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YC-backed Flagright raises $12.5m to fuel US expansion Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/flagright-y-combinator-yc-infinity-funding-round

7 TUM spinouts ready to raise their next round Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/7-tum-spinouts-ready-to-raise-their-next-round

‘This will unveil the ground truth’: Why the Anthropic ban could benefit European AI Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/anthropic-ban-domyn-uljan-sharka

Industrial tech mapped — 64 startups to watch in Europe Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/industrial-tech-mapped-64-startups-to-watch-in-europe

Telegram ban in India sparks a rush to VPNs, rival apps Telegram argues India should block specific content, not an entire platform used by millions. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/18/telegram-ban-in-india-sparks-a-rush-to-vpns-rival-apps/

Source: Elastic agrees to buy CRV-backed DeductiveAI for up to $85M DeductiveAI, a startup that uses AI to catch and resolve bugs in software, was founded just three years ago. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/18/source-elastic-agrees-to-buy-crv-backed-deductiveai-for-up-to-85m/

Snap spins off AI video team into new company, Dotmo, due to costs The Snapchat maker is spinning off yet another internal unit. Dotmo will be composed of current Snap staff who are leaving the social media company to focus on AI video development. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/18/snap-spins-off-ai-video-team-into-new-company-dotmo-due-to-costs/

AI inference startup Baseten reportedly raising $1.5B months after its last mega-round Startup Baseten is reportedly close to finalizing a $1.5 billion round at a $13 billion as the “inference gold rush” marches on. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/18/ai-inference-startup-baseten-reportedly-raising-1-5b-months-after-its-last-mega-round/

OpenAI is bringing on some big guns in the lead-up to its IPO  OpenAI is bulking up before its IPO, landing Transformer co-inventor Noam Shazeer from Google DeepMind and former Trump AI policy official Dean Ball in the same week. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/18/openai-is-bringing-on-some-big-guns-in-the-lead-up-to-its-ipo/

Ukraine and France launch €20M BRAVE FRANCE fund to accelerate battlefield innovation Ukraine and France are officially launching BRAVE FRANCE, a major joint defencetech initiative. Ukraine’s state defence cluster, BRAVE1, alongside the French Defence Innovation Agency (AID), has established a joint €20 million budget — contributing €10 million from each