Month: March 2026

Oslo’s Photoncycle raises €15 million to enable households to store surplus summer solar power for winter use Photoncycle, an Oslo-based energy storage scaleup, has raised €15 million in Series A funding to enable households to store surplus summer solar power for winter heating and electricity. The round was led by

EU faces scrutiny as €5bn Scaleup fund shortlist nears Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/eu-scaleup-fund-shortlist-scrutiny

UK pledges £40m for frontier AI research lab Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/uk-ai-lab-sovereignty-frontier-kanishka-narayan

‘Rocket fuel for growth and burnout’: Inside startups’ wild dash to keep up with AI Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/inside-startups-mad-dash-to-keep-up-with-ai

I turned down VC cash to build my AI startup. You should too. Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/i-turned-down-vc-cash-to-build-my-ai-startup

Leading in the age of AI: Where innovation meets responsibility Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/leading-in-the-age-of-ai-brnd

Jensen Huang says Nvidia is pulling back from OpenAI and Anthropic, but his explanation raises more questions than it answers Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Wednesday that his company’s investments in OpenAI and Anthropic will likely be its last — but his explanation may not tell the whole story. Powered

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls OpenAI’s messaging around military deal ‘straight up lies,’ report says Anthropic gave up its contract with the Pentagon over AI safety disagreements — then, OpenAI swooped in. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/04/anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-calls-openais-messaging-around-military-deal-straight-up-lies-report-says/

Apple Music to add Transparency Tags to distinguish AI music, says report The label or distributor has to opt in to tagging their music as AI, so it’s unclear how effective this intervention will be. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/04/apple-music-to-add-transparency-tags-to-distinguish-ai-music-says-report/

Google settles with Epic Games, drops its Play Store commissions to 20% Google has dropped its commission, charging a 20% service fee and an optional 5% to use its billing services. It will also offer a new process for third-party app stores. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/04/google-settles-with-epic-games-drops-its-play-store-commissions-to-20/