Good news from around Europe
Paralo raises £270K to tackle golf’s fragmented technology stack UK golf technology startup Paralo has raised £270,000 in an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round to develop its operating system for golf clubs and a connected product for golfers. £250,000 of the founder-led angel round was raised under the Seed Enterprise Investment
Starling unveils weekly AI rollout as fintech race intensifies Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/starling-weekly-ai-rollout/
UK chip startup Fractile in talks to raise at $6.5bn valuation, reports say Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/uk-chip-startup-fractile-in-talks-to-raise-at-6-5bn-valuation-reports-say/
Tesla, Uber, and Waymo all get the OK to operate thousands of robotaxis in Nevada Together, these permits would allow up to 8,000 robotaxis to be deployed over the next 12 months. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/tesla-uber-and-waymo-all-get-the-ok-to-operate-thousands-of-robotaxis-in-nevada/
How badly does Europe need its own frontier AI models? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/europe-frontier-ai-anthropic-trump-security/
Callosum raises $100m seed led by Atomico to tackle AI compute bottlenecks Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/callosum-raise-atomico-plural-uk-sovereign-ai/
AI model maker Domyn raises over $1bn Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/domyn-raises-over-1bn/
OpenAI is gaining on Anthropic with business users, new data indicates Businesses are willing to flop back and forth as each lab releases new models, volatility that should give both companies’ investors pause about how “sticky” enterprise AI spending really is. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/openai-is-gaining-on-anthropic-with-business-users-new-data-indicates/
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AI data startup Micro1 reaches $500M gross run rate amid AI training boom Surging demand for AI training data is driving rapid growth for the startup and its rivals. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/20/ai-data-startup-micro1-reaches-500m-gross-run-rate-amid-ai-training-boom/