Good news from around Europe
Interreg Euro-MED As You See It: Five Insights From Our Consultation Since 2022, the Interreg Euro-MED Joint Secretariat has annually gathered the perceptions of its stakeholders through a consultation. In 2025, this consultation explored the strengths and areas for improvement in the implementation of the Programme and its strategy for
AethexAI raises $3M to build voice AI infrastructure for Africa and the Middle East AethexAI, a UK voice AI infrastructure company building for enterprises across emerging markets, today announced a $3 million pre-seed round led by 4DX Ventures and the launch of its platform. The round included participation from Enza
OSS Resistance: it’s time companies treat open source maintenance as real work Mike McQuaid has a message for open source maintainers at profitable companies: “Stop asking permission to fix what your employer already depends on.” Open source software underpins critical infrastructure across the global economy, powering everything from public services
Cleantech: 10 companies that raised the most in 2025 European cleantech companies raised €3.1 billion in 2025, with investment activity concentrated around clean energy infrastructure, industrial decarbonisation, advanced materials, recycling technologies, carbon management, and electrification. Large infrastructure and energy-transition projects attracted the biggest rounds of the year, particularly in areas
Discover London Tech Week – Where Technology Shapes the Future of European Innovation [Sponsored] From 8-12 June at Olympia and across London, London Tech Week brings together over 30,000 tech leaders, founders, and decision-makers from 130+ countries for one transformative week of discovery, connection, and strategic positioning. For Europe’s most
New Dawn Bio raises €2.1M pre-seed round for cultured wood New Dawn Bio, a deeptech startup developing what it describes as the world’s first cultured wood, has closed a €2.1 million oversubscribed pre-seed funding round. The round was led by CapitalT, with participation from Norrsken Evolve, Ontdekkers Group, and a
At the EU’s request Nintendo will release a Switch 2 version with a replaceable battery Nintendo, at the request of the European Union, will release a new version of the Switch 2 console with a replaceable battery. As The Verge reports. This way the company will comply with the EU’s
“Humanity must prepare for a ‘new era’”. What does the head of Google DeepMind think about the next generation of AI? Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said that the emergence of artificial general intelligence (AGI) could occur as early as 2030. This was reported by Business Insider. In his view,
Defense Tech startup DoD Solution raised investment from Network.VC Defense. The fund’s typical checks start at $25,000 The Estonian-Ukrainian startup DoD Solution raised investment as part of a pre-seed round from the US-Ukrainian venture fund Network.VC Defense. The fund informed AIN about this. DoD Solution announced the opening of a
Anthropic creates a team to study AI’s impact on democracy and the rule of law Anthropic is creating a new AI & Rule of Law team. Business Insider reports on the move. The unit will research the impact of artificial intelligence on democratic institutions, the judicial system, elections, and the