Category: Startups

15 defence startups to watch in 2026, according to VCs Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/defence-startups-to-watch-2026

Amazon buys ETH robotics spinout Rivr Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/amazon-buys-eth-robotics-spinout-rivr

Key takeaways from Sifted’s UK & Ireland leaderboard: faster execution, smaller ‘moats’, smaller teams Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/key-takeaways-from-sifteds-uk-ireland-leaderboard

Europe’s tech bro renaissance is upon us. Sigh Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/europes-tech-bro-renaissance

Elon Musk misled Twitter investors while trying to get out of acquisition, jury says At the time, Musk had tweeted that Twitter had too many bots, which is why he was trying to renege on his commitment to buy the company. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/20/elon-musk-misled-twitter-investors-while-trying-to-get-out-of-acquisition-jury-says/

New court filing reveals Pentagon told Anthropic the two sides were nearly aligned — a week after Trump declared the relationship kaput Anthropic submitted two sworn declarations to a California federal court late Friday afternoon, pushing back on the Pentagon’s assertion that the AI company poses an “unacceptable risk to

What happened at Nvidia GTC: NemoClaw, Robot Olaf, and a $1 trillion bet CEO Jensen Huang took the stage at Nvidia’s GTC conference this week in his signature leather jacket to deliver a two-and-a-half-hour keynote, projecting $1 trillion in AI chip sales through 2027, declaring that every company needs an “OpenClaw strategy,” and closing with a rambling Olaf

Microsoft rolls back some of its Copilot AI bloat on Windows The company is reducing Copilot entry points on Windows, starting with Photos, Widgets, Notepad, and other apps. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/20/microsoft-rolls-back-some-of-its-copilot-ai-bloat-on-windows/

Amid legal turmoil, Kalshi is temporarily banned in Nevada It’s the latest escalation in a regulatory battle over the future of prediction markets. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/20/amidst-legal-turmoil-kalshi-is-temporarily-banned-in-nevada/

Sequoia-backed Edra raises $30M Series A to turn enterprise data into self-improving AI agents Today, startup Edra announced $30 million Series A led by Sequoia, which included investment from 8VC and A*z.   Edra builds AI agents that learn how a business operates, then automate the work. Its AI agents reverse-engineer