Good news from around Europe
Waymo is testing Gemini as an in-car AI assistant in its robotaxis Waymo is testing a Gemini-powered in-car AI assistant, per findings from a 1,200-line system prompt. The assistant can answer general knowledge questions, control certain in-cabin features, and more. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/24/waymo-is-testing-gemini-as-an-in-car-ai-assistant-in-its-robotaxis/
UK is “not a good jurisdiction to list in”, says UK fintech boss At a recent live episode of a well-known fintech podcast in London, a tall, lean banking executive told a packed audience about a “complete geek” thing he likes to do when visiting a new city on a business
As Meatable shuts down, Mosa Meat lands €15M; achieves 99.999% cost cut from its €250k first burger Maastricht-based cultivated meat startup Mosa Meat has secured an additional €15 million in funding to fuel its next phase of regulatory market approvals and first significant revenue generation. This financing round was supported
Empowering Women in Agrifood 2025: Interview with Nina Bazela founder of Antyszpak Editor’s Note: This post was created in collaboration with and with financial support from EIT Food. On 25 November, the Demo Day of the Empowering Women in Agrifood (EWA) programme took place in the PKO Rotunda in Warsaw, an initiative
UK-based ScrubMarine raises €849k to scrub out risky legacy processes in subsea operations with robots ScrubMarine, a UK-based startup developing subsea robotics and data systems for inspection and maintenance, has closed its €849k ($1 million) pre-Seed round to accelerate engineering, expand its team, and move into the next phase. PXN
Apple’s plan for 2026: over 20 new devices, a foldable iPhone, and a budget MacBook Next year could be a record-breaking one for Apple in terms of announcements. According to analyst Ryan Christoffel in an article for 9to5Mac, the tech giant is preparing to release around 25 new products. The company’s
Netflix acquires Estonian startup Ready Player Me to expand avatar capabilities for gaming experiences Netflix announced acquisition of Estonia avatar-creation platform Ready Player Me to use the startup’s tools and infrastructure to build avatars, enabling Netflix users to transfer their personas and fandom between different games, TechCrunch reports. About Ready
ZAS Ventures invests €50,000 in Latvian fintech startup Upwood Upwood, a Latvian ESG-focused fintech startup building a platform for regulated financial instruments backed up by forest assets, has raised €50,000 pre-seed funding from Ukrainian-founded ZAS Ventures. The investor shared the news with AIN. About Upwood Riga-based Upwood is a sustainable
ChatGPT launches year-end summary for users, similar to Spotify Wrapped OpenAI is launching a feature that reviews annual activity — “Your Year with ChatGPT.” This was reported by OpenAI. Similar to its counterparts in other applications, “Your Year with ChatGPT” has vivid graphics. The system analyzes how the user interacted
11 UK companies VCs will be watching in 2026 Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/eleven-uk-companies-vcs-watching-2026