Good news from around Europe
Vilnius-based WhiteBridge AI raises €2.6 million for its AI-powered people research engine WhiteBridge AI, a Vilnius-based AI-powered people research platform specialising in deep personal insights, has raised a €2.6 million ($3 million) Seed round. The round was led by FIRSTPICK VC, with participation from First Degree, NGL.VC, Scalewolf.VC, BADideas.fund, Nectolabs,
Berlin-based Tower raises €5.5 million to build the “last-mile” platform for data engineers in the AI era Tower, a Berlin-based platform focused on transforming how data engineering is handled in the AI era, has raised €5.5 million ($6.4 million) across a pre-Seed and Seed round to grow its go-to-market team
Leaked plans for 28th regime not good enough, says EU Inc Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/eu-inc-28-regime-leaked-plans
Hélène Huby, CEO of The Exploration Company: ‘Only the crazy people change the world’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/helene-huby-podcast
Europe’s growth fund push Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/europe-growth-funds
Inside the booming secondaries market in Europe: ‘Who isn’t selling?’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/inside-secondaries-market-europe
Vinted, ElevenLabs, Iceye: Inside Europe’s hottest secondary sales Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/europes-hottest-secondaries
‘Not built right the first time’ — Musk’s xAI is starting over again, again The AI lab is revamping its effort to build an AI coding tool, with two new executives joining from Cursor. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/13/not-built-right-the-first-time-musks-xai-is-starting-over-again-again/
Lawyer behind AI psychosis cases warns of mass casualty risks AI chatbots have been linked to suicides for years. Now one lawyer says they are showing up in mass casualty cases too, and the technology is moving faster than the safeguards. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/13/lawyer-behind-ai-psychosis-cases-warns-of-mass-casualty-risks/
Digg lays off staff and shuts down app as company retools Digg laid off a significant number of staff and shut down its app, but says it’s not giving up on the startup. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/13/digg-lays-off-staff-and-shuts-down-app-as-company-retools/