Month: September 2026

Exclusive: Mistral acquires adtech startup Pimento in €12.7m cash-and-shares deal, filings show Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/exclusive-mistral-pimento-acquisition/

Exclusive: NIF backs defence startup Terasi in €11m raise Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/exclusive-nif-backs-defence-startup-terasi-in-e11m-raise/

A16z wants to back more European startups — but won’t reopen European office anytime soon Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/a16z-andreessen-horowitz-europe-ai-investing-consumer/

N8n boss: ‘Our goal is to get to 1bn users with fewer than 1,000 employees’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/n8n-boss-1bn-users-fewer-than-1000-employees/

TechCrunch Founder Summit’s agenda revealed: Unlock fundraising, hiring, and AI insights in Boston on November 4 Founders shouldn’t have to learn the hardest lessons the hardest way. TechCrunch Founder Summit is designed to make the challenges of starting a company easier and the highs that much greater. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/22/techcrunch-founder-summits-agenda-revealed-unlock-fundraising-hiring-and-ai-insights-in-boston-on-november-4/

Snorkel AI triples valuation to $3.5B as demand for AI training data booms The seven-year-old startup has raised a $350 million Series E to fuel its data-as-a-service approach. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/22/snorkel-ai-triples-valuation-to-3-5b-as-demand-for-ai-training-data-booms/

Qualcomm launches two new smartphone chips with emphasis on AI Qualcomm said that its new top chip can run 30B mixture-of-expert model locally. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/22/qualcomm-launches-two-new-smartphone-chips-with-emphasis-on-ai/

Apple could take on Whoop with a new fitness tracker, report says Apple may be developing a new fitness tracker as part of its new generation of hardware devices. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/22/apple-could-take-on-whoop-with-a-new-fitness-tracker-report-says/

Meta admits Muse’s likeness to OpenClaw isn’t a coincidence Meta says Muse was built from scratch, but acknowledges the AI assistant was “heavily inspired” by OpenClaw — down to some of its workspace filenames and content. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/22/meta-admits-muses-likeness-to-openclaw-isnt-a-coincidence/

FintechOS raises $28M in equity and debt Romania-founded startup FintechOS, which provides AI and software services for banks and insurance firms, has raised $28m in equity and debt funding from its current investors, it said today. The 2017-founded startup, which is headquartered in London and also has offices in Bucharest