Good news from around Europe
You can now hide a ChatGPT conversation behind a password: how to do it ChatGPT has added a Locked Chats feature that lets you move individual conversations from the regular history and search into a protected section. The company announced this. New messages in protected chats will not update the
“It’s definitely not getting easier”: BlueBird Tech CEO Valeriy Zarubin on missile development, financing and the challenges of the defense business Since the beginning of 2026 the Ukrainian defense company BlueBird Tech has roughly doubled its team, expanded production and the development of new products. At the same time the
Germany wants to become a global leader in industrial AI: government signs memorandum with NVIDIA on ‘physical AI’ The German government and NVIDIA have agreed to jointly develop industrial artificial intelligence and models for physical AI. The country wants to combine its expertise in mechanical engineering and manufacturing with advanced
Molfar Intelligence and UK-based IN2 will jointly analyze information threats for governments and businesses Ukrainian intelligence company Molfar Intelligence and British consultancy IN2 will work together to detect information threats, verify open‑source data and study the impact of information on audiences. This was announced by Molfar Intelligence. The companies formalized
Palantir chief: Europe must ‘accept some dependency’ on US tech Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/palantir-louis-mosley-european-tech-sovereignty/
More startup ‘mafias’ are coming in Norway, predicts VC Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/norway-startup-mafia-vc-physical-ai-cognite/
Sifted’s first Onstage Demo Day Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/sifteds-first-onstage-demo-day/
Ireland’s AI scene has buzz. Now it needs breakouts Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/irelands-ai-scene/
Meet Aaron Rosenberg: The man DeepMind researchers call before they quit Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/aaron-rosenberg-radical-ventures-podcast/
As blockchain investing falls out of vogue, a16z Crypto rebrands as a16z Frontier The digital asset unit, helmed by Chris Dixon, broadens its scope. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/as-blockchain-investing-falls-out-of-vogue-a16z-crypto-rebrands-as-a16z-frontier/