Year: 2026

If you lost your LLM tomorrow, would you still have a business? On a Saturday in the middle of June, Anthropic switched off its two newest models for every customer on the planet. Not throttled. Off. The US Department of Commerce had decided that foreign nationals should not have access

Munich-based FRYTE Mobility raises €3.5 million to connect eTruck fleets with charging infrastructure across Europe FRYTE Mobility, a Munich-based startup building the central software platform to connect logistics and energy systems for eTruck operations, has closed its €3.5 million Seed round, bringing total funding raised to €5 million.  The funding

10 European VCs raising money in 2026 for a healthier planet Europe has already warmed by around 2.5°C above pre-industrial levels, making it the fastest-warming continent on Earth, according to the latest European State of the Climate report. Over the past 30 years, temperatures in Europe have risen at roughly

Loft Orbital strikes billion-dollar deal with UAE’s Marlan Space to build AI-powered satellite constellation Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/loft-orbital-billion-dollar-deal-marlan-space/

AI research startup Listen Labs scrubbed a $1.5B funding round for Salesforce talks Listen Labs walked away from a signed Series C term sheet from Menlo Ventures, sources say. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/09/ai-research-startup-listen-labs-scrubbed-a-1-5b-funding-round-for-salesforce-talks/

Automattic’s board forces CEO Matt Mullenweg into leave of absence Mullenweg said in a company Slack message that it was against his will. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/09/automattics-board-forces-ceo-matt-mullenweg-into-leave-of-absence/

OpenAI adds a prominent AI doomer to its board of directors Paul Christiano, an influential AI researcher focused on alignment, is joining the OpenAI Foundation as a member of its board. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/09/openai-adds-a-prominent-ai-doomer-to-its-board-of-directors/

Massachusetts hits data centers with new clean power rules Massachusetts has become the third state in as many months to slap new restrictions on data center development. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/09/massachusetts-hits-data-centers-with-new-clean-power-rules/

Apple’s new CEO is reviving a Steve Jobs strategy from 25 years ago John Ternus made the case in his first keynote as Apple CEO that the iPhone isn’t going anywhere. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/09/apples-new-ceo-is-reviving-a-steve-jobs-strategy-from-25-years-ago/

Green Eagle Solutions lands Copilot Capital backing to take renewable energy ‘autopilot’ global Today, Green Eagle Solutions, a Spanish technology company that specialises in the automation of renewable energy operations, has raised a majority investment from Copilot Capital. Green Eagle Solutions was founded in 2012 by Alejandro Cabrera and Juan