Good news from around Europe
Montis VC reaches €50M first close to back energy and industrial tech startups Montis VC has launched a new venture capital fund, securing €50 million at first close. The fund is backed by the European Investment Fund through the REPowerEU programme, the Polish Development Fund, and a group of family
Funding rounds are getting crowded Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/funding-rounds-crowded
Amazon buys ETH robotics spinout Rivr Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/amazon-buys-eth-robotics-spinout-rivr
15 defence startups to watch in 2026, according to VCs Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/defence-startups-to-watch-2026
Key takeaways from Sifted’s UK & Ireland leaderboard: faster execution, smaller ‘moats’, smaller teams Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/key-takeaways-from-sifteds-uk-ireland-leaderboard
Europe’s tech bro renaissance is upon us. Sigh Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/europes-tech-bro-renaissance
New court filing reveals Pentagon told Anthropic the two sides were nearly aligned — a week after Trump declared the relationship kaput Anthropic submitted two sworn declarations to a California federal court late Friday afternoon, pushing back on the Pentagon’s assertion that the AI company poses an “unacceptable risk to
Elon Musk misled Twitter investors while trying to get out of acquisition, jury says At the time, Musk had tweeted that Twitter had too many bots, which is why he was trying to renege on his commitment to buy the company. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/20/elon-musk-misled-twitter-investors-while-trying-to-get-out-of-acquisition-jury-says/
Microsoft rolls back some of its Copilot AI bloat on Windows The company is reducing Copilot entry points on Windows, starting with Photos, Widgets, Notepad, and other apps. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/20/microsoft-rolls-back-some-of-its-copilot-ai-bloat-on-windows/
What happened at Nvidia GTC: NemoClaw, Robot Olaf, and a $1 trillion bet CEO Jensen Huang took the stage at Nvidia’s GTC conference this week in his signature leather jacket to deliver a two-and-a-half-hour keynote, projecting $1 trillion in AI chip sales through 2027, declaring that every company needs an “OpenClaw strategy,” and closing with a rambling Olaf