Good news from around Europe
OneSoil secures €1M to expand AI-powered farming assistant Zurich-based agritech company OneSoil, which develops AI-driven solutions for precision agriculture, has secured €1 million in funding from existing investors, including Yury Melnichek, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Cyprus-based venture fund Melnichek Investments. Founded in 2017, OneSoil has developed a platform that
Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer moves from Google to OpenAI Google’s vice president of engineering and one of the leads on the development of the Gemini AI models, Noam Shazeer, is leaving the company. He announced this on the social platform X. In the post, Shazeer wrote that he is joining
Logistics AI platform Cargofy raised $11M in Series A round Ukrainian Cargofy announced the closing of a Series A investment round totaling $11M. The company told AIN. Of that sum, $6M are direct investments, and the other $5M are secondary (secondaries). Who invested Venture funds u.ventures, Toloka.vc and Movens Capital
YC-backed Flagright raises $12.5m to fuel US expansion Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/flagright-y-combinator-yc-infinity-funding-round
7 TUM spinouts ready to raise their next round Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/7-tum-spinouts-ready-to-raise-their-next-round
‘This will unveil the ground truth’: Why the Anthropic ban could benefit European AI Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/anthropic-ban-domyn-uljan-sharka
Industrial tech mapped — 64 startups to watch in Europe Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/industrial-tech-mapped-64-startups-to-watch-in-europe
Telegram ban in India sparks a rush to VPNs, rival apps Telegram argues India should block specific content, not an entire platform used by millions. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/18/telegram-ban-in-india-sparks-a-rush-to-vpns-rival-apps/
Source: Elastic agrees to buy CRV-backed DeductiveAI for up to $85M DeductiveAI, a startup that uses AI to catch and resolve bugs in software, was founded just three years ago. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/18/source-elastic-agrees-to-buy-crv-backed-deductiveai-for-up-to-85m/
AI inference startup Baseten reportedly raising $1.5B months after its last mega-round Startup Baseten is reportedly close to finalizing a $1.5 billion round at a $13 billion as the “inference gold rush” marches on. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/18/ai-inference-startup-baseten-reportedly-raising-1-5b-months-after-its-last-mega-round/