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Synthesia CEO Victor Riparbelli: ‘I'm very good at slapping stuff together’

The boss of Britain’s hottest AI startup on hype, red tape and his love of electronic music

Can a humble startup boldly go where no spacetech has gone before?

NewOrbit doesn’t have a snazzy address. Instead it has big brains developing technology to unlock an entirely new layer of space

Italy’s midyear scorecard: deal count high but funding low

A silver lining, say techies: more foreign VC firms circling

The EU published its new rulebook for GenAI. What do startups need to know?

New guidelines will help determine how the controversial AI Act will be enforced

Defence VCs double down on weapons: ‘The best teams are in Ukraine 24/7’

Russian invasion weakened longstanding taboos around investing in offensive weapons

The days of making easy money from coding are over, says former Stripe UK CTO turned founder Emma Burrows

The Portia AI cofounder on what AI agents can and cannot do, and the very real risks they pose to junior engineering jobs

Musk’s Starlink rival Eutelsat raises €163m from UK government

The French satellite group is considered the only serious European competitor to Starlink

Germany doubling down on startup creation with 10 new startup factories

Today, the 10 winners of the federal government’s “Startup Factory” competition were announced

British Business Bank commits £500m to invest in diverse and emerging fund managers

It's the first time the UK's state economic development bank has set aside capital specifically for underrepresented groups

Enter: 100 Women in Tech in Europe

Sifted, Sistafund and Station F are launching the inaugural list of 100 Women in Tech in Europe

Helsing’s moonshot incubator is at work on AI agents for warfare

An internal division, dubbed Area 9, was created six months ago to work on moonshot tech for the AI defence company

Climate funding dips 71% in 2025 as debt frenzy ends

"What we are seeing in the climate space is a shift to quality"

10 Berlin startups to watch, according to VCs

Investors from Cherry Ventures, Project A and others are keeping tabs on these companies in the German capital

Revolut targets $65bn valuation with fresh fundraise, reports say

California-based Greenoaks is reportedly set to lead the funding round

Can UK fintech get a grip on crime?

Monzo, Revolut and Starling have all been fined for lax crime-prevention measures

Estonia's Darkstar raises €15m to invest in military tech, weapons

Its biggest backer is Estonian state-backed LP SmartCap, which invested €10m

Sales' AI makeover: how startups can get started

Figuring out how to embed AI into sales processes is for many companies still a work in progress. Here's how to begin experimenting

New podcast: Europe’s AI opportunity

Europe’s AI Opportunity is a podcast mini-series, created in collaboration with Nebius, to explore the state of play for the continent’s AI startups

Synthesia cofounder Matthias Niessner on his new 3D modelling startup: ‘We have to think bigger’

World-leading AI researcher talks creating 3D worlds, the threat from Big Tech and how 'over-raising' cash can backfire

Mistral in talks to raise $1bn from Abu Dhabi fund MGX, reports say

The startup is also said to be seeking millions in debt financing from Bpifrance

French chipmaker SiPearl secures €130m Series A

The startup has partnered with TSMC to ramp up production of its first processor

Builder.ai founder pulled from RAISE lineup over ‘security concerns’

Organisers say they received ‘numerous emails’ over Sachin Dev Duggal’s planned appearance

Mubadala eyes $100m Revolut stake, reports say

VC fund Balderton is said to be keen to monetise its holdings in the fintech

NATO tech accelerator hires new interim managing director amid shakeup