EU Information Service

Germany wants to become a global leader in industrial AI: government signs memorandum with NVIDIA on ‘physical AI’ The German government and NVIDIA have agreed to jointly develop industrial artificial intelligence and models for physical AI. The country wants to combine its expertise in mechanical engineering and manufacturing with advanced

Palantir chief: Europe must ‘accept some dependency’ on US tech Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/palantir-louis-mosley-european-tech-sovereignty/

Meet Aaron Rosenberg: The man DeepMind researchers call before they quit Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/aaron-rosenberg-radical-ventures-podcast/

Ireland’s AI scene has buzz. Now it needs breakouts Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/irelands-ai-scene/

Sifted’s first Onstage Demo Day Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/sifteds-first-onstage-demo-day/

More startup ‘mafias’ are coming in Norway, predicts VC Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/norway-startup-mafia-vc-physical-ai-cognite/

Left alone with nothing to do, AI agents started playing MIT researchers marooned 13 AIs on a virtual island, and they responded by inventing games, mourning a lost ring and, eventually, getting better at their jobs. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/left-alone-with-nothing-to-do-ai-agents-started-playing/

Mark Zuckerberg’s creative plan to pay California’s proposed billionaire tax without losing control of Meta A newly launched stock class being offered was partially engineered to help Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg pay the “billionaire’s tax,” should the measure be voted into law. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/mark-zuckerbergs-creative-plan-to-pay-californias-proposed-billionaire-tax-without-losing-control-of-meta/

Warhound raises $200M to engineer war dogs and arm them with Anduril gear Warhound, the brainchild of Ben Lamm and Palmer Luckey, emerges from stealth to genetically engineer dogs for military and law enforcement. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/ben-lamm-raises-200m-for-warhound-to-engineer-war-dogs-and-arm-them-with-anduril-gear/

As blockchain investing falls out of vogue, a16z Crypto rebrands as a16z Frontier The digital asset unit, helmed by Chris Dixon, broadens its scope. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/as-blockchain-investing-falls-out-of-vogue-a16z-crypto-rebrands-as-a16z-frontier/