Good news from around Europe
13 technical founders across Europe to watch, according to VCs Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/13-technical-founders-across-europe-to-watch-according-to-vcs
The billion-dollar question: How will the neolabs actually make money? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/how-will-the-neolabs-actually-make-money
Europe starts enforcing AI Act rules Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/eu-ai-act-new-rules-transparency
Who’s legally to blame for Anthropic and OpenAI’s autonomous AI hacks? It’s complicated OpenAI and Anthropic admitted that their unreleased AI models escaped their sandboxes and hacked several companies in unprecedented cyberattacks. Who is legally to blame? Should prosecutors charge the two AI frontier labs? Can victims sue them? We
AWS is helping vibe-coding startup Superblocks, and the implications are big AWS now allows vibe-coding tool Superblocks to be embedded into the private clouds of AWS customers. It’s another step toward decoupling apps from models. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/03/aws-is-helping-vibe-coding-startup-superblocks-and-the-implications-are-big/
Snap CEO sidesteps Specs preorder questions on Q2 earnings call When asked about product-market fit, Spiegel said he believes mass-market consumer adoption won’t occur until the end of the decade. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/03/snap-ceo-sidesteps-specs-pre-order-questions-on-q2-earnings-call/
After killer quarter, Palantir CEO Alex Karp calls AI industry ‘Marxist’ After a quarter that delivered $1 billion in profit, Palantir CEO Alex Karp on Monday once again warned that AI frontier labs are too untrustworthy for enterprises. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/03/after-killer-quarter-palantir-ceo-alex-karp-calls-ai-industry-marxist/
Design Arena creators raise $7.9 million to bring taste to AI models Design Arena is used by 5.3 million people around the world, providing critical human evaluations to frontier labs. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/03/designarena-creators-raise-7-9-million-to-bring-taste-to-ai-models/
Sam Altman and AI’s decel debate On the latest episode of Equity, we discuss why Sam Altman has calling on the industry to “pace the rate of AI development.” Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/02/sam-altman-and-ais-decel-debate/
The global memory shortage hits the MacBook Air The global memory chip shortage appears to be affecting the availability of Apple’s most popular Mac. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/02/the-global-memory-shortage-hits-the-macbook-air/