Good news from around Europe
London data centre firm Pure DC secures $2.7BN for European and Middle East expansion A London-headquartered data centre firm today said it had secured $2.7bn in financing, with the funds earmarked to expand across Europe and the Middle East amid soaring AI workload demands. Pure Data Centres (Pure DC),
Bek Ventures, formerly Earlybird Digital East, loses four investment team members in matter of months Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/bek-ventures-investment-team-departures-earlybird
Can AI make us better parents? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/ai-parenting
Why women in tech need a spotlight more than ever Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/oped-why-100-women-in-tech-list-is-needed
The hidden cost of unstructured data — and how to fix it Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/the-hidden-cost-of-unstructured-data-and-how-to-fix-it-brnd
10 Oxford spinouts ready to raise Series A Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/10-oxford-spinouts-ready-to-raise-series-a
Triomics nabs $22M to bring oncology-specific AI to cancer centers The Series B round was led by Battery Ventures. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/27/triomics-nabs-22m-to-bring-oncology-specific-ai-to-cancer-centers/
Rivian will deliver the first R2 SUVs on June 9 The company has finally set a date for the first customer deliveries of what CEO RJ Scaringe has said is “maybe the most important thing we’ve launched to date.” Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/27/rivian-will-deliver-the-first-r2-suvs-on-june-9/
Why Google’s AI can’t spell Google (or anything else) Google is embarrassing itself, again. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/27/why-googles-ai-cant-spell-google-or-anything-else/
Google engineer charged with insider trading after making $1.2M on Polymarket According to the complaint, a Google engineer risked over $2.7 million on wagers related to Google’s 2025 Year in Search campaign. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/27/google-engineer-charged-with-insider-trading-after-making-1-2m-on-polymarket/