Good news from around Europe
Porsche’s electric Macan Turbo is an automotive existential crisis The 2026 Porsche Macan Turbo EV is a two-row crossover with 630 horsepower and a 100-kilowatt-hour battery. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/16/porsches-electric-macan-turbo-is-an-automotive-existential-crisis/
India becomes the latest country to report rogue AI agent activity The agents got in through credentials and connection settings left exposed in app configurations, public code repositories, and overly permissive cloud roles. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/16/india-becomes-the-latest-country-to-report-rogue-ai-agent-activity/
An Nvidia insider-turned-VC on why robotics hasn’t hit its ChatGPT moment, yet Amulya Vishwanath, who spent seven years leading product marketing for NVIDIA’s robotics platforms, says robotics is currently in its “Lego era,” with the basic building blocks like actuators, robotic hands, software, and safety standards still being rebuilt. This view
Prototype warfare: A defence prime’s playbook for turning technology into battlefield capability At Tech.eu, I spend a lot of time talking to startups in sectors such as defencetech and spacetech. But startups are only one part of the innovation ecosystem. For founders, understanding how the defence primes operate matters: they
Tech Race Summit participants warn of obstacles to turning AI pilots into profits [Sponsored] Early in his talk, Georgios Chatzimilioudis, a Solutions Engineer at Oracle, asked the audience to raise a hand if they expected their business to use more AI in three years than today. Hands went up. He
Rabot Energy secures $50M to transform homes into a virtual power plant Rabot Energy, a provider of dynamic electricity tariffs, has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round to expand its technology platform and support its next phase of growth. The round was led by Endeit, a growth
AI: Europe’s 10 most-funded companies in H1 2026 European AI funding in H1 2026 was characterised by a high concentration of capital in a few large transactions, alongside a broad base of smaller investments. Several rounds exceeded €500 million, highlighting the capital-intensive nature of advanced AI research and infrastructure development.
Nebius says struck deals with UK AI labs, welcomes non-compete changes European AI infrastructure company Nebius says it has struck deals with a number of early-stage UK AI labs as it looks to accelerate its compute and infrastructure offering in the UK. Nebius, which is sometimes referred to as a neocloud,
Exclusive: Accel set to lead DeepMind alum’s $60m round Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/accel-deepmind-researcher-60m/
Jensen Huang wants Europe to dream bigger — with Nvidia’s help Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/jensen-huang-london-2026/