Month: September 2026

‘We build them and sell them’: Monzo’s sale talks reignite fears over Britain’s tech exit problem Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/monzo-sale-reignites-britain-tech-exit-fears/

Cohere’s chief AI officer: US and China will hold us ‘by the throat’ if we don’t develop local capabilities Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/joelle-pineau-cohere-ai-sovereignty/

Why Peter Thiel is both right and wrong about Europe Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/why-peter-thiel-is-both-right-and-wrong-about-europe/

Meet the Lisbon startup tackling insurance for AI agents Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/humanos-seed-raise/

Peak XV ups Surge seed investment ceiling to $5M, unveils 18-startup cohort Thirteen of the 18 startups in Peak XV’s latest Surge cohort are targeting global markets, while more than half are based in India. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/28/peak-xv-goes-bigger-at-seed-with-new-surge-cohort-as-series-a-bar-rises/

OpenAI reportedly ditches model over safety concerns A top executive at the AI lab told the Wall Street Journal that the model in question had displayed a poor aptitude for following orders. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/28/openai-reportedly-ditches-model-over-safety-concerns/

Aurora CFO says 30,000 driverless trucks by 2030 isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds Self-driving truck company Aurora laid out an audacious plan for 2030. Its CFO says its targets aren’t aspirational. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/28/aurora-cfo-says-30000-driverless-trucks-by-2030-isnt-as-far-fetched-as-it-sounds/

Source: Inference provider Modal Labs closing in on $750M round at $15.75B valuation The new financing is expected to more than triples the AI infrastructure startup’s valuation from just four months ago. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/28/source-inference-provider-modal-labs-closing-in-on-750m-round-at-15-75b-valuation/

AMD will acquire Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs for $8.2 billion The acquisition will see World Labs founder Fei-Fei Li join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/28/amd-will-acquire-fei-fei-lis-world-labs-for-8-2-billion/

“Make robots fight instead of people”: Mykhailo Fedorov launches Army of Robots — and you could be its CTO Over the weekend at the IT Arena conference in Lviv, former Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Digital Transformation, and Minister of Defence Mykhailo Fedorov announced the launch of the Army