Month: January 2026

French drone maker Harmattan AI raises $200m Series B at $1.4bn valuation Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/harmattan-ai-200m-series-b-unicorn

How WONE is turning stress into a human performance advantage Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/stress-into-human-performance-advantage-brnd

Inside Hiro Capital’s €500m plan for European startups: ‘We can shift the dial’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/nick-clegg-hiro-capital-yann-lecun-vc

More than 100 new tech unicorns were minted in 2025 — here they are Using data from Crunchbase and PitchBook, TechCrunch tracked down the VC-backed startups that became unicorns so far this year. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/at-least-36-new-tech-unicorns-were-minted-in-2025-so-far/

OpenAI buys tiny health records startup Torch for, reportedly, $100M AI health records startup Torch will be using its tech for OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Health, according to co-founder Ilya Abyzov. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/openai-buys-tiny-health-records-startup-torch-for-reportedly-100m/

Hands-on with Bee, Amazon’s latest AI wearable We tried Amazon’s new AI wearable Bee. It’s not for pro users yet, but more features are expected this year. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/hands-on-with-bee-amazons-latest-ai-wearable/

Why Amazon bought Bee, an AI wearable Amazon explains where its wearable Bee fits in and whether it will merge with Alexa. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/why-amazon-bought-bee-an-ai-wearable/

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is launching its own AI infrastructure initiative Meta is ramping up its efforts to build out its AI capacity — Zuckerberg said the company intended to drastically expand its energy footprint in the coming years. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/mark-zuckerberg-says-meta-is-launching-its-own-ai-infrastructure-initiative/

Motional puts AI at center of robotaxi reboot as it targets 2026 for driverless service Motional says it will launch a driverless robotaxi service in Las Vegas before the end of 2026. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/11/motional-puts-ai-at-center-of-robotaxi-reboot-as-it-targets-2026-for-driverless-service/

Google co-founders may be leaving California Sergey Brin and Larry Page appear to be pulling back from the state where they co-founded Google. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/11/google-co-founders-may-be-pulling-out-of-california/