Month: February 2026

Swiss nanotechnology startup Chiral secures €10 million to scale post-silicon chip manufacturing Chiral, a Swiss nanotechnology company pioneering next-generation semiconductor and quantum technologies with nanomaterials, today announced the successful closing of a €10 million ($12 million) Seed financing round. The round was led by Crane Venture Partners, with participation from

The VCs that could run the EU’s €5bn Scaleup Europe Fund Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/european-scaleup-fund-vc-list

UK defence prime BAE Systems launches incubator, ‘actively looking’ into VC fund investing Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/bae-systems-launches-incubator-vc-investing

Are the Baltics the new cash cow for grid operators? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/are-the-baltics-the-new-cash-cow-for-grid-operators

Anthropic release puts AI legal startups on defensive Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/anthropic-legal-ai-startups

Exclusive: Nanomaterials startup Chiral raises $12m seed to build the ‘next ASML’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/nanomaterials-startup-chiral-12m-seed

An AI startup founder says he’s planning a ‘March for Billionaires’ in protest of California’s wealth tax The organizer of the event swears it’s not a joke. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/06/an-ai-startup-founder-says-hes-planning-a-march-for-billionaires-in-protest-of-californias-wealth-tax/

‘Industry’ season 4 captures tech fraud better than any show on TV right now This latest season of the TV show Industry takes a look at the world of money and power through the eyes of a fintech baron. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/06/industry-season-4-captures-tech-fraud-better-than-any-show-on-tv-right-now/

Apple is working to make CarPlay compatible with AI chatbots like ChatGPT Apple engineers are working to support AI chatbot apps over the next few months. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/06/apple-is-working-to-make-carplay-compatible-with-ai-chatbots-like-chatgpt/

From Svedka to Anthropic, brands make bold plays with AI in Super Bowl ads From the first AI-generated Big Game ad courtesy of Svedka to Anthropic’s beef with OpenAI, here are the biggest ads from Super Bowl LX. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/06/super-bowl-60-ai-ads-svedka-anthropic-brands-commercials/