Good news from around Europe
Mark Zuckerberg texted Elon Musk to offer help with DOGE While the relationship was once thorny enough that Musk challenged Zuckerberg to a cagefight, things seem to have warmed up by the early days of the second Trump administration. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/28/mark-zuckerberg-texted-elon-musk-to-offer-help-with-doge/
Stanford study outlines dangers of asking AI chatbots for personal advice While there’s been plenty of debate about AI sycophancy, a new study by Stanford computer scientists attempts to measure how harmful that tendency might be. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/28/stanford-study-outlines-dangers-of-asking-ai-chatbots-for-personal-advice/
Elon Musk’s last co-founder reportedly leaves xAI All but two of Musk’s 11 xAI co-founders departed before this week. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/28/elon-musks-last-co-founder-reportedly-leaves-xai/
Europe builds Microsoft-alternative ‘Euro-Office’ to reclaim digital sovereignty Today, a coalition of European enterprises and community organisations has launched Euro-Office, a solution for editing documents, spreadsheets and presentations, developed as a true sovereign community collaboration of over a dozen different organisations. A tech preview is available immediately. The effort, backed
Aleph Alpha’s former CEO lures Apple engineer from US to join European startup The co-founder and former CEO of high-profile German AI startup Aleph Alpha has today revealed fresh details about his new AI startup, which launched last month and is backed by a multi-million-dollar investment from the German consultancy
Qumulo launches Cork hub to build the backbone of AI-scale data Today data storage and cloud infrastructure company Qumulo announced the official launch of its European Software R&D hub in Cork. Through this strategic expansion, Qumulo will create 50 highly skilled R&D positions in the coming three years to solve
AI-powered legal workflow automation is quietly changing the face of Europe’s tech industry [Sponsored] AI is everywhere right now; startups are playing with generative models, governments are debating new rules and the whole industry feels like it’s in a state of constant motion. But not all innovation is loud or
Speedinvest cuts 10% of team after a period of churn Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/speedinvest-cut-team-churn-ai
From hype to impact: How companies are scaling with AI Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/how-companies-are-scaling-with-ai-brnd
Could the Iran war boost Europe’s climate startups? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/iran-war-boost-europe-climate-startups