedly-worth-10-billion-for-compute-from-cerebras/

Quantum startup Haiqu raises $11M A quantum startup based in the UK, Ukraine and the US has raised what it says is one of the largest seed rounds in quantum software, bagging $11m. The funding round in Haiqu was led by Primary Venture Partners, with participation from Qudit Investments, Alumni Ventures,

Dataroid raises $6.6M to scale its analytics platform worldwide Istanbul-based Dataroid has closed a $6.6 million pre-Series A funding round led by the FinAI Venture Capital Fund of Tacirler Asset Management, with participation from the Tacirler Asset Management Future Impact Venture Capital Fund and Endeavor Catalyst. The company had previously

European tech in 2025: The data, the deals, and what comes next At 42 pages, Tech.eu’s 2025 Annual Report is our largest to date and packed with a comprehensive review of topics including investments, geographic and industry performance, top M&A and exit activities, insights and predictions from startups and VCs, and

LIV4 raises €500k to modernise industrial quality management LIV4 an Italian startup applying generative AI to enterprise processes, has closed a €500,000 Pre-Seed funding round to accelerate the development of its platform, expand its team and strengthen strategic partnerships.  Today, quality management is often perceived as a complex, mandatory process,

With a third of developer time spent on internal tools; Milan’s Bricks.sh raises €1.6 miliion to automate admin panels Italy’s Bricks.sh, an AI-native internal tool builder, announces that it has raised €1.6 million in a pre-Seed round in order to continue building the core team – they are also announcing