Good news from around Europe
Guide: What’s Coming Up at the Tech.eu Summit London 2026? Taking place on April 21–22 at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London, the Tech.eu Summit London 2026 will once again bring together founders, investors, and operators from across Europe for two days of focused conversations, insights, and networking. Following
Sovereign AI moving at speed “Craig David would blush at” The chairman of the new £500m UK government-backed VC fund backing domestic AI startups last night channelled his inner Craig David to indicate the speed of its investing, rebuffing criticism that it might be slow and bureaucratic. Referencing words from
Doctolib, AP-HP, and Roche launch startup programme to bridge healthtech–clinical gap Doctolib, @Hôtel-Dieu (AP-HP) and Roche are launching Care Forward, a support program for European health startups at STATION F. Designed to help young companies develop, test and deploy their solutions as close as possible to care delivery needs, it
AlixLabs closes €15M Series A to scale Atomic Layer Etching technology AlixLabs, a developer of Atomic Layer Etching (ALE) solutions for next-generation semiconductor manufacturing, has closed a €15 million Series A funding round in the first quarter of 2026. The round includes a strategic investment from Stephen Industries, building on
Nearly €80bn of public money is flooding into European VCs and startups. Is it what the market needs? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/public-money-influx-europe-vc-scaleups-growth-problems
AI startups swallow half the funding across European tech Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/ai-startups-swallow-half-funding
Sam Altman’s project World looks to scale its human verification empire. First stop: Tinder. World, which has raised eyebrows (but also a lot of interest) with its Orb-centered anonymous verification project, is looking to expand its influence via a bevy of new partnerships. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/17/sam-altmans-project-world-looks-to-scale-its-human-verification-empire-first-stop-tinder/
Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles exit OpenAI as company continues to shed ‘side quests’ Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles are leaving OpenAI as the company shuts down Sora and folds its science team, signaling a sharp pivot away from consumer moonshots toward enterprise AI. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/17/kevin-weil-and-bill-peebles-exit-openai-as-company-continues-to-shed-side-quests/
Man who hacked US Supreme Court filing system sentenced to probation Nicholas Moore hacked into three U.S. government networks using stolen credentials, and then bragged about it and posted victims’ personal data on Instagram under the handle @ihackedthegovernment. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/17/man-who-hacked-us-supreme-court-filing-system-sentenced-to-probation/
Sources: Cursor in talks to raise $2B+ at $50B valuation as enterprise growth surges Returning backers a16z and Thrive are expected to lead the round. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/17/sources-cursor-in-talks-to-raise-2b-at-50b-valuation-as-enterprise-growth-surges/