Category: Startups

Helical secures $10M to advance virtual AI lab for pharma research Helical, a biotechnology company developing a virtual AI lab for pharmaceutical research and development, has raised $10 million in seed funding. The round was led by redalpine, with participation from Gradient, BoxGroup, and Frst, alongside angel investors including Aidan

Lovable poaches new engineering chief from Meta: ‘The whole industry is transforming’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/lovable-poaches-new-engineering-chief-from-meta

‘The next big thing’: Newfund raises €60m to back brain technologies Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/newfund-60m-brain-technologies

Can Europe’s fintechs take on Apple Pay? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/fintechs-take-on-apple-pay

How France is leading Europe’s bioeconomy push Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/france-leading-europes-bioeconomy-brnd

Kelluu raises €15m to secure Europe’s skies with autonomous airships Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/kelluu-funding-round-nif-nato-autonomous-airships

AI data center startup Fluidstack in talks for $1B round at $18B valuation months after hitting $7.5B, says report Fundraising is reportedly flowing for Fluidstack after it secured a $50 billion deal to build data centers for Anthropic. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/14/ai-datacenter-startup-fluidstack-in-talks-for-1b-round-at-18b-valuation-months-after-hitting-7-5b-says-report/

Anthropic’s rise is giving some OpenAI investors second thoughts One investor who has backed both companies told the FT that justifying OpenAI’s recent round required assuming an IPO valuation of $1.2 trillion or more — making Anthropic’s current $380 billion valuation look like the relative bargain. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/14/anthropics-rise-is-giving-some-openai-investors-second-thoughts/

Anthropic co-founder confirms the company briefed the Trump administration on Mythos In an interview at the Semafor World Economy summit this week, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark explained why the company was still engaged with the U.S. government while simultaneously suing them. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/14/anthropic-co-founder-confirms-the-company-briefed-the-trump-administration-on-mythos/

Someone planted backdoors in dozens of WordPress plug-ins used in thousands of websites Dozens of WordPress plug-ins were allegedly hijacked to push malware after they were sold to a new corporate owner. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/14/someone-planted-backdoors-in-dozens-of-wordpress-plugins-used-in-thousands-of-websites/