Month: February 2026

11 Turkish startups to watch, according to VCs Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/turkish-investor-survey-2026

xAI lays out interplanetary ambitions in public all-hands On Wednesday, xAI took the rare step of publishing its full 45-minute all-hands presentation to the X platform, making it widely available. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/11/xai-lays-out-interplanetary-ambitions-in-public-all-hands/

AI inference startup Modal Labs in talks to raise at $2.5B valuation, sources say General Catalyst is in talks to lead the round for the four-year-old startup, according to our sources. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/11/ai-inference-startup-modal-labs-in-talks-to-raise-at-2-5b-valuation-sources-say/

OpenAI disbands mission alignment team The team’s leader has been given a new role as OpenAI’s chief futurist, while the other team members have been reassigned throughout the company. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/11/openai-disbands-mission-alignment-team-which-focused-on-safe-and-trustworthy-ai-development/

Apple’s Siri revamp reportedly delayed… again While the new Siri was expected to launch with the upcoming iOS 26.4 update in March, now, the changes are expected to roll out more slowly over time, reportedly postponing some features until the May iOS update, or even until the release of iOS

Uber Eats launches AI assistant to help with grocery cart creation Uber Eats launched a new AI feature, “Cart Assistant,” that can automatically add items to your cart based on text or image prompts. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/11/uber-eats-launches-ai-assistant-to-help-with-grocery-cart-creation/

OpenAI and Hugging Face angels back Hungary’s “highest-ever” pre-seed funding round A Hungarian robotics hardware startup says it has raised the “highest-ever” pre-seed funding round in the country’s history.   Allonic has raised $7.2m in pre-seed funding, in a round led by Visionaries Club, with participation from Day One Capital. Other

AI-native proptech startup MARC backed by a group of angel investors Dublin-based MARC, an AI company focused on real estate asset management, has raised a $1 million pre-seed round from 23 angel investors, with no venture capital participation. Backers include Jack Pierse (Wayflyer), Tom Kennedy (Hostelworld), Susan Spence (SoftCo), Eoghan

UK tech startups urged to take bold risks, by AI minister, as chip startup Fractile invests £100M UK tech startups are being urged to take bold risks, by the UK’s AI minister, saying the government will back them, as a UK chip startup pledges to invest £100m in its business.  

Vesiro raises €1.6M to optimise elasticsearch and lower server energy use Gothenburg-based Vesiro, a spinout from Chalmers University, has raised €1.6 million in a seed funding round. The round was backed by Chalmers Ventures, Industrifonden, Länsförsäkringar Göteborg & Bohuslän, Yuncture, First Gate Invest, E14 Invest, Mach One, and a group