Good news from around Europe
Behind the scenes of drone food delivery in Finland TechCrunch went behind the scenes of a three-party partnership between Irish drone delivery company Manna, Doordash-owned food delivery platform Wolt, and food startup Huuva. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/30/behind-the-scenes-of-drone-food-delivery-in-finland/
New York state law takes aim at personalized pricing Businesses that use personalized pricing are now required to tell customers, “This price was set by an algorithm using your personal data.” Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/29/new-york-state-law-takes-aim-at-personalized-pricing/
Black Friday sets online spending record of $11.8B, Adobe says American consumers spent $11.8 billion online on Black Friday, according to data from Adobe Analytics, which says it tracks more than 1 trillion visits to U.S. retail websites. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/29/black-friday-sets-online-spending-record-of-11-8b-adobe-says/
Airbus orders software fix to thousands of planes due to solar radiation risk Flights were delayed and cancelled globally after Airbus ordered fixes to 6,000 of its A320 series planes, according to The Guardian. The company said it’s taking action because “analysis of a recent event involving an A320 Family
No, you can’t get your AI to ‘admit’ to being sexist, but it probably is anyway Though LLMs might not use explicitly biased language, they may infer your demographic data and display implicit biases, researchers say. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/29/no-you-cant-get-your-ai-to-admit-to-being-sexist-but-it-probably-is/
VC Kara Nortman bet early on women’s sports, and now she’s creating the market As women’s sports enters what feels like a sustained boom period — the Golden State Valkyries just played their first WNBA next season, the NWSL is expanding, media rights deals are growing — Nortman remains cautiously
Germany unifies deeptech funding: DTCF to join HTGF in major VC platform overhaul The German Federal Government plans to consolidate and strengthen financing for technology startups and scaleups. The DeepTech & Climate Fonds (DTCF) will be continued under the umbrella of High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF). By integrating DTCF into HTGF, a
Quantum Systems’ €180M Series C extension lifts company to €3B+ Europe’s first dual-use unicorn, Quantum Systems, has tripled its valuation and raised €180 million in a Series C Extension led by Balderton Capital. This follows its €160 million Series C in May this year, bringing the total amount secured in
Gravis Robotics raises $23M to scale autonomous earthmoving tech Swiss-based earthmoving autonomy platform Gravis Robotics has secured $23 million in fresh funding, co-led by IQ Capital and Zacua Ventures, with participation from Pear VC, Imad (CVC of Nesma & Partners), Sunna Ventures, Armada Investment and Holcim. Alongside the funding, the
Skeleton opens €220M Leipzig SuperFactory to power Europe’s AI and grid stability Skeleton Technologies has officially opened its €220 million SuperFactory in Markranstädt, near Leipzig. The facility is already delivering to Siemens, General Electric, and Hitachi Energy for European electrical grids, and to major US hyperscalers for AI infrastructure. I