Good news from around Europe
Zalando joins Sereact’s $116M Series B to accelerate AI-powered warehouse automation Sereact, a provider of physical AI for warehouse robotics, today announced that Zalando, Europe’s leading technology platform for fashion and lifestyle, has joined its ongoing Series B round as a strategic investor. The total Series B funding grows to
goNEON Agentic Systems secures €160K to accelerate AI-powered infrastructure planning ETH spin-off goNEON Agentic Systems has secured €160,000 (CHF150,000) in funding from Venture Kick to accelerate the development of its agentic AI platform for infrastructure planning. The funding comes as infrastructure planning continues to face significant efficiency challenges. The sector
Jeff Bezos and Sovereign AI back CuspAI in $450M raise Jeff Bezos and the UK government-backed VC fund backing domestic AI startups have invested in a UK startup developing AI systems to discover and design new materials for clean energy and chipmaking in a $450m raise. The $450m Series B funding round
Christopher Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’ collected $264M in its opening weekend Director Christopher Nolan’s film ‘Odyssey’ earned $264.1M at the global box office in its opening weekend. This was reported by Variety. Of that, $124.5M came from the domestic US market, while the film collected another $139.6M across 73 other countries. More
Reynolds appointed business secretary as DSIT scrapped Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/andy-burnham-reshuffle-liz-kendall-peter-kyle
CuspAI lands $450m round to accelerate AI materials discovery Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/cuspai-lands-450m-round-to-accelerate-ai-materials-discovery
15 anti-fraud startups to watch in 2026, according to investors Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/15-anti-fraud-startups-to-watch-in-2026-according-to-investors
How Daniel Ek is building his ‘new European dream’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/how-daniel-ek-is-building-his-new-european-dream
Burnham sparks backlash over reported plans to ditch DSIT Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/andy-burnham-dsit-department-science-technology-overhaul
Anthropic’s landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved The final approval settles one case, but it doesn’t resolve the broader issue of using copyrighted works to train AI models. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/20/anthropics-landmark-1-5b-copyright-settlement-is-approved/