Year: 2026

What’s driving Scottish deeptech?: ‘There’s a huge change happening’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/whats-driving-scottish-deeptech-brnd/

12 AI safety startups to watch, according to VCs Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/ai-safety-startups-to-watch/

9 spinouts that landed Tier-1 seed cheques in 2026 Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/9-spinouts-that-landed-tier-1-seed-cheques-in-2026/

Viral AI startup Instinct has raised $350 million at a $2.5 billion valuation The startup is only a year old but it has already generated a massive amount of hype (and money) while also spurring privacy concerns. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/viral-ai-startup-instinct-has-raised-350-million-at-a-2-5-billion-valuation/

Amazon just tripled its order of Nvidia chips over ‘surging demand’ Amazon is adding another 2 million Nvidia GPU chips to its data centers over the next two years. But this extended partnerships stretches beyond buying more chips. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/amazon-just-tripled-its-order-of-nvidia-chips-over-surging-demand/

Meta’s $18B child-safety deal hinges on age-verification tech that doesn’t work well The historic settlement reignites ongoing concern around how age-verification technology puts privacy at risk. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/metas-18b-child-safety-deal-hinges-on-age-verification-tech-that-doesnt-work-well/

Anthropic continues compute-gobbling streak in $45B deal with Nscale The new deal with the infrastructure provider is the latest example of Anthropic’s white-hot compute-gobbling streak. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/anthropic-continues-compute-gobbling-streak-in-45-billion-deal-with-nscale/

Google’s Gemini has a branding problem, and so does the rest of AI Consumer AI apps need to stop making users learn their product architecture. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/googles-gemini-has-a-branding-problem-and-so-does-the-rest-of-ai/

How intelligent technology could redefine recreational boating as MIRAVA moves towards production [Sponsored] Following three years of product development and refinement, MIRAVA has raised $5M in angel funding to support further product development, small-batch production and customer deliveries as it moves towards its European market introduction. The company plans to

Stability AI raises $76M, with Warner and Sony investing Stability AI, the London-founded AI startup behind the Stable Diffusion AI model, which has switched its focus from the UK to the US, has raised a $76m funding round, with investment from three music company giants, it said today. The Series B round