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What to know about the landmark Warner Bros. Discovery sale Learn more about Paramount’s planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery — a historic Hollywood megadeal valued at $111 billion — as it continues to develop. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/28/warner-bros-netflix-paramount-acquisition-timeline-wbd/
Anthropic’s Claude rises to No. 2 in the App Store following Pentagon dispute Anthropic’s chatbot Claude seems to have benefited from the attention around the company’s fraught negotiations with the Pentagon. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/28/anthropics-claude-rises-to-no-2-in-the-app-store-following-pentagon-dispute/
The billion-dollar infrastructure deals powering the AI boom Here’s everything we know about the biggest AI infrastructure projects, including major spending from Meta, Oracle, Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/28/billion-dollar-infrastructure-deals-ai-boom-data-centers-openai-oracle-nvidia-microsoft-google-meta/
Monzo former CEO TS Anil appointed board vice-chair in boardroom shake-up Monzo’s former CEO TS Anil has been appointed vice-chair of Monzo’s board, in a shake-up which sees an executive from an existing Monzo investor and a former Y Combinator executive take non-executive board seats. The board reshuffle follows a
Interrupting the scroll: This founder is using social media as ground zero for a digital reset I’m sure the creators of the internet never thought of a time when phrases like doomscrolling, social media addiction, and bed rot would be mainstream. But here we are. If you’ve ever jolted yourself
Human connection powers UK women founders, finds The Rise Report Today, The Rise Report, a new nationwide study, has found that UK female entrepreneurs identify human connection as the cornerstone of resilience, growth and business success. This report is commissioned by one of the UK’s biggest communities of female founders,
ISPTech secures €5.5M seed to improve in-orbit mobility InSpacePropulsion Technologies (ISPTech), a German space tech company developing propulsion systems designed to enable fast and agile in-orbit manoeuvring, has raised €5.5 million to advance deployment of its non-toxic propulsion technologies for operational missions. The round was led by Join Capital, with participation
Weekly funding round-up! All of the European startup funding rounds we tracked this week (Feb. 23-27) This article is visible for CLUB members only. If you are already a member but don’t see the content of this article, please login here. If you’re not a CLUB member yet, but you’d
Poland’s new tech wave: 10 of the most promising startups to watch in 2026 Following up on our country deep-dive series, we now turn to Poland, one of Central and Eastern Europe’s largest and most established startup ecosystems. With major hubs in Warsaw and Kraków, Poland combines a strong technical
London-based Encord raises €50 million to support next phase of physical AI deployment Encord, the data infrastructure company for physical AI, today announced a €50 million ($60 million) Series C in order to accelerate product development, expand into new markets, and scale its AI-native data infrastructure platform as physical AI