Month: February 2026

Is safety ‘dead’ at xAI? Elon Musk is “actively” working to make xAI’s Grok chatbot “more unhinged, according to a former employee. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/14/is-safety-is-dead-at-xai/

In a changed VC landscape, this exec is doubling down on overlooked founders As much of Silicon Valley chases mega-rounds and buzzy AI deals, Stacy Brown-Philpot is running Cherryrock Capital like a throwback to venture capital’s earlier days Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/14/stacy-brown-philpot-cherryrock-capital-vc/

‘Clueless’ -inspired app Alta partners with brand Public School to start integrating styling tools into websites This week, Alta unveiled its first integration collaboration, teaming up with Public School, a storied New York City brand. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/14/clueless-inspired-app-alta-partners-with-brand-public-school-to-start-integrating-styling-tools-into-websites/

Hollywood isn’t happy about the new Seedance 2.0 video generator Hollywood organizations are pushing back against a new AI video model called Seedance 2.0, which they say has quickly become a tool for “blatant” copyright infringement. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/14/hollywood-isnt-happy-about-the-new-seedance-2-0-video-generator/

ScyAI secures €2M and launches AI risk platform for real assets Zurich-based startup ScyAI has closed a €2 million pre-seed funding round led by AENU and co-led by PT1. The round also includes participation from unicorn founders David Helgason (Unity), Maex Ament and Philip Stehlik (Taulia, Centrifuge) through Anti Ordinary

simmetry.ai expands AI training platform following €330K funding simmetry.ai, a synthetic data company working across agriculture, food and industrial sectors, has secured €330,000 from NBank, the investment and development bank of the German state of Lower Saxony. The funding was provided through the High-Tech Incubator (HTI) accelerator programme. simmetry.ai was

Weekly funding round-up! All of the European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Feb. 09-13) This article is visible for CLUB members only. If you are already a member but don’t see the content of this article, please login here. If you’re not a CLUB member yet, but you’d

London’s Nscale signs €1.1 billion debt facility to deploy large-scale GPU clusters in Europe Nscale, the British hyperscaler engineered for AI, announced it has signed a €1.1 billion ($1.4 billion) Delayed Draw Term Loan backed by the GPU DDTL to purchase GPU infrastructure to deliver service under multiple contracts.‍ The

ScyAI raises €2 million to bring AI-driven risk intelligence to enterprise real estate and insurance teams Zurich-based PropTech startup ScyAI has closed a €2 million pre-Seed round to further develop their solution to make AI-powered risk intelligence accessible to companies with large real estate portfolios. The round was led by

Mythical metrics don’t pay the bills: Sustainable growth over chasing unicorn status Companies are often judged solely on share price and valuations that ignore fundamentals such as debt, profitability, and societal impact. There are multi-billion-dollar startups that are haemorrhaging money and have never turned a profit, yet are celebrated for