Month: October 2026

Miracly launches with €1.8M to automate AI-powered marketing AI marketing platform Miracly, developed by The Wild Ventures, the company behind Scandinavian home decor brand Wild Palace, has launched following the announcement of a €1.8 million pre-seed funding round. The round was led by Beenext Ventures and Lotus, alongside a Swedish

AI is turning finance from reactive to proactive Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/ai-finance-reactive-to-proactive-brnd/

How I became a community manager at Lovable Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/how-i-got-hired-by-lovable/

What US Big Tech taught me about leading a startup — and what I had to unlearn Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/what-big-tech-taught-me/

‘There’s never a right time to start’: Why founders don’t need a master plan before starting a business Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/founders-dont-need-a-master-plan-brnd/

‘Fundraising is uncapped here’: Why Europe’s quantum founders are bullish about building homegrown champions Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/sifted-summit-quantum-computing-european-champions/

Ricursive Intelligence is betting on AI-designed chips to help solve the compute crisis The founders detailed how their startup is developing AI that can design chips, learn from each iteration, and improve subsequent designs, all with the goal of automating and accelerating the chip design process. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/14/ricursive-intelligence-is-betting-on-ai-designed-chips-to-help-solve-the-compute-crisis/

Flock CEO defends surveillance technology amid national backlash: ‘We shouldn’t pause progress’ At TechCrunch Disrupt, Flock CEO Garrett Langley defended his company’s surveillance technology despite growing privacy concerns, arguing that its crime-fighting benefits outweigh the risks of abuse. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/14/flock-ceo-defends-surveillance-technology-amid-national-backlash-we-shouldnt-pause-progress/

Meet the five companies competing in the Startup Battlefield finals at Disrupt 2026 It’s time to unveil the five companies that will be competing in the Startup Battlefield finals. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/14/meet-the-five-companies-competing-in-the-startup-battlefield-finals-at-disrupt-2026/

Gudea leverages AI to help organizations prevent social media crises before they erupt Every day, conversations unfold across social media and websites around the world. A seemingly insignificant post—whether it involves AI-generated misinformation, hate speech, or a damaging rumor—can quickly snowball into a much larger public controversy. Gudea, a company