Category: Startups

Smart ring maker Oura delays IPO amid ‘market uncertainty’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/oura-ipo-delay-market-uncertainty/

ElevenLabs doubles valuation to $22bn with tender offer Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/elevenlabs-doubles-valuation-to-22bn-with-tender-offer/

H Company cofounder Charles Kantor launches new AI neocloud startup Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/h-company-cofounder-charles-kantor-new-ai-neocloud-startup/

Legora CEO: UK stock options make London expansion a ‘no-brainer’ — but Sweden is ‘almost impossible’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/legora-uk-stock-options-europe/

Valor, Atreides, and Sequoia back AI startup Flow Engineering at $750M valuation Flow Engineering, which is bringing AI agents to hardware design, also landed Roelof Botha as an angel investor and board member. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/valor-atreides-and-sequoia-back-ai-startup-flow-engineering-at-750m-valuation/

The Pentagon taps Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to help decide what the military should do next Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just launched a 120-day study on the future of warfare, led by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich, and while it makes sense given their ties to the

Google releases Gemini 4 Argon, called its most powerful model yet Google has released its latest Gemini model, marketing it as a workhorse for coding and cybersecurity work. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/google-releases-gemini-4-argon-called-its-most-powerful-model-yet/

Factory CEO just accused his VC board adviser of spying for Cognition VC Chris Degnan and former board adviser to Factory AI has taken a job as chief revenue officer for competitor Cognition — and everyone is arguing on X about it. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/factory-ceo-just-accused-his-vc-board-advisor-of-spying-for-cognition/

Is Neko Health’s body scan worth it? Spotify billionaire’s startup has come to America Spotify founder Daniel Ek’s Neko Health raised $700 million to build a business around scanning your body, but it’s not the only company centering its roadmap around a new kind of preventative healthcare. Midjourney is building its own body scanner, while Function Health has also raised significant

Oura delays $15BN US IPO Finland-founded smart ring maker Oura is delaying its US IPO due to market uncertainty, it said today.   Oura said it had taken the decision to postpone listing on the Nasdaq “despite strong demand”.   Oura, which was founded in Finland in 2013, did not