Good news from around Europe
“All of us live in the dark, we don’t have anything better to do than build,” says Baltic hacker house organiser “All of us live in the dark most of the year, and we don’t have anything better to do than build,” says an organiser of one of a new
Xoople raises $130M Series B to build Earth’s system of record Xoople, the data infrastructure company building a global system of record for physical change on Earth, has closed a $130 million Series B round. The round included investors such as Nazca Capital, MCH, CDTI (Government of Spain), Buenavista Equity
nFuse raises $2M as messaging overtakes B2B ordering apps nFuse, an AI-powered B2B ordering platform that enables retailers and HoReCa operators to place orders through WhatsApp, Viber, and SMS using text, voice, or images, has raised $2 million in funding from Eleven Ventures and LAUNCHub. For the past decade, every
Why is the US so hard for European neobanks to crack? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/neobank-us-expansion
Why women aren’t ‘missing’ the AI train Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/women-missing-ai-train
Exclusive: Nvidia challenger Arago tapes out first chip in a milestone move for semiconductor startup Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/arago-tape-out-globalfoundries
I can’t help rooting for tiny open source AI model maker Arcee Arcee is a tiny 26-person U.S. startup that built a high-performing, massive, open source LLM. And it’s gaining popularity with OpenClaw users. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/07/i-cant-help-rooting-for-tiny-open-source-ai-model-maker-arcee/
VC Eclipse has a new $1.3B fund to back — and build — ‘physical AI’ startups Eclipse will put some of that money towards incubating, or building startups. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/07/vc-eclipse-has-a-new-1-3b-to-back-and-build-physical-ai-startups/
Iranian hackers are targeting American critical infrastructure, US agencies warn A joint FBI, NSA, and CISA advisory warns that Iranian hackers have “escalated” their tactics in response to the ongoing U.S.-Israel war with Iran. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/07/iranian-hackers-are-targeting-american-critical-infrastructure-u-s-agencies-warn/
Firmus, the ‘Southgate’ AI data center builder backed by Nvidia, hits $5.5B valuation Nvidia-backed Asia AI data center provider Firmus has now raised $1.35 billion in six months. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/07/firmus-the-southgate-ai-datacenter-builder-backed-by-nvidia-hits-5-5b-valuation/