Month: October 2026

7 Cambridge alumni building in stealth Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/7-cambridge-alumni-building-in-stealth/

Exclusive: Weight loss startup Yazen raises €50m led by Verdane Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/yazen-funding-round-verdane-series-b/

Bending Spoons CEO on why M&A fails Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/bending-spoons-ceo-why-mergers-acquisitions-fail/

President Trump awards Big Tech donors with nation’s highest science prizes Together, the awardees have donated nearly $6 billion to efforts tied to Trump and his administration. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/08/president-trump-awards-big-tech-donors-with-nations-highest-science-prizes/

Pretend you’re sitting at Elizabeth Holmes’ desk on this weirdly detailed website With over a thousand emails, slides, texts, and documents from the United States v. Elizabeth Holmes trial, Extend engineer Bo Lau created a website that simulates what it might have been like to rifle through the Theranos founder’s

Fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute misconduct claims, warn of chilling effect Three fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute allegations of mishandling sensitive information, warning in an open letter that their dismissals are creating a chilling effect on the company’s AI safety culture. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/08/fired-openai-safety-researchers-dispute-misconduct-claims-warn-of-chilling-effect/

Watch the trailer for ‘The Altruists,’ Netflix’s show about the FTX scandal A fictionalized Sam Bankman-Fried is coming to your TV screen on November 19. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/08/watch-the-trailer-for-the-altruists-netflixs-show-about-the-ftx-scandal/

Ben Affleck is an AI nerd, and the internet is impressed Ben Affleck is going viral for his deep knowledge of AI, from neural networks and transformers to open weights. The actor, who sold his AI filmmaking startup to Netflix earlier this year, is proving he’s more than just a

Endeavor Catalyst doubles down on Europe with $320M Fund V as region becomes its fastest-growing market Europe has become Endeavor Catalyst’s fastest-growing market as the global venture fund begins deploying Fund V, an oversubscribed $320 million fund announced today. Endeavor Catalyst is Endeavor’s venture capital fund, investing exclusively in companies

UK stablecoin infrastructure startup Noah closes $38M seed round UK stablecoin infrastructure startup Noah has closed a $38m seed funding round, it said today, after bagging another $16m to the round. Noah, founded in 2020, said last year it had raised $22m in seed funding with funding raised from investors