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Swarmer IPO, the SaaS apocalypse and drones from “Ukrainian housewives.” What was the first venture quarter of 2026 like? The first quarter of 2026 for Ukrainian venture began with the emergence of two new unicorns — Preply and UForce — and the first Nasdaq listing of the Ukrainian Defense Tech
Meta ramps up fight against bots: Instagram and Threads mass-remove fake accounts Instagram and Threads users report that followers are unfollowing them en masse. The founder of the charity of the same name, Serhiy Prytula reported that he lost 15,000 followers in one evening. “I never thought I’d thank a
“The Devil Wears Prada 2” grossed over $233 million worldwide in its opening weekend. How much did the film earn in Ukraine? The sequel “The Devil Wears Prada 2” collected $233.6 million worldwide in its first weekend. Variety reports this. According to Suspilne Kultura, in Ukraine “The Devil Wears Prada
xAI will be dissolved as a separate company. It will become part of SpaceX — Mask The artificial intelligence company xAI will cease to exist as a separate organization. This was announced by Ilon Mask on the social network X. Instead, xAI will be transformed into the SpaceXAI division, which
Anthropic to raise Claude limits after SpaceX compute deal Anthropic announced a partnership with SpaceX. Under it, it will gain access to the compute capacity of the Colossus 1 data center and double the usage limits for Claude Code for paid users. This was reported by Engadget. The company said
Fidelity quietly shuts down VC arm, sources say Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/fidelity-shuts-down-vc-arm
Anthropic vs European AI Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/anthropic-vs-european-ai-podcast
DeepL cuts 250 jobs in push to stay ahead in AI race Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/deepl-cuts-250-jobs
Quantum Motion raises $160m Series C as quantum sector heats up Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/quantum-motion-series-c
A16z leads $16m seed round in Voi cofounder’s new AI startup Pit Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/a16z-leads-16m-seed-in-voi-cofounders-new-ai-startup-pit