Good news from around Europe
Chip maker Fractile in talks to raise $200m at unicorn valuation, reports say Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/fractile-200m-unicorn-valuation
‘Going into industry’ is still a dirty phrase for academia. We need to change this Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/going-into-industry-is-still-a-dirty-phrase-for-academia-we-need-to-change-this
The race to dominate voice AI is heating up: ‘We have to go fast’ Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/voice-ai-race-mistral-elevenlabs
Mercor says it was hit by cyberattack tied to compromise of open-source LiteLLM project The AI recruiting startup confirmed a security incident after an extortion hacking crew took credit for stealing data from the company’s systems. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/mercor-says-it-was-hit-by-cyberattack-tied-to-compromise-of-open-source-litellm-project/
Toyota’s Woven Capital appoints new CIO and COO in push for finding the ‘future of mobility’ Woven Capital is the growth-stage venture capital arm of Toyota, focused on backing founders building in space, cybersecurity, and autonomous driving. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/toyotas-woven-capital-appoints-new-cio-and-coo-in-push-for-finding-the-future-of-mobility/
Anthropic is having a month A human really borks things at Anthropic for the second time this week. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/anthropic-is-having-a-month/
Salesforce announces an AI-heavy makeover for Slack, with 30 new features Slack just got a whole lot more useful. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/salesforce-announces-an-ai-heavy-makeover-for-slack-with-30-new-features/
Robotaxi companies refuse to say how often their AVs need remote help Aurora, May Mobility, Motional, Nuro, Tesla, Waymo, and Zoox all refused to cough up a number during Senator Ed Markey’s recent investigation. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/robotaxi-companies-refuse-to-say-how-often-their-avs-need-remote-help/
Empirical Ventures secures £10M to back UK “venture scientists” building deeptech Empirical Ventures, a specialist deeptech Fund, has secured an additional £10 million British Business Bank commitment to back the UK’s best venture scientists, bringing its total support to £15 million. This partnership will accelerate Empirical’s mission to back the best
Italy’s VC ecosystem matures into €10B engine — but structural gaps still hold it back Today, VC firm P101 released the tenth edition of the “State of Italian VC” report, an analysis of the evolution of the Italian innovation industry. The Italian tech sector includes more than 14,000 innovative companies