Month: October 2026

The European startups defending Ukraine in 2026, and the VCs funding them As Ukraine continues to defend itself against Russia’s invasion, European startups are developing technologies ranging from autonomous drones and air-defence systems to satellite intelligence, with venture capital playing an increasingly important role in supporting defence innovation. EU-Startups’ reporting

London’s Cognitive Credit lands €35.73 million to scale its AI and data platform for credit markets Cognitive Credit, the London-based provider of corporate credit data, analytics and AI technology, has secured a €35.73 million ($40 million) strategic growth investment. The investment round was led by global growth equity firm Summit

Anthropic and UK’s Hg will create a company in Europe to deploy AI in business Anthropic, together with the British investment group Hg, will establish a consulting company in Europe. This was reported by the Financial Times. It will help enterprises implement artificial intelligence, develop new products and improve existing

Oslo tech struggles to break out of Stockholm’s shadow Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/oslo-tech-problems-physical-ai-vc-growth-capital/

Nvidia funds European startups. They spend it on Nvidia Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/nvidia-european-investments-2026/

14 Italian early stage startups to watch, according to VCs Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/14-italian-early-stage-startups-to-watch-according-to-vcs/

Startups don’t need to go viral to win customers At TechCrunch Disrupt last week, two founders and a VC discussed how to not just gain an early following but keep one. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/23/startups-dont-need-to-go-viral-to-win-customers/

OpenAI says it will no longer train its AI models on the live internet, citing “significant risks” OpenAI will cut frontier models off from the internet weeks after one of its engineers said that solution wouldn’t work. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/23/openai-says-it-will-no-longer-train-its-ai-models-on-the-live-internet-citing-significant-risks/

Hottest toy for Christmas? Nvidia CEO plays with adorable Microduck robots, 20,000 sell The robots, stomping their little feet and making tiny R2-D2 noises, sat, fell down dead for a “nap,” and summersaulted on voice command. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/23/hottest-toy-for-christmas-nvidia-ceo-plays-with-adorable-microduck-robots-20000-sell/

VCs, Superhuman Mail founder share red flags about product-market fit Top investors from Iconiq and Sapphire Ventures, along with Rahul Vohra, the founder of Superhuman Mail, share the do’s and don’ts for building hit products. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/23/vcs-superhuman-mail-founder-share-red-flags-about-product-market-fit/