Month: January 2026

Microsoft announces glut of new data centers but says it won’t let your electricity bill go up The tech giant has pledged to be a “good neighbor” as it continues to invest in AI infrastructure throughout the country. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/13/microsoft-announces-glut-of-new-data-centers-but-says-it-wont-let-your-electricity-bill-go-up/

A consumer watchdog issued a warning about Google’s AI agent shopping protocol — Google says she’s wrong A consumer economics watchdog says Google’s new Universal Commerce Protocol is ripe for misuse where consumers could pay more for items. Google denies this. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/13/a-consumer-watchdog-issued-a-warning-about-googles-ai-agent-shopping-protocol-google-says-shes-wrong/

Ammobia says it has reinvented a century-old technology The startup has a new take on the Haber-Bosch process used to make ammonia. If Ammobia can deliver, it could change industries, from power generation to maritime shipping. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/13/ammobia-says-it-has-reinvented-a-century-old-technology/

Ring founder details the camera company’s ‘intelligent assistant’ era AI is ushering in Ring’s next chapter, as the Amazon-owned video doorbell maker shifts toward becoming an “intelligent assistant.” Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/13/ring-founder-details-the-camera-companys-intelligent-assistant-era/

Tallinn AI startup Flashka raises €1M pre-seed and hits 1M users in a year Tallinn-founded startup Flashka, an AI-driven study app for university students, has closed a €1 million Pre-Seed round led by Outlast Fund, a Nordic-Baltic early-stage VC. Additional investors in the round include UCP and Vento Ventures. The app

From children’s colouring books to official portals: EU under fire for social media links Corporate watchdog Ekō has today filed a formal complaint with the European Ombudsman, challenging the European Commission and other EU institutions over their systematic promotion of US-based social media platforms on official europa.eu websites, including Elon

Basecamp Research unveils programmable gene insertion AI models, as confirms Nvidia investment A UK startup aiming to solve key challenges in life sciences through AI has unveiled the “world’s first AI models for programmable gene insertion”, as it confirms Nvidia has invested in the startup. London-based Basecamp Research harnesses biodiversity to

Avenue Biosciences raises $5.7M to scale high-throughput protein engineering Finnish protein engineering company Avenue Biosciences has raised  $5.7 million in a Seed extension funding round co-led by Balnord and Tesi, with support from existing investors Voima Ventures, Inventure, University of Helsinki, and Dimerent. The funding aims to help scale its

French startup Harmattan AI hits unicorn status, as it strikes deal with French aerospace group French autonomous defence systems startup Harmattan AI says it has hit a $1.4bn valuation, after raising $200m, in a funding round led by French aerospace group Dassault Aviation, which has inked a strategic partnership with the

Finnish startup Avenue Biosciences secures €4.8 million to help drugmakers manufacture proteins more reliably Helsinki-based Avenue Biosciences, a protein engineering technology company, today announced a Seed extension of €4.8 million ($5.7 million) to scale a high-throughput protein engineering tech that accelerates the discovery of protein-based therapies and tools for the