Good news from around Europe
Aikido Security hits unicorn valuation with $60m Series B raise Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/aikido-security-hits-unicorn-valuation-with-60m-series-b-raise
Angel investors most likely to behave inappropriately towards founders, new survey finds Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/founders-investors-inappropriate-behaviour
Nick Clegg: ‘Europe is competing with one arm tied behind its back’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/nick-clegg-european-tech-hiro-capital
Mira Murati’s startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is losing two of its co-founders to OpenAI The abrupt change in personnel was in the works for several weeks, according to an OpenAI executive. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/14/mira-muratis-startup-thinking-machines-lab-is-losing-two-of-its-co-founders-to-openai/
The FTC’s data-sharing order against GM is finally settled The order, first proposed a year ago, bans GM from collecting and then selling geolocation data to third parties, like data brokers and insurance companies. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/14/the-ftcs-data-sharing-order-against-gm-is-finally-settled/
India’s Emversity doubles valuation as it scales workers AI can’t replace Emversity has raised $30 million in a new round as it scales job-ready training in India. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/14/indias-emversity-doubles-valuation-as-it-scales-workers-ai-cant-replace/
Musk denies awareness of Grok sexual underage images as California AG launches probe The California attorney general has opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk’s xAI after its chatbot Grok began generating nonconsensual sexual images of real women and even children. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/14/musk-denies-awareness-of-grok-sexual-underage-images-as-california-ag-launches-probe/
OpenAI signs deal, worth $10B, for compute from Cerebras The collaboration will help OpenAI’s models deliver faster response times for more difficult or time-consuming tasks, the companies said. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/14/openai-signs-deal-reportedly-worth-10-billion-for-compute-from-cerebras/
Quantum startup Haiqu raises $11M A quantum startup based in the UK, Ukraine and the US has raised what it says is one of the largest seed rounds in quantum software, bagging $11m. The funding round in Haiqu was led by Primary Venture Partners, with participation from Qudit Investments, Alumni Ventures,
Dataroid raises $6.6M to scale its analytics platform worldwide Istanbul-based Dataroid has closed a $6.6 million pre-Series A funding round led by the FinAI Venture Capital Fund of Tacirler Asset Management, with participation from the Tacirler Asset Management Future Impact Venture Capital Fund and Endeavor Catalyst. The company had previously