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July 30, 2025

OpenAI and xAI angels back Swedish startup Tzafon in $9.7m pre-seed

Startup’s 15-strong team previously worked for industry leaders like DeepMind and Palantir

AI research and development lab Tzafon has closed a $9.7m pre-seed round — Sweden’s largest ever, the company claims.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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