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TechWolf co-founder: Ghent flywheel “super important” One of the co-founders of a Ghent-based AI startup which is being acquired by sofware giant SAP in a deal valued at hundreds of millions of dolllars has stressed the importance of the city’s flywheel effect. Jeroen Van Hautte, CTO and co-founder, TechWolf, was
As France reels from days of violence, founders brace for more uncertainty Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/french-protests-startup-nation/
The investors with the biggest jumps in the Sifted AI 100 Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/the-investors-with-the-biggest-jumps-in-the-sifted-ai-100/
Governments need startups. So why is it so hard to sell to them? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/government-procurement-selling-ai-sifted-summit/
Walmart’s Flipkart is quietly building a food delivery challenger in India Flipkart has expanded access to its food-delivery service to thousands of employees ahead of its public launch. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/19/walmarts-flipkart-is-quietly-building-a-food-delivery-challenger-in-india/
Mamdani says feds have abdicated on AI, urges New Yorkers to push back Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Monday night that New Yorkers must resist the narrative that an AI takeover is inevitable and demand regulations that protect the public and put power back in their hands. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/19/mamdani-says-feds-have-abdicated-on-ai-urges-new-yorkers-to-push-back/
Nscale and Anthropic are reportedly in talks for yet another $45B compute deal If the deal goes through, it would be the latest in a long string of giant compute deals Anthropic has struck over the past year. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/19/nscale-and-anthropic-are-reportedly-in-talks-for-yet-another-45-billion-compute-deal/
Embedded AI evaluators won’t be an easy solution, Hugging Face’s policy chief says The idea of embedded evaluators — in which supposedly “neutral” third-party observers are placed inside AI organizations — has been popularized over the last several months, as AI labs grapple with a rash of safety incidents that
Microsoft says AI agents are like insider threats as ‘frontier models can’t be trusted’ Microsoft wants enterprises to closely watch the agents that employees use with systems not controlled by AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/19/microsoft-says-ai-agents-are-like-insider-threats-as-frontier-models-cant-be-trusted/
No agenda, no rush, no leaving San Francisco: Benchmark’s partners on investing in a frenzied market Benchmark may have grown its funds and swapped out some partners, but onstage the five who are left sounded like friends who just happen to be running one of the Valley’s most storied firms