Month: February 2026

Nuclear startup Proxima Fusion eyes €1.2bn from German government Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/proxima-fusion-e1-2bn-german-government

Adaptive ML boss: To win in AI, businesses must build with open source Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/adaptive-ml-julien-launay-interview

Wise aims to crack US market ahead of dual listing Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/wise-cpo-interview

Netflix backs out of bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, giving studios, HBO, and CNN to Ellison-owned Paramount In a one-two punch of centibillion-dollar offers, the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery is over. David Ellison-owned Paramount will acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. Netflix has lost. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/26/netflix-warner-bros-discovery-paramount-wbd-bid-studios-hbo-cnn-ellison/

Jack Dorsey just halved the size of Block’s employee base — and he says your company is next Jack Dorsey has long been an open admirer of Elon Musk. Now, it seems, he may have been taking notes. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/26/jack-dorsey-block-layoffs-4000-halved-employees-your-company-is-next/

Anthropic CEO stands firm as Pentagon deadline looms Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday that he “cannot in good conscience accede” to the Pentagon’s demands to give the military unrestricted access to its AI systems. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/26/anthropic-ceo-stands-firm-as-pentagon-deadline-looms/

PayPal might not be looking to sell itself: Report PayPal may not be in talks to be acquired, sources have told Semafor, after a previous news report that Stripe was sniffing around. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/26/paypal-might-not-be-looking-to-sell-itself-report/

Google paid startup Form Energy $1B for its massive 100-hour battery The deal paves the way for Form Energy to raise a new funding round before potentially going public next year. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/26/google-paid-startup-form-energy-1b-for-its-massive-100-hour-battery/

Kinfolk closes $7M seed round for AI-driven HR platform London-based Kinfolk, an AI-native HR workforce operations platform, has raised a $7.2 million seed round led by AlbionVC, with participation from PROfounders Capital and existing investors Ascension and Emerge. Angel investors, including Tony Jamous, Founder and Executive Chairman of OysterHR, also

SolveAI raises $50M to help employees build their own enterprise software London-based SolveAI, a platform that enables employees to build compliant enterprise software without writing code, has raised a $45 million Series A led by GV alongside a previously undisclosed $5 million pre-seed round led by Accel. Northzone, Mantis VC,