Good news from around Europe
Starling Bank rolls out “UK’s first agentic AI financial assistant” Starling Bank is rolling out what it says is the “UK’s first agentic AI financial assistant”, as it looks to leverage the new technology to help improve day-to-day banking. The UK challenger bank, which has nearly five million customers, said that
Meet Rachel: the AI agent that phoned 3,000 pubs to price a pint Over Paddy’s weekend 2026, a friendly Northern Irish “woman” called Rachel rang more than 3,000 pubs across all 32 counties to find out the price of a pint of Guinness. Over 1,000 gave a price. Only a
Montis VC reaches €50M first close to back energy and industrial tech startups Montis VC has launched a new venture capital fund, securing €50 million at first close. The fund is backed by the European Investment Fund through the REPowerEU programme, the Polish Development Fund, and a group of family
Funding rounds are getting crowded Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/funding-rounds-crowded
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