Good news from around Europe
Mistral unveils le Chonk, says “significantly outperforms” any open-weight models developed in US or Europe Mistral today unveiled its largest and “most capable” AI model to date, the company said, amid a global race for AI supremacy. The French AI company says its new one trillion-parameter multimodal model, Mistral Large 4—nicknamed
Edonia raises €15M to scale microalgae protein as an alternative to meat Foodtech Edonia has raised €15 million in funding. In recent years, plant-based alternatives have focused mostly on mimicking meat in taste, look and texture. However, the food market is now facing higher expectations: consumers aren’t just looking for a
SAP buys TechWolf in record Belgian VC-backed deal German software giant SAP is buying a Belgian startup that leverages AI to help companies understand the skills and work of their employees, it said today. The deal is reported to be the largest acquisition of a venture-backed software company in Belgian
Nevermind VC launches with €23.6M first close to back dual-use deeptech startups Nevermind (NVM), a VC Fund focused on investing in deeptech dual use frontier technologies in Italy and Europe, has officially launched. NVM Ventures announces a €23.6 million first close for the NVM Venture Lazio compartment, against a final
Spiko raises $90m in Series B backed by Index Ventures and Speedinvest Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/spiko-series-b-fundraise-index-speedinvest/
SAP to acquire AI startup TechWolf for undisclosed sum Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/sap-techwolf-acquisition-deal/
Mistral releases new flagship model as it seeks to close the gap with competitors Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/mistral-large-four-frontier-ai-models/
Is Europe’s secondaries boom only serving the 1%? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/europe-secondaries-boom-early-stage/
Voice AI startup Vocca raises $20m to automate patient phone calls Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/vocca-voice-ai-healthtech-series-a/
How to find out if Amazon thinks you have ‘flat buttocks’ “I stumbled upon a page of assumptions that Amazon has made about me based on my purchases and I’m literally speechless,” one shopper wrote on Threads. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/06/how-to-find-out-if-amazon-thinks-you-have-flat-buttocks/