Good news from around Europe
Tool that identifies AI-generated material helps Pixel Systems raise €2.7 million Swedish AI startup Pixel Systems has raised €2.7 million ($3.1 million) in a Seed round to accelerate their commercial initiatives and continue building the technology that helps identify AI-generated and manipulated images, documents, and other digital material. The round
The EU-Startups Podcast | Interview with Jack Mardack, co-founder of Oyster Key points: Why impact should be treated as a design problem built into a business model from day one, rather than a values commitment bolted on later The difference between impact by intention and impact by design – and
The French robotics startup promising to deploy industrial humanoids after just 20 minutes of training Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/french-robotics-startup-industrial-humanoids-20-minutes-of-training/
Exclusive: Deeptech startup MuRay raises €7.1m to see inside rocket engines Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/exclusive-deeptech-startup-muray-raises-e7-1m-to-see-inside-rocket-engines/
Are Europe’s fastest-growing startups hiring wrong? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/are-europes-fastest-growing-startups-hiring-wrong-brnd/
Exclusive: Fractile raises £540m in new Series C funding, filings show Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/exclusive-fractile-series-c/
‘There’s no magic money tree’: Alex Depledge on the Budget, startup lobbying and why she left the UK government Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/uk-budget-alex-depledge-advisor-startups/
AWS will be a $1T business, Jassy says. But first, it will spend big. Amazon wants to be the king of AI cloud computing and become the first $1 trillion revenue business. But to do that it will have to continue on its capex spending spree, its CEO said Thursday.
Andy Jassy says Prime Video is on track to earn ‘tens of billions of dollars’ The success of blockbuster hits like Project Hail Mary and Verity is only part of the story, Amazon’s CEO says. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/29/andy-jassy-says-prime-video-is-on-track-to-earn-tens-of-billions-of-dollars/
You don’t need to believe in a god to get a religious exemption from using AI at work David Durman, a University of Kentucky administrator, recently earned a religious exemption from using AI in the workplace. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/29/you-dont-need-to-believe-in-a-god-to-get-a-religious-exemption-from-using-ai-at-work/