Category: Startups

Energy unicorn 1Komma5 raises €70m as IPO plans remain on ice Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/energy-unicorn-1komma5-raises-e70m-as-ipo-plans-remain-on-ice/

Stryker to invest $400m in CMR Surgical, with option to buy it outright Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/stryker-to-invest-400m-in-cmr-surgical-with-option-to-buy-it-outright/

Europe’s fastest-growing fintechs are queueing up for growth-stage funding rounds Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/europes-fastest-growing-fintechs-are-queueing-up-for-growth-stage-funding-rounds/

European consumers are begging for better customer support Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/european-consumers-better-customer-support-brnd/

Honeyjar offers AI tools to improve PR and comms at every company Journalists, entrepreneurs, and even some public relations professionals will tell you that the PR process is broken. But could AI actually make things better? Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/12/honeyjar-offers-ai-tools-to-improve-pr-and-comms-at-every-company/

WindBorne wins a hefty US Air Force contract for its balloon data A Silicon Valley startup that uses weather balloons and AI to predict the weather won a U.S. military contract worth almost $50 million. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/12/windborne-wins-a-hefty-us-air-force-contract-for-its-balloon-data/

Meta releases its first frontier model, Muse Wonder Where Muse Spark aimed to be a lightweight model that could perform at low latency, the Wonder models are larger and said to be more capable, with higher benchmark scores and better results on complex tasks like coding. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/12/meta-releases-its-first-frontier-model-muse-wonder/

Microsoft president says UK is best placed to drive AI regulation Microsoft president Brad Smith calls for urgent AI regulation, saying milk and washing machines have more oversight than AI companies. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/12/microsoft-president-says-uk-is-best-placed-to-drive-ai-regulation/

This AI startup says it can generate permit-ready blueprints in minutes Blueprints AI, a bootstrapped startup based in Santa Monica, developed software that produces code-compliant construction blueprints from a photo, PDF, or sketch. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/12/this-ai-startup-says-it-can-generate-permit-ready-blueprints-in-minutes/

Apple discloses deal to hire team and license tech from personalized podcast startup Huxe Is Apple hoping to get into the AI-generated podcast business? Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/10/apple-discloses-deal-to-hire-team-and-license-tech-from-personalized-podcast-startup-huxe/