Good news from around Europe
Beyond LLMs: AI pioneer Yann LeCun’s new venture AMI raises €890 million to build “world model” AI systems Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI), a new Paris-based startup founded by the former Chief AI Scientist at Meta and co-recipient of the 2018 ACM A.M. Turing Award, Yann LeCun, has raised nearly €890
From AI features to AI workers: The 2026 enterprise shift Despite talk of an ‘AI bubble’ happening on the sidelines, enterprises are heading into 2026 with more investment earmarked for AI. According to Boston Consulting Group’s annual AI Radar, corporations expect to double their AI spending this year, from 0.8%
Inspired by the Cyphochilus beetle, Seprify raises €13.4 million to develop cellulose-based industrial ingredients Seprify, a Fribourg-based biomaterials company developing high-performance cellulose-based ingredients for industrial applications, today announced that it has raised €13.4 million (CHF 12.25 million) in Series A funding. Supported by this funding, the company has also announced
Legal tech Legora raises $550m Series D at a $5.55bn valuation Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/legal-tech-legora-raises-550m
Lloyds wants to be the UK’s biggest fintech. Are legacy banks ready to fight back? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/lloyds-fintech-revolut-monzo-challengers
Europe built the Green Regulation. It forgot to fund the companies that would deliver it Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/europe-green-regulation-brnd
Yann LeCun’s AI startup raises $1bn seed round backed by Nvidia and Temasek Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/yann-lecun-ami-labs-meta-funding-round-nvidia
A startup’s most essential hire is no longer a coder — but a clear thinker Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/post-coding-startup
Google brings Gemini in Chrome to India As part of the rollout, Gemini will support languages including Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu, and Tamil. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/10/google-gemini-chrome-expands-to-india-canada-new-zealand/
In a vote of confidence for Meta’s Threads, Kalshi adds sharing feature Kalshi now offers a share option that will automatically embed the relevant prediction market chart into a Threads post. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/10/in-a-vote-of-confidence-for-metas-threads-kalshi-adds-sharing-feature/