Good news from around Europe
Smart Robotics secures €10M Series A to expand AI robotic picking in Europe Smart Robotics, an embodied AI company focused on intralogistics automation, has closed a €10 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Rotterdamse Havendraken, with participation from Innovation Industries and the Dutch family office Ernij
Polish startup Zynt, which builds a signal intelligence platform, raises $500,000 in pre-seed funding Polish startup Zynt, building a signal intelligence platform for B2B sales, has closed a $500,000 pre-seed round. AIN was informed of this by the company itself. Founded by Cezary Raszel and Wojciech Ozimek, the company was
Revolut targets $200bn valuation for IPO Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/revolut-valuation-200-million-ipo
Are Europe’s fintechs ready for Mythos? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/fintechs-ready-for-mythos
Synthesia announces major hiring push, opens three new offices Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/synthesia-hiring-push-new-offices
Stripe alumni raise €7.5m for AI-powered fintech Seapoint Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/stripe-alumni-fintech-fundraise
The European robotics startups hiring the most right now Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/the-european-robotics-startups-hiring-the-most-right-now
Unauthorized group has gained access to Anthropic’s exclusive cyber tool Mythos, report claims Anthropic told TechCrunch it is investigating the claims, but maintains that there is no evidence that its systems have been impacted. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/21/unauthorized-group-has-gained-access-to-anthropics-exclusive-cyber-tool-mythos-report-claims/
Meta will record employees’ keystrokes and use it to train its AI models Meta says that it has a new internal tool that is converting mouse movements and button clicks into data that can train its AI models. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/21/meta-will-record-employees-keystrokes-and-use-it-to-train-its-ai-models/
SpaceX is working with Cursor and has an option to buy the startup for $60B The move could shore up weaknesses at each company, but it also reveals them. Neither Cursor nor xAI has proprietary models that can match the leading offerings from Anthropic and OpenAI — the same companies