Good news from around Europe
SoftServe acquired Indian IT company NewVision. What we know about the deal Ukrainian IT company SoftServe announced the acquisition of the Indian company NewVision Software. This is stated here on the Ukrainian company’s website. NewVision specializes in agentic assurance?ensuring the reliability of agentic AI, product development and intelligent managed services.
Why late-stage secondary offerings are transforming private market access Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/secondary-offerings-market-access-brnd
This founder sold his startup to Klarna for €110m. Now he’s raised €12m to build again Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/skalar-seed-fundraise
Peter Sarlin’s NestAI wants to help Europe reduce reliance on foreign models for defence Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/peter-sarlins-nestai-models-for-defence
‘When we see an opportunity, we’ll go for it’: Harvey’s VP of EMEA on M&A, hiring, and pushing beyond law Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/jorge-bestard-harvey-european-growth
Exclusive: Defence tech Project Q lands €15m Series A 11 months after last raise Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/exclusive-defence-tech-project-q-15m
OpenAI pushes back on Apple trade secret lawsuit OpenAI has issued another statement on the lawsuit, this time suggesting it lacks merit. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/14/openai-pushes-back-on-apple-trade-secret-lawsuit/
OpenAI’s first hardware device is reportedly a screenless speaker that can move The device is weirdly described as involving “mechanical elements that can move on their own” and the Bloomberg report includes the detail that the device is designed to “feel like a companion and become a physical manifestation of
Lorde says AI glasses are ‘not sexy’ “Increasingly in our world, it gets harder and harder to know what is real,” Lorde said onstage. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/14/lorde-says-ai-glasses-are-not-sexy/
OpenAI researcher Miles Wang in talks to launch AI drug discovery startup valued at $2B The funding discussions point to investor interest in applying AI to make breakthroughs in life sciences. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/14/openai-researcher-miles-wang-in-talks-to-launch-ai-drug-discovery-startup-valued-at-2b/