Category: Startups

‘Owning and controlling the entire AI stack is essential’: Europe is doubling down on its own AI infrastructure Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/owning-the-entire-ai-stack-is-essential-brnd

Investors bemoan vibe-coded product slop Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/ai-product-slop-vibe-coding

Revolut, Wise and UiPath-backer Seedcamp raises $320m Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/seedcamp-320m-new-fund

The running list: major tech layoffs in 2026 where employers cited AI A running look — in reverse chronological order — at the bigger tech companies that have announced significant layoffs this year with AI as a stated factor. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/22/the-running-list-major-tech-layoffs-in-2026-where-employers-cited-ai/

Shareholders sue Uber’s board over sexual assaults, other incidents The lawsuit, led by a Detroit pension fund, alleges Uber’s board and management has cut too many compliance corners, resulting in thousands of lawsuits. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/22/shareholders-sue-ubers-board-over-sexual-assaults-other-incidents/

Tesla pushes back on Autopilot narrative after fatal Texas crash Whether the Autopilot system was truly active, overridden, or malfunctioning likely won’t be resolved until investigators finish combing through the vehicle’s data logs. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/22/tesla-pushes-back-on-autopilot-narrative-after-fatal-texas-crash/

OpenAI launches new initiative to help find and patch open-source bugs OpenAI is attempting to tackle the security issues of the open source software community. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/22/openai-launches-new-initiative-to-help-find-and-patch-open-source-bugs/

The AI world is getting ‘loopy’ The loop takes agentic AI a step further by authorizing a swarm of agents to work continuously in the background, endlessly. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/22/the-ai-world-is-getting-loopy/

Polymarket reportedly paid creators to post deceptive videos about fake bets Many of those videos were reportedly filmed on “near-perfect copies” of the Polymarket website, while featuring trades and winnings that were not real. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/21/polymarket-reportedly-paid-creators-to-post-deceptive-videos-about-fake-bets/

Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot dies in plane crash Claude Guillemot, who founded Ubisoft with his four brothers, has died at the age of 69. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/21/ubisoft-co-founder-claude-guillemot-dies-in-plane-crash/