Category: Startups

Credit data startup 9fin crowned Europe’s newest unicorn with $170m raise Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/9fin-funding-round-unicorn-fintech

‘Going into industry’ is still a dirty phrase for academia. We need to change this Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/going-into-industry-is-still-a-dirty-phrase-for-academia-we-need-to-change-this

Chip maker Fractile in talks to raise $200m at unicorn valuation, reports say Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/fractile-200m-unicorn-valuation

The race to dominate voice AI is heating up: ‘We have to go fast’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/voice-ai-race-mistral-elevenlabs

Salesforce announces an AI-heavy makeover for Slack, with 30 new features Slack just got a whole lot more useful. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/salesforce-announces-an-ai-heavy-makeover-for-slack-with-30-new-features/

Anthropic is having a month A human really borks things at Anthropic for the second time this week. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/anthropic-is-having-a-month/

Toyota’s Woven Capital appoints new CIO and COO in push for finding the ‘future of mobility’ Woven Capital is the growth-stage venture capital arm of Toyota, focused on backing founders building in space, cybersecurity, and autonomous driving. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/toyotas-woven-capital-appoints-new-cio-and-coo-in-push-for-finding-the-future-of-mobility/

Mercor says it was hit by cyberattack tied to compromise of open-source LiteLLM project The AI recruiting startup confirmed a security incident after an extortion hacking crew took credit for stealing data from the company’s systems. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/mercor-says-it-was-hit-by-cyberattack-tied-to-compromise-of-open-source-litellm-project/

Robotaxi companies refuse to say how often their AVs need remote help Aurora, May Mobility, Motional, Nuro, Tesla, Waymo, and Zoox all refused to cough up a number during Senator Ed Markey’s recent investigation. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/robotaxi-companies-refuse-to-say-how-often-their-avs-need-remote-help/

Empirical Ventures secures £10M to back UK “venture scientists” building deeptech Empirical Ventures, a specialist deeptech Fund, has secured an additional £10 million British Business Bank commitment to back the UK’s best venture scientists, bringing its total support to £15 million. This partnership will accelerate Empirical’s mission to back the best