Category: Startups

Report: Mistral and others increasingly at risk of open model ‘abliteration’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/report-open-model-abliteration-ai-safety/

Ex-OpenAI robotics lead’s factory startup in insolvency proceedings Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/ex-openai-robotics-leads-factory-startup-in-insolvency-proceedings/

UK looks to ban non-competes to stop ‘drag on innovation’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/uk-to-ban-non-competes-to-stop-drag-on-innovation/

An Anthropic AI model sent a false homicide tip to Philadelphia police Anthropic did not discover this behavior until over two months after its AI submitted the false tip. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/09/an-anthropic-ai-model-sent-a-false-homicide-tip-to-philadelphia-police/

The maker of non-text AI model Jev valued at $7.5B just weeks after launch What has users and large corporations so excited about Jev is TypeSafe’s claim that it works significantly faster and uses far fewer tokens than LLMs. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/09/the-maker-of-non-text-ai-model-jev-valued-at-7-5b-just-weeks-after-launch/

Long live the mechanical keyboard Keychron made a name for itself after launching on Kickstarter in 2017. Today, it offers the value K2 model as well as a variety of other versions, including one with an all-wood body. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/09/long-live-the-mechanical-keyboard/

Anthropic can’t reliably control its AI agents. It’s cutting off its internal evals from the live internet instead Anthropic said it “turned off live internet access” for “all our internal evaluations” until further notice. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/09/anthropic-cant-reliably-control-its-ai-agents-its-cutting-off-its-internal-evals-from-the-live-internet-instead/

Batteries are now cheaper than natural gas turbines used at many data centers Batteries are now cheaper than natural gas turbines as the data center boom pushes prices up. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/09/batteries-are-now-cheaper-than-natural-gas-turbines-used-at-many-data-centers/

TrueLayer captures $27M investment, as targets Italy expansion TrueLayer, a UK payments fintech looking to disrupt the dominance of card payments, has captured a $27m investment round, led by an Italian state-backed investor, a first-time investor, as it looks to bolster its presence in Italy, it said today. Backed by

Ireland’s top-funded tech companies in H1 2026 Ireland’s tech ecosystem recorded around €630 million in funding in H1 2026, placing the country among Europe’s top 10 by total tech funding raised during the first half of the year. Capital was highly concentrated at the top, with the five largest rounds