Good news from around Europe
10 French startups to keep an eye on in 2026 and beyond! Over the past few years, France has significantly strengthened its position as one of the most dynamic technology hubs worldwide, with artificial intelligence emerging as a particular area of momentum. The country has seen a wave of large-scale
Irish quantum semiconductor startup Equal1 closes €51 million round to scale silicon-based quantum computing Dublin-based Equal1, a quantum semiconductor company, today announced it has raised €51 million ($60 million) to accelerate development of scalable, silicon-based quantum computers and deployment of its datacenter-ready Bell-1 quantum server. The round was led by
HOLYWATER raised $22M for the development of vertical series. The round was led by Horizon Capital HOLYWATER announced the closing of a $22 million investment round for the development of streaming products in the vertical series segment. The round was led by Horizon Capital with participation from Endeavor Catalyst and
Finnish software company Skene raises €800K to scale AI-driven product growth automation platform Skene, a Helsinki-based product growth automation platform, announced it has closed an €800,000 pre-seed round led by Superhero Capital and with participation from NVIDIA executives. Skene will use the funding to scale its platform and reach €1M in
Finnish foodtech Mö Foods raises €2.4M to scale oat-based cheese production and expand across Europe Mö Foods, a Finnish foodtech company producing oat-based cheese alternatives that replicate traditional dairy while reducing environmental impact, has raised €2.4 million in a funding round led by Nordic Foodtech VC, to make oat-based cheese
ChatGPT will become 15 times faster. OpenAI has signed a $10 billion contract with Cerebras OpenAI has signed a multi-year contract with semiconductor developer Cerebras Systems to supply computing power. The deal, worth over $10 billion, aims to radically speed up ChatGPT and expand artificial intelligence infrastructure by 2028. The
AI chip startup Fractile secures $22.5m from Nato Innovation Fund, Kindred, Oxford Science Enterprises Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/fractile-22-5m-nif-kindred-ose
Parloa hits $3bn valuation with $350m Series D led by General Catalyst Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/parloa-triples-valuation-350m-series-d-general-catalyst
Exclusive: Cloudflare acquires AI data startup Human Native Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/cloudflare-human-native-acquisition
Is Europe’s AI infrastructure build-out heading for a gigafactory-style bust? Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/ai-infrastructure-podcast