Good news from around Europe
Solar Foods wins €77.8M funding package for Factory 02 expansion Solar Foods has secured €77.8 million in grant and loan financing to support the construction and commissioning of Factory 02. The funding package comprises a €39.6 million grant and a €38.1 million R&D loan, awarded under the company’s participation in
Brave1 and the French Defence Innovation Agency launched the joint Brave France grant program worth €20M Defence technology cluster Brave1 and the French Defence Innovation Agency have signed an agreement on a bilateral partnership and the launch of the joint grant program Brave France. As announced by Brave1. The program’s
bird app for finding housing launches in Warsaw The Ukrainian apartment rental app bird has started operating in Warsaw. The Polish version of the service is called birb. According to AIN, the company confirmed the launch. Warsaw became the second city outside Ukraine after the launch in London in 2022.
Threads reached 500 million monthly active users. Meta introduced new in-app features Threads’ number of monthly active users reached 500 million. Meta announced this. Against this backdrop the company announced a range of new features for communities and content personalization in the feed. What updates are planned for Threads Meta
‘Companies will have to go the extra mile’: How Europe can future-proofing its hiring strategy Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/europe-future-proofing-hiring-brnd
3 ex-Palantir engineers raise $60m from Index, Iconiq, SAP for agentic operating system Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/conduct-60m-series-a
Mistral CEO pitches open source AI days after Anthropic ban: ‘We exist outside of state control’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/mistral-arthur-mensch-open-source-anthropic
Is this Europe’s most audacious founder? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/sifted-brunch-bertrand-duplat
CuspAI to hit $2.6bn valuation with backing from Jeff Bezos, reports say Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/cuspai-to-hit-2-6bn-valuation-with-backing-from-jeff-bezos-reports-say
How to turn off AI in your Google Docs Here’s what you need to do to get those pesky “write with Gemini” pop-ups to go away. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/how-to-turn-off-ai-in-your-google-docs/