Good news from around Europe
Exclusive: The ‘lobby wars’ pitting Europe’s chip startups against semiconductor giants Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/chips-act-lobby-wars
The DeepMind mafia building startups in Europe Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/investors-have-poured-billions-into-the-deepmind-mafia
Biohacking is a boys’ club — and it’s failing women Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/biohacking-is-a-boys-club
OSHA probing worker death at SpaceX’s Starbase site The death is the latest worker safety issue at the Starbase facility, which has a higher injury rate than all other SpaceX sites. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/18/osha-probing-worker-death-at-spacexs-starbase-site/
SandboxAQ brings its drug discovery models to Claude — no PhD in computing required Other venture-backed companies like Chai Discovery and Isomorphic Labs have raced to build better models. SandboxAQ is betting that access is the bigger obstacle and that Claude solves it. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/18/sandboxaq-brings-its-drug-discovery-models-to-claude-no-phd-in-computing-required/
Anthropic has acquired the dev tools startup used by OpenAI, Google, and Cloudflare Stainless, a New York-based startup, founded in 2022, rose to prominence in the emerging AI industry for automating the creation and maintenance of software development kits, or SDKs — the libraries developers use to interact with APIs.
Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI Elon Musk’s claim that he was mistreated by his OpenAI co-founders failed after nine California jurors decided in a unanimous verdict that his lawsuits had been filed too late. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/18/elon-musk-has-lost-his-lawsuit-against-sam-altman-and-openai/
NYC Health + Hospitals says hackers stole medical data and fingerprints during breach affecting at least 1.8 million people The New York public healthcare system said hackers stole personal and medical data, and scans of biometrics — including fingerprints — in one of the largest recorded breaches of 2026. Powered
Alcolase raises €1.5M to tackle alcohol intolerance with enzyme technology Danish biotech startup Alcolase has raised €1.5 million with investment from Ada Ventures, Delphinus Venture Capital, Antler, Manigoff Invest and a group of business angels. Alcolase is developing an enzyme-based technology designed to break down alcohol in the stomach before
Apple’s Siri revamp could include auto-deleting chats Privacy will be a major theme when Apple unveils a new version of Siri. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/17/apples-siri-revamp-could-include-auto-deleting-chats/