Good news from around Europe
Austrian creator of viral OpenClaw joins OpenAI The Austrian creator of the popular open-source AI assistant OpenClaw is joining US frontier lab OpenAI, in a move some see as a blow to the European tech ecosystem. OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman announced on X last night that “genius” software
The Fourth Law secures investment to advance drone AI for Ukraine The Fourth Law (TFL), a Kyiv-based defence technology company, has secured a new funding round backed by Axon, a US public safety technology group. TFL develops AI and robotics solutions for defence and public safety, with a focus on
AI films that evolve in real time with classical music and audience interaction: OOVIE Studios raises €164k Lugano-based OOVIE Studios has raised €164k (CHF 150k) from Venture Kick to develop ‘Music Interactive Movies’ – a new kind of interactive films that combines live music and cinema. The funds will be
Bootstrapped and profitable AI InsurTech company mea Platform raises €42.2 million mea Platform (mea), a UK-based AI-native InsurTech company, today announced a €42.2 million ($50 million) minority growth equity investment from London-based growth equity firm SEP (Scottish Equity Partners), to accelerate product development and customer engagement. mea has been bootstrapped
Italian AviationTech startup Intuos raises €720k to scale fleet operations platform internationally Rome-based startup Intuos, the developer of an integrated platform for aircraft fleet operators that combines operational software and IoT devices with ML-based analytics, has closed a €720k investment round following its expansion in Europe and South Africa. The
Platform designed to cut cell and gene therapy production costs attracts €6.9 million for UK startup Tozaro Tozaro, a Bedford-based company whose ‘Smart Polymer’ technology looks to significantly reduce the cost of life-saving cell and gene therapies, has completed a €6.9 million (£6 million) funding round. The round was led
Ireland’s newest pot of gold: 10 of the most promising startups to watch in 2026 Following our series of country deep dives, we now turn to Ireland, where Dublin has become the clear centre of gravity for the country’s newest generation of tech companies. While Ireland has long attracted multinational
Getir founders sue investor Mubadala for $700m Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/getir-founders-sue-mubadala
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