Good news from around Europe
It’s been 20 years since the first tweet On March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey posted a simple message: “just setting up my twittr”. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/21/its-been-20-years-since-the-first-tweet/
Publisher pulls horror novel ‘Shy Girl’ over AI concerns Hachette Book Group said it will not be publishing “Shy Girl” over concerns that artificial intelligence was used to generate the text. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/21/publisher-pulls-horror-novel-shy-girl-over-ai-concerns/
Delve accused of misleading customers with ‘fake compliance’ An anonymous Substack post accuses compliance startup Delve of “falsely” convincing “hundreds of customers they were compliant” with privacy and security regulations. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/21/delve-accused-of-misleading-customers-with-fake-compliance/
Why Wall Street wasn’t won over by Nvidia’s big conference Despite investor fears of an AI bubble, Nvidia’s latest conference shows that most in the industry aren’t concerned by that possibility. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/21/why-wall-street-wasnt-won-over-by-nvidias-big-conference/
How fusion power works and the startups pursuing it Fusion power promises to generate large amounts of clean electricity from nearly limitless fuel. This article explains the main approaches and the companies that use them. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/21/how-fusion-power-works-and-the-startups-pursuing-it/
AI model giants should pay a levy to operate in Europe, says Mistral boss AI model giants should pay a content levy for selling their services in Europe with the money funnelled into Europe’s cultural sector, according to the boss of Europe’s leading AI model startup. Arthur Mensch, the CEO
Meet Rachel: the AI agent that phoned 3,000 pubs to price a pint Over Paddy’s weekend 2026, a friendly Northern Irish “woman” called Rachel rang more than 3,000 pubs across all 32 counties to find out the price of a pint of Guinness. Over 1,000 gave a price. Only a
Starling Bank rolls out “UK’s first agentic AI financial assistant” Starling Bank is rolling out what it says is the “UK’s first agentic AI financial assistant”, as it looks to leverage the new technology to help improve day-to-day banking. The UK challenger bank, which has nearly five million customers, said that
Montis VC reaches €50M first close to back energy and industrial tech startups Montis VC has launched a new venture capital fund, securing €50 million at first close. The fund is backed by the European Investment Fund through the REPowerEU programme, the Polish Development Fund, and a group of family
Funding rounds are getting crowded Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/funding-rounds-crowded