Good news from around Europe
Tallinn-founded startup Flashka raises €1M pre-seed to expand AI study app Flashka, a Tallinn-founded startup which develops an AI-driven study app for university students, has closed a €1 million pre-seed round led by Outlast Fund, a Nordic-Baltic early-stage VC. Flashka will use the funding to grow its team and enhance
Turning summer sun to winter power: Energy resilience startup builds first factory for the Danish market Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/photoncycle-builds-factory-in-northern-europe
Yann LeCun poaches from Meta, Google DeepMind for new startup Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/yann-lecun-ami-labs-team-meta
French drone maker Harmattan AI raises $200m Series B at $1.4bn valuation Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/harmattan-ai-200m-series-b-unicorn
Inside Hiro Capital’s €500m plan for European startups: ‘We can shift the dial’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/nick-clegg-hiro-capital-yann-lecun-vc
How WONE is turning stress into a human performance advantage Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/stress-into-human-performance-advantage-brnd
Hands-on with Bee, Amazon’s latest AI wearable We tried Amazon’s new AI wearable Bee. It’s not for pro users yet, but more features are expected this year. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/hands-on-with-bee-amazons-latest-ai-wearable/
More than 100 new tech unicorns were minted in 2025 — here they are Using data from Crunchbase and PitchBook, TechCrunch tracked down the VC-backed startups that became unicorns so far this year. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/at-least-36-new-tech-unicorns-were-minted-in-2025-so-far/
OpenAI buys tiny health records startup Torch for, reportedly, $100M AI health records startup Torch will be using its tech for OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Health, according to co-founder Ilya Abyzov. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/openai-buys-tiny-health-records-startup-torch-for-reportedly-100m/
Why Amazon bought Bee, an AI wearable Amazon explains where its wearable Bee fits in and whether it will merge with Alexa. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/why-amazon-bought-bee-an-ai-wearable/