Category: Startups

Anthropic and UK’s Hg will create a company in Europe to deploy AI in business Anthropic, together with the British investment group Hg, will establish a consulting company in Europe. This was reported by the Financial Times. It will help enterprises implement artificial intelligence, develop new products and improve existing

Nvidia funds European startups. They spend it on Nvidia Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/nvidia-european-investments-2026/

Oslo tech struggles to break out of Stockholm’s shadow Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/oslo-tech-problems-physical-ai-vc-growth-capital/

14 Italian early stage startups to watch, according to VCs Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/14-italian-early-stage-startups-to-watch-according-to-vcs/

VCs, Superhuman Mail founder share red flags about product-market fit Top investors from Iconiq and Sapphire Ventures, along with Rahul Vohra, the founder of Superhuman Mail, share the do’s and don’ts for building hit products. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/23/vcs-superhuman-mail-founder-share-red-flags-about-product-market-fit/

Hottest toy for Christmas? Nvidia CEO plays with adorable Microduck robots, 20,000 sell The robots, stomping their little feet and making tiny R2-D2 noises, sat, fell down dead for a “nap,” and summersaulted on voice command. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/23/hottest-toy-for-christmas-nvidia-ceo-plays-with-adorable-microduck-robots-20000-sell/

OpenAI says it will no longer train its AI models on the live internet, citing “significant risks” OpenAI will cut frontier models off from the internet weeks after one of its engineers said that solution wouldn’t work. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/23/openai-says-it-will-no-longer-train-its-ai-models-on-the-live-internet-citing-significant-risks/

Startups don’t need to go viral to win customers At TechCrunch Disrupt last week, two founders and a VC discussed how to not just gain an early following but keep one. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/23/startups-dont-need-to-go-viral-to-win-customers/

TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 roundtables: Go deeper on the challenges founders are solving right now  TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 is coming to SoWa Power Station in Boston on November 4, bringing founders, investors, and operators together for a full day of candid conversations, practical sessions, live pitching, networking, and smaller

Seaya raises €600M for new growth fund to back Europe’s next global tech leaders Investment firm Seaya has announced the launch of Seaya Nova, its new growth fund, after raising €600 million at first close in just six months. The fund is backed by the European Investment Fund (EIF) under