Good news from around Europe
As Merz visits Japan, energy startup Proxima Fusion moves to secure Germany’s place in the global fusion race Proxima Fusion, a German stellarator fusion company, has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Japan to strengthen the industrial supply chain behind Germany’s ambition to become a global leader in
London’s AP Ventures closes €269.62 million third fund to back early-stage industrial and energy tech startups AP Ventures, a London-based independent VC firm investing in early-stage industrial and energy technologies, today announced the final close of AP Ventures Fund III LP (Fund III). The VC firm has raised €269.62 million
Apple introduced MacBook Pro with M6 chip: what’s changed Apple introduced a new 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M6 chip, which delivers up to 30% higher graphics performance and up to 25% faster performance on artificial intelligence tasks compared with the previous M5. The company said. Pre-orders open on October
The executive talent market is divided in two Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/executive-talent-market-is-divided-in-two-brnd/
Who has the best LinkedIn photo in European tech? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/best-linkedin-photo-in-european-tech/
How to expand into new markets Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/how-to-expand-into-new-markets/
Why the smartest AI models still need human context Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/why-the-smartest-ai-models-still-need-human-context-brnd/
UK Budget: Capital gains, work visas and young entrepreneur allowances Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/uk-autumn-budget-2026-startups/
Google expands AI Search ads globally as core ad growth slows The announcement came alongside parent company Alphabet’s third-quarter earnings report, which saw revenue grow 25% year over year to $127.6 billion. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/28/google-expands-ai-search-ads-globally-as-core-ad-growth-slows/
Microsoft just shared Azure’s actual revenue in dollars: $33.2 billion Microsoft has never disclosed Azure’s quarterly revenue in dollars. But for the first time, we can see just how close it is getting to besting the biggest competitor in the market, AWS. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/28/microsoft-just-shared-azures-actual-revenue-in-dollars-33-2-billion/