Fintech/Podcast/ Inside Klarna’s $1bn annual loss — Startup Europe, The Sifted Podcast The Swedish buy now, pay later startup has taken another hit. We get into it on the pod By Steph Bailey 5 March 2023 \Fintech Is Revolut really worth $33bn right now? By Amy O'Brien 21 March 2023 Fintech/Podcast/ Inside Klarna’s $1bn annual loss — Startup Europe, The Sifted Podcast The Swedish buy now, pay later startup has taken another hit. We get into it on the pod By Steph Bailey 5 March 2023 👉 Listen to Startup Europe on Apple Podcasts 👉 Listen to Startup Europe on Spotify 👉 Other places to listen The special guest on the pod this week was Richard Robinson, cofounder and CEO of RobinAI — the legaltech startup using generative AI, which this week announced a $10.5m Series A round, led by Plural, the VC firm launched by Songkick founder Ian Hogarth and Wise cofounder Taavet Hinrikus (who we had on the pod last week). We discussed: How RobinAI works — and makes sure it doesn’t get anything wrong Who is actually using this technology What “human in the loop” means and why it’s a good idea We were also joined by Sifted journalist Éanna Kelly to find out whether non-billionaires will ever be able to go to space? From space balloons to rocket-maker collectives, he mapped out the space travel options for budget-conscious folks. And in our news roundup, we covered: Revolut reports its first-ever year of profit Klarna posts $1bn annual loss, its largest ever London-based deeptech startup Cogitat, which won a £500k grant from the UK innovation agency Innovate UK to develop its AI tech — which it says can read your brainwaves GitLab and Remote backer Inkef loses its sole LP Related Articles Are London’s fintechs really a good place to work? Here are the results By Isabel Woodford Click here to read more Is Checkout.com really worth $15bn? By Katja Staple Click here to read more Sequoia-backed fintech Two raises €18m Series A By Mimi Billing Click here to read more “Art is never finished, it’s only abandoned.” By John Thornhill Click here to read more Most Read 1 \Startup Life UK government to reform ‘equity for visas’ residency application system 2 \Fintech Is Revolut really worth $33bn right now? 3 \Startup Life Techstars unexpectedly pulls out of Sweden mid-programme 4 \Deeptech The other funding gap: it’s not just unicorns that are leaving Europe 5 \Deeptech ‘There’s going to be a bloodbath’ — is generative AI a bubble?
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