Good news from around Europe
Decoding ESOPs: A beginner’s guide to employee ownership Fast-growing companies are increasingly moving away from traditional compensation models. As the global competition for talent intensifies, Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) have transitioned from a niche incentive to a foundational pillar of corporate strategy. By allocating a portion of the company
Irish BioTech startup Aerska raises €32 million to “enable our loved ones to live longer” Dublin’s Aerska, a BioTech company using brain shuttle technology to develop RNA medicines for CNS diseases, today announced the close of a €32 million ($39 million) Series A financing to improve delivery of RNAi interference
AI founder salaries are not as high as you might think Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/founder-salaries-2025
How this fintech raised £70m without VC backing Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/chip-interview
OpenAI, Hugging Face angels back robotics startup Allonic in Hungary’s biggest ever pre-seed Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/openai-hugging-face-hungary-biggest-ever-pre-seed
Creandum’s VP of talent Michelle Coventry: ‘I’ll tell you where you shouldn’t hire from’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/creandum-talent-michelle-coventry
Chip maker Fractile to invest £100m in UK operations Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/fractile-100m-uk-operations
OpenAI policy exec who opposed chatbot’s “adult mode” reportedly fired on discrimination claim The executive has denied the allegation that she engaged in discrimination. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/openai-policy-exec-who-opposed-chatbots-adult-mode-reportedly-fired-on-discrimination-claim/
An ice dance duo skated to AI music at the Olympics Czech ice dancers Katerina Mrazkova and Daniel Mrazek are learning the hard way that LLMs sometimes spit out straight-up plagiarism. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/olympics-czech-ice-dancers-duo-ai-music/
Amazon may launch a marketplace where media sites can sell their content to AI companies A new report claims the e-commerce giant is looking to create a pipeline of licensable content between media publishers and AI companies. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/amazon-may-launch-a-marketplace-where-media-sites-can-sell-their-content-to-ai-companies/